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2005-07-19 Southeast Asia

Malaysia Hopes For Holistic Solution To Thai Conflict

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Posted by Pappy 2005-07-19 00:48|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Holistic"? Does it have any meaning in this context?

Posted by trailing wife 2005-07-19 06:11|| 2005-07-19 06:11|| Front Page Top

#2 I'd guess drugs, but maybe it's a bad translation and the Malaysians meant "tawhid".

Posted by Mitch H.">Mitch H. 2005-07-19 06:56|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]">[http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2005-07-19 06:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Holistic - the whole place becomes Muslim.

Posted by Mrs. Davis, nee uences 2005-07-19 07:30|| 2005-07-19 07:30|| Front Page Top

#4
The minister said Malaysia would continue with activities under bilateral cooperation for the benefit of communities in southern Thailand and northern Malaysia.

Anyone else read this as "we'll continue funding the madrassahs and mosques"?

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-07-19 07:46|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-07-19 07:46|| Front Page Top

#5 That is what came to my mind,RC.

Posted by raptor 2005-07-19 07:53|| 2005-07-19 07:53|| Front Page Top

#6 Sorry, buddy, but we're all out of Origami. Got plenty of bullets though...

Posted by tu3031 2005-07-19 08:29|| 2005-07-19 08:29|| Front Page Top

#7 If holistic is what a .223 round does to a Mohammedan holy man's skull, then yes.

Posted by ed 2005-07-19 08:39|| 2005-07-19 08:39|| Front Page Top

#8 Holistic:
relating to or concerned with wholes or with complete systems rather than with the analysis of, treatment of, or dissection into parts.

Of or related to a view of the natural environment that encompasses an understanding of the functioning of the complete array of organisms and chemical-physical factors acting in concert rather than the properties of the individual parts.

A belief that a system must be managed as a whole, rather than addressing the individual components that make it function.

no dimension of culture can be understood in isolation, cultures are integrated wholes.

Holistic assessment (sometimes called "global" or "rapid impression" assessment) involves a process where the assessor scans the work quickly, basing a judgement on general qualities or weaknesses. Holistic assessment is often used in large-scale assessment projects where the overall results of the group are more important than specific data on each individual client. Holistic results are most useful for groups and least useful for individuals.

He better hope Thailand doesn't go this route. If they decide to "manage the whole problem" than just dealing with it incident by incident, Malaysia's support for the "insurgents" is at the top of the list.

Posted by Steve">Steve 2005-07-19 08:55|| 2005-07-19 08:55|| Front Page Top

#9 Quick! Send us hippies, incence, mind bending drugs!
We need to get holistic.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2005-07-19 09:16|| 2005-07-19 09:16|| Front Page Top

#10 I think it means address the Root Causes(TM), aka give in to the muslims demands.

Posted by phil_b 2005-07-19 16:04|| 2005-07-19 16:04|| Front Page Top

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