Sri Lanka declares state of emergency in wake of communal violence

[Lucas Oliveira]

Sri Lanka declares state of emergency in wake of communal violence

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/06/asia ... index.html

[Virgo]

We should avoid violence at all costs.

Kevin

[No_Mind]

Sri Lanka declares state of emergency in wake of communal violence

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/06/asia ... index.html

Okay .. and why is it news? Because they are Buddhists and supposed to suffer silently?

Humans are humans and from time to time violence will break out. As long as it is brought under control quickly .. it is okay ..

[DooDoot]

Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara (Sinhalese: කුමාර සංගක්කාර; born 27 October 1977) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and captain, and is widely regarded as one of the world's most influential cricketers and one of the greatest batsmen of all-time.

[Pseudobabble]

We should avoid violence at all costs.

Kevin

This is facile.

What if the cost was the destruction of the planet? Or the human race? Or the environment?

'At all costs' is idealistic, and unlikely to hold up in the real world, where trade-offs are the name of the game.

[pyluyten]

We should avoid violence at all costs.

Kevin

This is facile.

What if the cost was the destruction of the planet? Or the human race? Or the environment?

'At all costs' is idealistic, and unlikely to hold up in the real world, where trade-offs are the name of the game.

destruction of the human race is violence, so avoiding violence at all costs imply not to destruct human race.
Regarding environment / planet : where do you see avoiding violence would have such counterpart ?

On a buddhist forum, i am not sure this is "facile" to write buddhist are violent. Your answer seems to prove it is not.

[fornoxe]

From my french newspaper

The nationalist cinghalais Mahinda Rajapakse is allied now with Bodu Bala Sena (BBS), un extrem bouddhism (??) party created in 2012.

The secretary Bhikku (!!) Galagoda-atte gnanasara say the government is scare to loose his popularity if they attack us.

Sound so sad

[Pseudobabble]

We should avoid violence at all costs.

Kevin

This is facile.

What if the cost was the destruction of the planet? Or the human race? Or the environment?

'At all costs' is idealistic, and unlikely to hold up in the real world, where trade-offs are the name of the game.

destruction of the human race is violence, so avoiding violence at all costs imply not to destruct human race.
Regarding environment / planet : where do you see avoiding violence would have such counterpart ?

On a buddhist forum, i am not sure this is "facile" to write buddhist are violent. Your answer seems to prove it is not.

Are you saying that there is no scenario where violence is a price worth paying for the purpose of preventing a greater violence?

[Kamran]

Its significant because for the last few decades Sri Lanka was victim of one of the worst civil wars in which Tamil Tigers fought brutally for an independent state for the Tamil people.

[pyluyten]

Are you saying that there is no scenario where violence is a price worth paying for the purpose of preventing a greater violence?

in this specific thread, violence is not a price worth paying.

[Pseudobabble]

Are you saying that there is no scenario where violence is a price worth paying for the purpose of preventing a greater violence?

in this specific thread, violence is not a price worth paying.

It seems you're saying something different from Virgo. You have qualified his statement. Anyway, it still doesn't address the scenario where violence might be done to prevent a greater violence. This thread is hardly likely to be the circumstance where that is played out - far more likely is a situation where, for example, the police need to shoot a violent, hostage taking maniac to prevent him from killing many people. Do you think 'avoiding violence at all costs' would lead to a good outcome in that scenario?

[binocular]

a situation where, for example, the police need to shoot a violent, hostage taking maniac to prevent him from killing many people.

... and then he gets reborn to "finish the business", that's how such attacks keep happening.

[binocular]

Are you saying that there is no scenario where violence is a price worth paying for the purpose of preventing a greater violence?

Such scenarios are inavoidable. But I think it would be a mistake to classify those actions where violence is attempted to be quelled with violence, as "compassionate" or "just" or "righteous" or "good".

Because this is the real issue here, isn't it? How to justify violent action and interpret it as (metaphysically) just, righteous, good, compassionate.

[SarathW]

Unfortunately, some Sri Lankans never learn from the past mistakes.
There should be some invisible power behind this violence.
How is Sri Lankans repeating a similar thing what happened in Maynamar?

[binocular]

Unfortunately, some Sri Lankans never learn from the past mistakes.
There should be some invisible power behind this violence.
How is Sri Lankans repeating a similar thing what happened in Maynamar?

Karma, DO ...