Comments on: Nun becomes ninth Tibetan to self-immolate as protest against Chinese military repression http://boingboing.net/2011/10/17/nun-becomes-ninth-tibetan-to-self-immolate-as-protest-against-chinese-military-repression.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: travtastic http://boingboing.net/2011/10/17/nun-becomes-ninth-tibetan-to-self-immolate-as-protest-against-chinese-military-repression.html#comment-1246428 travtastic Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124301#comment-1246428 I've seen it get up to like ten beads a second. I’ve seen it get up to like ten beads a second.

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2011/10/17/nun-becomes-ninth-tibetan-to-self-immolate-as-protest-against-chinese-military-repression.html#comment-1245839 Mister44 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 04:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124301#comment-1245839 And WHO still use abacuses? What sort of bandwidth do you get on that thing? And WHO still use abacuses?

What sort of bandwidth do you get on that thing?

]]> By: travtastic http://boingboing.net/2011/10/17/nun-becomes-ninth-tibetan-to-self-immolate-as-protest-against-chinese-military-repression.html#comment-1245820 travtastic Tue, 18 Oct 2011 03:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124301#comment-1245820 I use an abacus. I use an abacus.

]]> By: Richard http://boingboing.net/2011/10/17/nun-becomes-ninth-tibetan-to-self-immolate-as-protest-against-chinese-military-repression.html#comment-1245811 Richard Tue, 18 Oct 2011 03:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124301#comment-1245811 "Mourning" By Sengdor The sadness of living is more painful than death Unbearable sorrow turned you all into glowing red skeletons The mouth quivers with flames The hands are pierced with flames Flames burn in the breast Rosary beads of fire scatter to the ground Look at the smoke rising from the monastery’s golden roof Look at the doors of each monk's cell In every moment After a storm bursts on one grassland Another storm bursts on the other grassland Following the direction of the wind Dark shadows move accordingly   http://www.highpeakspureearth.com/2011/10/mourning-poem-about-self-immolations.html “Mourning” By Sengdor
The sadness of living is more painful than death
Unbearable sorrow turned you all into glowing red skeletons
The mouth quivers with flames
The hands are pierced with flames
Flames burn in the breast
Rosary beads of fire scatter to the ground
Look at the smoke rising
from the monastery’s golden roof
Look at the doors of each monk’s cell
In every moment
After a storm bursts on one grassland
Another storm bursts on the other grassland
Following the direction of the wind
Dark shadows move accordingly
 
http://www.highpeakspureearth.com/2011/10/mourning-poem-about-self-immolations.html

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2011/10/17/nun-becomes-ninth-tibetan-to-self-immolate-as-protest-against-chinese-military-repression.html#comment-1245803 Mister44 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 02:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124301#comment-1245803 Sooo - where was your computer made? Sooo – where was your computer made?

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/10/17/nun-becomes-ninth-tibetan-to-self-immolate-as-protest-against-chinese-military-repression.html#comment-1245752 Antinous / Moderator Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124301#comment-1245752 <blockquote>I can't help but see both groups as victims of a religious hierarchy that has manipulated them for it's own gains.</blockquote> Buddhist monks/nuns are often freelancers. There's not necessarily much hierarchy. The DL certainly isn't advocating for this. And as in the case of some suicide bombers, this has nothing to do with religion and everything to do with being occupied/invaded by an imperialist power.

I can’t help but see both groups as victims of a religious hierarchy that has manipulated them for it’s own gains.

Buddhist monks/nuns are often freelancers. There’s not necessarily much hierarchy. The DL certainly isn’t advocating for this. And as in the case of some suicide bombers, this has nothing to do with religion and everything to do with being occupied/invaded by an imperialist power.

]]> By: Jeremy Duncan http://boingboing.net/2011/10/17/nun-becomes-ninth-tibetan-to-self-immolate-as-protest-against-chinese-military-repression.html#comment-1245743 Jeremy Duncan Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124301#comment-1245743 One very obvious point of difference between these monks and suicide bombers is that they aren't killing or maiming a bunch of random passers-by when they go. One very obvious point of difference between these monks and suicide bombers is that they aren’t killing or maiming a bunch of random passers-by when they go.

]]> By: Brett Myers http://boingboing.net/2011/10/17/nun-becomes-ninth-tibetan-to-self-immolate-as-protest-against-chinese-military-repression.html#comment-1245702 Brett Myers Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124301#comment-1245702 In all seriousness, why are these suicides in the name of religion so.. admired, if that's the right word? I have a hard time separating these guys from Islamic suicide bombers, in so far as the majority of them appear to be young, impressionable religious fanatics. Most of the self-immolated monks listed at Free Tibet are in their late teens/early twenties. The oldest was only 29. It just makes me wonder, you know? Where are the leaders? Why are we seeing only the youngest monks take this unthinkable action?  A self-immolating monk is committing a radical act of suicide as a political statement, but it is also a religious statement, much as the young Islamic suicide bombers are making political statements via religion in the Middle East. I can't help but see both groups as victims of a religious hierarchy that has manipulated them for it's own gains.  In all seriousness, why are these suicides in the name of religion so.. admired, if that’s the right word? I have a hard time separating these guys from Islamic suicide bombers, in so far as the majority of them appear to be young, impressionable religious fanatics. Most of the self-immolated monks listed at Free Tibet are in their late teens/early twenties. The oldest was only 29. It just makes me wonder, you know? Where are the leaders? Why are we seeing only the youngest monks take this unthinkable action? 

A self-immolating monk is committing a radical act of suicide as a political statement, but it is also a religious statement, much as the young Islamic suicide bombers are making political statements via religion in the Middle East.

I can’t help but see both groups as victims of a religious hierarchy that has manipulated them for it’s own gains. 

]]> By: BigVic Proton http://boingboing.net/2011/10/17/nun-becomes-ninth-tibetan-to-self-immolate-as-protest-against-chinese-military-repression.html#comment-1245675 BigVic Proton Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124301#comment-1245675 Every piece of Chinese junk we buy goes to support Tibet's tormentors.   Every piece of Chinese junk we buy goes to support Tibet’s tormentors.  

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/10/17/nun-becomes-ninth-tibetan-to-self-immolate-as-protest-against-chinese-military-repression.html#comment-1245636 Antinous / Moderator Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124301#comment-1245636 The Chinese government has been responding by arresting nearby monks for murder, accessory, etc. The Chinese government has been responding by arresting nearby monks for murder, accessory, etc.

]]> By: AsylumWarden http://boingboing.net/2011/10/17/nun-becomes-ninth-tibetan-to-self-immolate-as-protest-against-chinese-military-repression.html#comment-1245617 AsylumWarden Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124301#comment-1245617 Sad. The problem here is that there is now one less voice of dissent. Sad. The problem here is that there is now one less voice of dissent.

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