Comments on: Fuck The Patriarchy http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/04/10/fuck-the-patriarchy/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:19:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: lenmasta http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/04/10/fuck-the-patriarchy/#comment-30848 lenmasta Tue, 19 Dec 2006 02:29:19 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/?p=60#comment-30848 I think all religions, including Buddhism, have a glaring flaw, which is anti-materialism. As in, let's not pay attention to stuff here because we'll all be chilling with god if we plays our cards right. What they had in Tibet was a feudalistic theocracy. I was surprised you portrayed any religion in such a favorable light. I think all religions, including Buddhism, have a glaring flaw, which is anti-materialism. As in, let’s not pay attention to stuff here because we’ll all be chilling with god if we plays our cards right. What they had in Tibet was a feudalistic theocracy. I was surprised you portrayed any religion in such a favorable light.

]]> By: Luckynkl http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/04/10/fuck-the-patriarchy/#comment-30320 Luckynkl Tue, 12 Dec 2006 07:37:55 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/?p=60#comment-30320 <i>It seems to me that Tenzin joined the US military because he believed in freedom for all people: Iraqi, Tibetan, whoever. </i> Of course women aren't considered people, so it's not women's freedom we're talking about here. No boy wants to free women. So my message to the boys is, it really doesn't matter much to me which one of you boys win. You all treat women like shit. It seems to me that Tenzin joined the US military because he believed in freedom for all people: Iraqi, Tibetan, whoever.

Of course women aren’t considered people, so it’s not women’s freedom we’re talking about here. No boy wants to free women. So my message to the boys is, it really doesn’t matter much to me which one of you boys win. You all treat women like shit.

]]> By: ribbit http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/04/10/fuck-the-patriarchy/#comment-30310 ribbit Tue, 12 Dec 2006 02:30:17 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/?p=60#comment-30310 It is now 2006 and I have decided to read your blog from the beginning. So you may never read this but... here goes: "Yesterday, U.S. Central Command issued a news release announcing lightning raids in the remote towns of Ain Lalin and Quara Tapa "to isolate and capture noncompliant forces." The name of the mission: Operation Ivy Lightning. Or, if you prefer the acronym: OIL. " I have been hearing this rumor that the stuff in Iraq was originally "Operation Iraqi Liberation". As far as I can tell this is what they were referring to. For the full explanation go to: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A51517-2003Aug12 It is now 2006 and I have decided to read your blog from the beginning. So you may never read this but… here goes:

“Yesterday, U.S. Central Command issued a news release announcing lightning raids in the remote towns of Ain Lalin and Quara Tapa “to isolate and capture noncompliant forces.” The name of the mission: Operation Ivy Lightning. Or, if you prefer the acronym: OIL. ”

I have been hearing this rumor that the stuff in Iraq was originally “Operation Iraqi Liberation”. As far as I can tell this is what they were referring to.

For the full explanation go to: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A51517-2003Aug12

]]> By: Prentiss Riddle http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/04/10/fuck-the-patriarchy/#comment-61 Prentiss Riddle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/?p=60#comment-61 Hmm. I'm not sure who <i>started</i> it, but from what I've heard of Sri Lanka's civil war the Buddhist (Sinhalese) side hasn't exactly lived up the peace-loving label. And I've never been clear about the relationship between Buddhism and Shintoism in Japan, but Buddhism didn't exactly prevent Imperial Japan from starting wars. Sorry, I seem to be quibbling with you about religion today -- I don't mean to keep singing the same note. Hmm. I’m not sure who started it, but from what I’ve heard of Sri Lanka’s civil war the Buddhist (Sinhalese) side hasn’t exactly lived up the peace-loving label. And I’ve never been clear about the relationship between Buddhism and Shintoism in Japan, but Buddhism didn’t exactly prevent Imperial Japan from starting wars.

Sorry, I seem to be quibbling with you about religion today — I don’t mean to keep singing the same note.

]]> By: Twisty http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/04/10/fuck-the-patriarchy/#comment-62 Twisty Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/?p=60#comment-62 Oh crap, you’re quite right! If I'd been paying better attention, the paragraph would have read “.... for the past two and a half millennia, the patriarchal Judeo-Muslo-Christian warrior cults have started all the <em>religious</em> wars. Buddhists, conversely, have started none.” I’m not a Buddhist scholar, and have no information on the number of non-religious wars started by Buddhists through the ages, but the Buddha definitely frowns on the warrior mentality, viz. aggression for personal gain, etc. Of course, a potential loophole emerges when he also pronounces “he who deserves punishment must be punished.” Why can't these old subcontinental spiritual leader farts just say what they mean? In any event, even if the peacenik Buddhist exists only as a romantic American conceit, it can still be used by mainstream media to prop up our cultural myths. By the way, feel free to sing the same note all you like. <em>I</em> certainly do. Oh crap, you’re quite right! If I’d been paying better attention, the paragraph would have read “…. for the past two and a half millennia, the patriarchal Judeo-Muslo-Christian warrior cults have started all the religious wars. Buddhists, conversely, have started none.”

I’m not a Buddhist scholar, and have no information on the number of non-religious wars started by Buddhists through the ages, but the Buddha definitely frowns on the warrior mentality, viz. aggression for personal gain, etc. Of course, a potential loophole emerges when he also pronounces “he who deserves punishment must be punished.” Why can’t these old subcontinental spiritual leader farts just say what they mean?

In any event, even if the peacenik Buddhist exists only as a romantic American conceit, it can still be used by mainstream media to prop up our cultural myths.

By the way, feel free to sing the same note all you like. I certainly do.

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/04/10/fuck-the-patriarchy/#comment-63 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/?p=60#comment-63 I am not sure Tenzin Dengkhim would agree with your analysis. It was the Tibetans (not the CIA) who actually started the armed resistance against the Chinese. It was only after the armed resistance failed that the Dalai Lama took up the nonviolent approach. I think you probably made up the bit about Tenzin saving money up for college, according to the interviews I have read, Tenzin joined the military in the hopes of eventually serving as a soldier in an army to liberate Tibet. It seems to me that Tenzin joined the US military because he believed in freedom for all people: Iraqi, Tibetan, whoever. I think you should be careful about reducing his motives to merely "making money for college." He was a refugee, one million of his people have been killed by Chinese policies. I think it is horrible that you twist his motivations into something so base. The fact is that many Tibetans like Tenzin believe in freedom more than they believe in nonviolence...that is why Tenzin joined the military. I don't agree with his decision, but I understand why he made it. Stop being so damn paternalistic and speaking for people who have no voice! I am not sure Tenzin Dengkhim would agree with your analysis. It was the Tibetans (not the CIA) who actually started the armed resistance against the Chinese. It was only after the armed resistance failed that the Dalai Lama took up the nonviolent approach.

I think you probably made up the bit about Tenzin saving money up for college, according to the interviews I have read, Tenzin joined the military in the hopes of eventually serving as a soldier in an army to liberate Tibet. It seems to me that Tenzin joined the US military because he believed in freedom for all people: Iraqi, Tibetan, whoever. I think you should be careful about reducing his motives to merely “making money for college.” He was a refugee, one million of his people have been killed by Chinese policies. I think it is horrible that you twist his motivations into something so base.

The fact is that many Tibetans like Tenzin believe in freedom more than they believe in nonviolence…that is why Tenzin joined the military. I don’t agree with his decision, but I understand why he made it.

Stop being so damn paternalistic and speaking for people who have no voice!

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