People & Power - Monks of War - 29 Aug 07 - Part 1

[krazynivek]

politicians are dicks

[lyteweaver]

i am sorry but i do not support any type of violence for any reason. there is no justification for it. vilence breeds more violence. why not fight back in a peaceful way so you then can gather support for the right reasons such as respect and trust and want rather than from fear and control. religion is the same as government - they both opperate by control driven by the top dog.

love 'n' light,

x

[readbooksnow]

What is your purpose? Are you pro LTTE or anti Buddhist or anti Sri Lankan or what the fucking mean of your project? Hey AlJazeera Dont shit on flowers ok. You are shitting on flowers and clean water.

[readbooksnow]

This video is a stupid creation. This does not have a destination or the reporter tries to talk various subjects at the same time. What is your purpose?

[readbooksnow]

Freedom in Sri Lanka is much better than many other countries, but the biggest problem in Sri Lanka is powerful people has the freedom to kill others and stay away from penalties.

[centrino987]

i never used to like JHU, but now support them just many in sri lanka. we need them in power to keep the tamil diaspora away from our shores. local tamils r innocent and tired of war. but the diaspora want to arm and send poorer tamils to war while their childeren enjoy western life and steel tax payers money.

[ProtocolUno]

yeh all the rich sinhalese children joined the army to sacrifice their lives? did rajapakse's children die in the war?

don't shed crocodile tears while you keep these tamil civilians in camps

[centrino987]

well...don't u shed any crocodile tears about poor sinhalese ladds either.

[cooldoodjoe]

bt only JHU and who support JHU claims that........SL government should start a war against JHU nd finish it off....and these r the buggers who give interviews to shitty medias like BBC.....giving them trump cards to make issues...idiots....

[cooldoodjoe]

JHU should be banned....that is the party which forms internal clashes between communities......also they r culprits who does politics by using buddhist religion. Buddism is good...the view of the religion is good , there r good monks... bt JHU is really bad political party....it drags Racism..... Srilanka is a country which belongs to all the ppl who lives there....everyone has equal rights.....no True buddists will claim that it is belongs to them......

[sonofthedestroyer]

Sri Lanka is overall a disgrace to Buddhism. See some of these so called buddhists on this page and how they talk. These idiots probably eat meat and violate every principle the Buddha ever taught. I feel sad that such a great man like the Buddha has these clowns acting like they are representing him

[centrino987]

aljazeera always supports terrorists and their terrorists supports' views. u should be ashmed to call ur self a honest unbiased media group. he don't like u! so far gods sake leave our country alone!!!

[kungfukats]

Rhe monk at the end is wrong, you use water to put out fires, not fire, lighting a small fire just makes more fire.

Do they not teach fire saftey in sri lanka?

[dudeanwalker]

THERE IS SRI LANKA WHICH IS SINHALESE!

THERE IS TAMILEELAM WHICH HAS A 2500 YEARS OLD HISTORY AS A KINGDOM IN THE NORTH AND THE EAST OF THIS ISLAND!

these monks are no more than nazies threathening other religions, burning churches and back the warcriminal government in their ethnic cleansing of tamils.

these murderers and racists dare to call themselves buddhists?

real buddhists NEVER kill!

[sonofthedestroyer]

Most Sinhalese are a disgrace to buddhism. Most of them dont do anything to follow the ways of the buddha. Only want to kill non-buddhists claiming that the land belongs to them. Idiots

[beancube2008]

Faked. Real buddha prefers reconciliation with each others. No life should be taken if they are not the first to be taken. They are not believers. They are just some shameful young people dress up like monks for class status.

[hustlerlankan]

this dumb bithc reporter doesnt realise we HAVE WON THE WAR !!!!

[aryahela]

Sri Lankan Buudhist monk only brought the free education to Srilanka. everyone was aginst it W.W Kanangara back by monks. Till 10AD there was no Tamil homeland. pls read history of south india by vertern historian Nilakanthi shastri. Buddhist monk safe guard this county more then 2300 years!

[rglv]

So whats ur point? whats the point of reading history, everything that is written can be biased, coz its writen by a human. how wil it be if the Vaddha's come & say you dont belong in Sri lanka coz they were there before u? How can u tell someone who is born and lived in one country to go back to a different country and start over? kathakaranda isara tikak hithanda!!!

[Undech01]

Monks and politics are like oil and water, The Buddha had a very good reason for separating the two. Look at the most powerful countries on earth, all have separation of religion and state. When religion and state become one they poison each other. The state becomes beholden to one religion, oppressing others, and the state pollutes religion. America is the most powerful because all religions are united under one constitution, one ideal of freedom and equality to all American citizens.

