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2004-01-09 Southeast Asia

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2004-01-09 13:16|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 He told IOL that ~~his turban was too tight~~

Interesting sidenote: On an episode of National Geographic's Mummy Roadshow, they examined an Incan infant mummy that had apparently died from having its head bound too tightly.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-1-9 1:42:01 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2004-1-9 1:42:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 The (Buddhist) Thais are a peace-loving people who will go out of their way to avoid confrontation, but when you push them too far, watch out! The Muslim sepratists in the south have been burning down schools for decades, but I think this time they've gone to far.

Posted by Scooter McGruder 2004-1-9 2:19:38 PM|| 2004-1-9 2:19:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 The (Buddhist) Thais are a peace-loving people who will go out of their way to avoid confrontation, but when you push them too far, watch out!

The same, IMHO, is true of Indonesia--which was first ruled by Buddhists, then Hindus, then Muslims, then by Christian colonialists who segregated the country into little ethnic pockets to avoid any consensus-building. Officially, the Indonesians are Islamic, but they (at least the vast majority) are hardly fundamentalists. They will overlook and put up with a lot (NOTE: look at how long they tolerated the corruption associated with Suharto), but push them too far and they will not have qualms making the rivers run red . . .

Posted by cingold 2004-1-9 3:01:26 PM|| 2004-1-9 3:01:26 PM|| Front Page Top

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