>>>Hi Charles,
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>>>Well written. I agree with everything except that Sri Lanka disproves your Buddhism statement...
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>>Hadn't thought about the Tamil/Sinhalese thing. Don't know much about that one. But it does seem that conflict is pretty tribal and ethnic and despite rather than fueled by the Buddhist culture. ( there were some pretty hairy wars between the Thais/Laos/Burmese too ) Khmer Rouge functioned in a traditionally Buddhist culture, but the Buddhism didn't fuel the fire.
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>Charles,
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>To my knowledge there has never been a war fought in the name of Buddhism. That is not to say that a Buddhist has never fought in a war, but that they have not done so in the name of Buddhism. I believe of the major religions only Buddhism can claim this.
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It's nice to know there's at least one.