IIDB Archive

Not my kind of Buddhist:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22023830

This is so trivial compared to three real years in a real prison. For real:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20695992

You could write the Egyptian embassy.

They're not just adherents. They're the Sangha, and to call yourself a Buddhist you're supposed to value the Buddha, the Law, and the Sangha. Two out of three isn't it. Where's the compassion? Few of us in this world really chose where we'd live. Some people ended up the wrong side of some diplomat'...

I think Buddha got it right with the four noble thruths and the eight-fold path as a guide to life, but I can't call the monastic establishment a "jewel" when this goes on:
Monks stage anti-Rohingya march in Myanmar
(al-Jazeera)

What would Buddha think of that?

Facebook comment lands atheist in jail What can I say? Maybe I can just remind anyone moved to write a letter to be sure to sound more reasonable and tolerant than people who lock someone up for an opinion. History: Suharto's power grab in the 1960s cold war (yes, the US was involved) was done in t...

Just to get the British dander up:

BBC News

I suppose if you pick apart every word it might all stand up and be uncontroversial, but it is obnoxious.

Is it because they're autistic, or because they're high-functioning? Maybe autism is a filter that eliminates the average minds from the study.

Geert Wilders acquitted - Al Jazeera

Hello? Anyone remember this story? Anyway, Dutch court says you can criticize any ideology you want, no matter what that might suggest you feel about its followers.

[quote=""Underseer""]Now you're just being absurd. Anyone who's read so much as two pages of the Bible knows that prayer is a better solution to any medical problem than all of that atheistic "science" mumbo-jumbo. Only an evil atheist with sinister motives would recomm...

It's far better that my doctor be open about his/her beliefs so I can anticipate whether those beliefs affect his/her recommendations. Otherwise I'm in the dark. Smacking someone down for being open just leads to secrecy becoming the norm, which is harmful to my interests as a patient. Doctors are t...