[zppz]

11:30 somebody should tell that guy about Iraq

[hustlerlankan]

zppz someone should let you know the war is going to finish within less than 2 weeks!!!!

looking forward to your reply!

[Undech01]

I dont need to reply. The Blessed One gave you an answer 2500 years ago. "Victory breeds hatred, the vanquished sleep in anguish. giving up both victory and defeat, those who have attained peace sleep happily." -Dhammapada

The "monk" who said you have to 'fight fire with fire' is making things up. "one should not strike a brahmin and a brahmin should not let anger loose. shame on him who strikes a brahmin, greater shame on the one who sets anger loose." -Dhammapada

[hustlerlankan]

undecho1..i was talking to Zppz not you.. he said that the iraq war cant be won just like sri lanka..but its clear now that sri lanka will Win the war.

[Undech01]

oh, :) sorry.

[hustlerlankan]

NO PROBLEMS BRO !

lankan pride= tamils +sinhalese +muslims living in harmony.

[B12N]

Is the war over yet? 2 months 2 weeks.

The war is not over the army managed to kill 7000 civilians and 13000 wounded. By indiscriminate bombing on civilians.

[hustlerlankan]

YES there is NO MORE war...now it is just pitched assaults on the border...with the tigers having less than 4 Square kilometres left...Now it is a siege...But defeintly not a war..haha

[sonofthedestroyer]

Correct. There is no war now. Only Genocide of civilians.

Rajapakse brothers will pay a heavy price

[intelrox]

fuck off u tamil cock suckin cunt get fucking civilized u motherfucking faggot,what happend to the dark ass LTTE rats now?fuck u dog life bitch

[vepulan7]

actually there are many tamil tiger soldiers.. hidden.. hundrers and thousands.. and millions if you count supporters.

[sonofthedestroyer]

I can say the same thing about the State terrorist government. I can say millions are state terrorists because they support the govt. Please pull your head out of your arse

[vepulan7]

... there are millions of. em.. too.. why the fuck do you stir up shit. you ass hole.

[sonofthedestroyer]

There are no shortage of idiots on behalf of the GOSL running around trying to paint a false picture of the ethnic problem in Sri Lanka. Thankfully they are failing as facts are not on their side.

[Undech01]

"Monks! Even if bandits were to sever your limbs one by one with a two handled saw he among you who became angered by this, who succumbed to hatred is not doing my bidding." -Lord Buddha the simile of the saw

[Undech01]

Pro war monks must disrobe and apologize to the lay people for corrupting Lord Buddhas teachings and splattering the Arhant robe with the blood of the innocents.

[CameronJef]

sometimes, you have to fight fire with fire. If you like at world war 2, imagine if the allied forces faught with non-violence, it would have been a very different outcome. Many people in this world are so ignorant and don't understand and would fight forever.

[Undech01]

"only loving kindness can conquer hate, this is law eternal."-Lord Buddha, Dhammapada

"As a mother would give her life for her only child, so to may my heart tremble for all sentient life."

These pro war monks are not monks. they should disrobe.

[geoffreyphilip]

ur buddha can kiss my ass. U singhalese are no worse than tamil tigers. both of u are idiots.

[Crombo]

ignorants are really bad...

[billa2man]

fucking new zeland homo shut the fuck up .fucking felture,you fuckers dont have branched in your familly tree faggots

[mikeymigao]

PRROF

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[geoffreyphilip]

If Tamils want a separate government, tell them to go back to india. dont u think its strange going to another country and asking for independence in their country?

[roht5]

The reality is that the war will continue because this conflict has become marred by nothing more than an ethno-centric nationalistic campaign. Nobody in this conflict wants peace, everyone wants victory and nothing more than the chance to slit the throat of the enemy.

[geoffreyphilip]

I'm not a singhalese...coming to this war, why should there be peace? These tamils go to srilanka, now since they're not accepted, then they should get out. Go to india for example.

[firoz85]

The new Govt didn't launch to wipe the LTTE away from the east ! Al Jazeera fails to state that it was the LTTE that instigated it by a string of political assasinations and killings.

[pieries]

the SLgovt have a lot of under handed dealing happening as well. We cannot just blame the LTTE, we have to understand why they came into existance; they were being persecuted!

i'm devoted to my people and my religion, but there is NO PLACE FOR CHURCH AND STATE. it is the beginning of the end! No govt should be based on ONE RELIGION...it alienates all others!

