10-26-2006, 05:09 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Neither Buddhism nor Hinduism has anything to do with Sri Lanka's civil war. In that way, I do care about the Buddhists (I care more about Lankan Tamil Hindus, but that's my community-bias speaking).<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Wrong, read the writings of people like Angarika Dhammapala and you will see how Buddhism has been distorted into some anti pagan crusading religion. In 1983 riots several Hindu temples were destroyed, in the 1971 war Srilanka supported Pakis, so we shouldn't forget all this in the name of sentimental slogans like "Hindu-Buddhist unity".
Wrong, read the writings of people like Angarika Dhammapala and you will see how Buddhism has been distorted into some anti pagan crusading religion. In 1983 riots several Hindu temples were destroyed, in the 1971 war Srilanka supported Pakis, so we shouldn't forget all this in the name of sentimental slogans like "Hindu-Buddhist unity".