Tag: Indonesia

Buddha & St Benedict United!

UK: Buddha & St Benedict Entwined – a Retrospect! (10.9.2026)

Now, whilst in Hereford I befriended an Irishman (my family are part Irish) named “Brian Gray” – who was training to be a Catholic Priest. He was fascinated by Buddhism and liked to “spar” with me in gloved-boxing matches (I was a nasty bit of work in my late teens – as I discovered my natural physical strength). He introduced me to a “Father Thomas” the Abbot of the Catholic Hereford Cathedral. He wanted me to go to the Vatican to meet the Pope – and to join the Catholic faith – but of course, this was not my path. I am not attuned to entering these paths that discriminate against non-members for not being members. Also, at that point I was learning about how the Vatican supported fascism before, during, and after WWII. So you can see my predicament. Although I had friendly interactions on the personal level, there were certain political realities that had to be acknowledged and balanced. Anyway, the upshot of all this was that I was introduced to the study of the Rule of St Benedict followed by the monastics of the Catholic Church (and given the ring you can see here – although I am unaware of its significance).

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Liberal Aceh State - First Offense

Indonesia: “Liberal” Aceh State – the Other-Side of the Cane! (1.2.2026)

What is interesting is that the English-language BBC presents this story with a sense of “White” moral indignation – but BBC Indonesia presented the same news story in a sympathetic manner. The BBC has already been banned from China for racially-motivated and fake news stories – so I suppose the BBC is trying not to be banned from Indonesia for exactly the same grounds. This situation does highlight how Eurocentric reporting will stoke racial prejudices on the one-hand (these photographs are terrifying to Westerners) – whilst at the same time pretending to support and express a non-White culture fairly. I will keep my powder dry as regards the reasons these punishments were carried-out. I neither agree nor disagree with relative systems of moral enforcement – things are what they are. I suppose the approach adopted here, is that if relatively minor issues are come-down upon really hard (short of the death penalty) – then individuals in society will not commit any crimes of a greater nature. I think this is simplistic and not always a correct assumption. I think 140-lashes would be difficult to take for a grown Western man – at least we can appreciate the courage of the condemned.

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We Stand With Palestine!

Gaza: One-Year On – a United World “Rejects” Israeli Genocide! (6.10.2024)

Various countries including the US, UK, Italy, Spain, the Philippines, Indonesia, Germany, Serbia, Ireland, France, and South Africa – are witnessing demonstrations in support of the Palestinian people on the eve of the anniversary of the Al-Aqsa Storm Operation. The cry against Israeli genocide is – “We Are All Palestinians!” Remember, in 1975, the UN declared Zionism to be a form of “White Supremacy” propagated by middle class (secular) Jews living in late 1800s Germany! Zionism is NOT Judaism (Judaism and Jewish people are not the enemy) – Zionism is the enemy because it is a form of fascism! The Palestinians are being massacred because they are NOT White! The collective world must stop this madness and the US, UK, and EU policy which allows it! The British RAF should stop illegally bombing the Yemen – just because the Yemeni people support Palestine!

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British Inspired Massacres!

Indonesia “Too Close” to China – British Government Incited an Anti-Chinese Massacre! (26.5.2024)

Soe Tjen Marching is a lecturer at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. Her father was persecuted and imprisoned by the Indonesian military. She said that the actions against the Chinese in 1965 “led to a large extent to generating lethal levels of suspicion and discrimination between Chinese and non-Chinese Indonesians. Therefore, the British government urgently needs to apologize.”

Tabor’s Steve Alston said his organization was “appalled that the UK government is involved in a disinformation campaign that incites violence”. Tabor is an NGO that monitors Human Rights issues in Indonesia. Alston said: “Faced with this evidence, the UK government must now commit to launching an investigation by an independent prosecutor and completing it within 18 months.”

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Well Done George Galloway!

Rochdale: George Galloway’s Victory Speech! (3.3.2024)

However, the ‘London Recruits’ who travelled to fight the Apartheid in South Africa during the 1970s – was a British ‘Communist Party’ initiative – one of the few post-1945 initiatives that advocated directly opposing certain extreme elements of the Bourgeois Establishment. Khrushchev’s betrayal of Stalin during 1956 (and 1961) caused all kinds of divisions throughout the International Communist Party. I think that before he committed himself to the Bourgeois Labour Party – George Galloway was a Communist. Indeed, most of the videos of Galloway expressing pro-Communist ideas have subsequently been removed from the internet. The ‘new’ Galloway is Islamic-bigotry friendly – and whilst he works to eradicate gays and trans from society – he might grant you one or two Socialist attributes and reforms. He might even throw you a football to keep you quiet. Only the call to prayer will disrupt the game – but only if the local clock is working on the Town Hall!

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