[mikeymigao]

Sri lanka see the meaning that is sinhala this means this land own to sinhala majority

[arnotkaling]

mikeymigao retard Sri Lanka is a Hindu sanskrit word not a buddhist word. Thats right it is tamil not sinhalese.

[viniger85]

In an election, if anyone gets more votes, he is eligible to rule the country. In the Supreme Court, majority decides when more than one judge present. A pope is going to select by the majority vote. If this is the Democracy, Why 75% Sinhalese and 70% of the Buddhists cannot rule the country. Others should know how to move with them, without having any hidden political agenda. Being a Roman Catholic I must say that Sinhala Buddhists have tolerated enough.

[SLFighter06]

the moral of the story, Peace talks with the LTTE is a joke and this war will be the war to end all wars in SL. the LTTE will not be saved this time. They can come for peace talks but the army will not let them rest.

[SLFighter06]

There are two things to end a war, peace talks or all out military offensives. clearly, peace talks are useless based on previous experience IE peace talks start in 2001, LTTE build up until 2006 and carries out suicide attacks on the DefSec and Army commander. You call that a ceasefire? And then this reporter tries to say that the army started it last year. LOL. I hate journalists, they stick their noses into things they don't know.

[SLFighter06]

we're all fed up of peace talks, they do not lead to peace. The LTTE only knows one thing, violence. Everybody, including the monks, have had enough of this war and we all know that the LTTE can only be defeated militarily and this time we will not let any other country swoop in and save them......

[SLFighter06]

It is just silly to talk about peace talks with the LTTE terrorists. Can someone tell me how many peace talks were held with the LTTE? Every time that happens, the LTTE builds up it's capabilities and pulls out of the peace talks. What is the point of peace talks with terrorists?.......

[creativewingman]

SWSimpson....spot on dude!!!

[BlackHawk6582]

Al Jazeera tried to make this as fair as possible with both Pro and Anti war Buddhists The issue of Buddhist Nationalism is far too complex to summarise into a 30 min show The JHU didn't employ an accomplished orator for the interview and listening to the lay representative was like listening to someone from the KKK/BNP right wing supremacist parties >90% of the Buddhists in Sri Lanka would never vote for the JHU at the moment they have considerable influence in the Gov as it is a weak coalition

[SonamMCRgurl]

just give the tamils a part of the country and make peace. i mean the law makers have given the tamils every reason for them to form a military group, now too bad; your fault, fix it. i am ashamed that there are such monks who advocate war. war should only be the last resort.

[bloodpolitics]

"Aborigines" of Sri Lanka TAMILS Why? You don't need a rocket science!

Buddha was a Hindu. Hinduism is older than Buddhism TAMIL is the oldest language [ TAMIL never adopted Singhalese words BUT Singhalese language adopted MANY Tamil words] In INDIA TAMILS i85 Millions & 1 Billion HINDUS] Sri Lanka is only 14 miles away from Indian south cost...more chances of TAMILS/HINDUS crossing over. . Buddha was NOT from south India. So before his teaching reach Sri Lanka WHAT was existed

[bloodpolitics]

At last bravely Aljazeera dredging up the TRUE colours of the Sri Lankan Buddhist monks. They openly advocate Killing. They are not in fact CROOKS who are there to spoil the image of Buddhism.

[SWSimpson]

I dont believe any story by Aljazeera. Monks pushing for war in Sri Lanka..... but the monks talk about terrorism and suicide bombers and now they come by plane. If they are defending themselves then they are not warmongers. Terrorists are warmongers, barbaric, uncivilized. The slant coming from Aljazeera is obvious; and it makes me laugh that people can think Aljazeera is fair and other media is slanted. LOL.

[bloodpolitics]

watch it again

[vidensodoacer]

Terrorism is just another form of warfare. The Buddhist monks admitted to buttressing the government, the government with which the Tamils are at war. I wouldnt doubt that the train station had carried munitions or even troops to fight the Tamils before. Stop having that knee-jerk reaction to the word "terrorism".

I would bet a year's pay that if the minutemen were alive today, the USA government--no matter if it was in Dem or Rep hands--would call the minutemen "ruthless terrorists"

[sevnaga]

A good article. Sri Lankan Buddhist monks are shame for true Buddhists all over the world. They are NOT monks, but real mongrels. that would be the fitting word for these materialistic war mongers. The lay man (monkey) of JHU, doesn't seems to understand the history of Sri Lanka (or Ceylon), it had many names in the past. By the way, does that idiot know the last king of the Sinhalese was a real Tamil, and that king signed the surrender document to the British in Tamil

[Wunpawng]

Great Insightful Story/report!

[42ADENT]

radical monks now aahhhhhh