rooster59 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Protester hangs self near Dhammakaya Temple By The Nation A middle-aged man hanged himself from a 100-metre-high radio antenna on Saturday night in an apparent protest against the ongoing siege of the controversial Dhammakaya Temple. The man, wearing black, started climbing the structure at a community radio station located behind the vast temple complex in Pathum Thani at about 6 pm. He also displayed a placard with a message giving authorities a 9 pm deadline for a junta order against Dhammakaya to be revoked. “Please revoke the Article 44 order before 9 pm or you can collect my body,” his message read. Full story: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/breakingnews/30307286 -- © Copyright The Nation 2017-02-26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatawonderfulday Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 one less to arrest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinneil Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Stupid bugger what did that achieve? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGareth2 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 4 minutes ago, colinneil said: Stupid bugger what did that achieve? wait and see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 27 minutes ago, colinneil said: Stupid bugger what did that achieve? Nirvana! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeneeds Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 FUTILE ! R.I.P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweatalot Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 2 hours ago, AGareth2 said: wait and see nothing. Senseless action. Poor deluded brainwashed victim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul18620 Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Brainwashed by the temple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artisi Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 2 hours ago, colinneil said: Stupid bugger what did that achieve? ... a dangerous retrieval exercise for the poor buggers who had the job of getting him down. Maybe should left him there as a warning to others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGareth2 Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 brainwashed or not his death/action could/will be used by others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8OA8 Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 9 minutes ago, Artisi said: ... a dangerous retrieval exercise for the poor buggers who had the job of getting him down. Maybe should left him there as a warning to others. Perhaps not a warning, but an example for others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhizBang Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 One less cult member to deal with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman20 Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 he talk the talk and walked the walk makes a nice change for someone to do what they say their going to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silent Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 1 hour ago, WhizBang said: One less cult member to deal with. Let us pray "Although his message was proving popular, the claim of his disciples that Jesus was the son of God offended many people." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgordo38 Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 6 hours ago, colinneil said: Stupid bugger what did that achieve? Nirvana well in his mind anyways. I am sure the PM gave this a lot of consideration before rejecting the withdrawal of 44 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petermik Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Maybe he,s heard about virgins in the afterlife Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
than Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Dhammachayo, the David Koresh of Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisemonkey Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Silly bunt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krataiboy Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 One wonders whether this man considered the consequences on others before throwing away his life for such an arguably unworthy cause. Like the suicide bombers of a rival faith, the brief pain of his parting was as nothing compared to the legacy of grief inflicted upon the loved ones he left behind. As the late and great contrarian Christopher Hitchens famously remarked, "Religion poisons everything". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack100 Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Perhaps he felt pressured because has some relatives who had some savings in a well known union credit union? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farcanell Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Does Buddhism recognize martyrs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook23 Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 2 minutes ago, farcanell said: Does Buddhism recognize martyrs? Only if you pay/donate enough upfront... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook23 Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 1 hour ago, Krataiboy said: As the late and great contrarian Christopher Hitchens famously remarked, "Religion poisons everything". True. As well as: "there is no eastern solution" where he explains how corrupted the socalled eastern religions including buddhism are FOS. Thats. Full. Of. Shjt... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn0000 Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 4 hours ago, silent said: Let us pray "Although his message was proving popular, the claim of his disciples that Jesus was the son of God offended many people." You are comparing this money launderer to Jesus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn0000 Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 16 minutes ago, farcanell said: Does Buddhism recognize martyrs? They have done, in Vietnam and Tibet, but I very much doubt they will see this one as a martyr seeing as it is not Buddhism being persecuted this time, just a corrupt monk being investigated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardinalblue Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Protesters should stop hanging around... nothing but a cult taking advantage of ignorant people.... police/military so weak to enforce against disobedient behavior... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddavidovsky Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, Krataiboy said: As the late and great contrarian Christopher Hitchens famously remarked, "Religion poisons everything". What Hitchens didn't understand (and Dawkins too come to that) is that religion only poisons everything from an intellectual atheistic perspective - and being an intellectual atheist, his observation was therefore more egocentric than it was dispassionate and objective. I'm also an intellectual atheist, but not an egocentric one, and I can recognise that religion is necessary for the simple-minded masses. Without it they will run amok. There's no question of 'eradicating' religion - at least not until we have evolved into a different species (we have entered the post-human era, but there are centuries to go) - so even railing about religion intellectually is ignorant. Regarding Dhammakaya, if the establishment tries to eradicate it, they will only give the entire movement the cachet of martyrdom. Edited February 26, 2017 by ddavidovsky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn0000 Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 23 minutes ago, ddavidovsky said: What Hitchens didn't understand (and Dawkins too come to that) is that religion only poisons everything from an intellectual atheistic perspective - and being an intellectual atheist, his observation was therefore more egocentric than it was dispassionate and objective. I'm also an intellectual atheist, but not an egocentric one, and I can recognise that religion is necessary for the simple-minded masses. Without it they will run amok. There's no question of 'eradicating' religion - at least not until we have evolved into a different species (we have entered the post-human era, but there are centuries to go) - so even railing about religion intellectually is ignorant. Regarding Dhammakaya, if the establishment tries to eradicate it, they will only give the entire movement the cachet of martyrdom. In what way are we in a post-human era and how exactly are we to evolve collectively into anything more advanced when our breeding is in no way controlled by nature? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FitnessHealthTravel Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Not a lot of logic there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigman Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Leave those people in LOS and Buddhism alone if you never read or learn what Buddha 's teachings are. By three Years I learned a lot from my Thai partner about those teachings and to be honest ...as I hate religions of this world Buddha teaching could make this world much much better ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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