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Re:Friendly Feudalism: The Tibet Myth (2003) by aorth on Friday June 19, 2020 @07:13AM (#23573207)
> So why we in the west should think that this is an especially enlightened religion is beyond me. If you must do religion, why not Christianity or Islam? At least these two make a point of encouraging charity and kindness towards others.

The Prophet Muhammad owned, traded, and raped slaves according to the sayings and actions attributed to the Prophet and his companions (hadith), which is very highly regarded in the Islamic tradition (second only to the Qur'an). :\

https://sunnah.com/abudawud/20/70 https://sunnah.com/bukhari/51/28 https://sunnah.com/urn/1268350 https://sunnah.com/nasai/36/21 https://sunnah.com/nasai/37/84 https://sunnah.com/nasai/37/87 https://sunnah.com/bukhari/95/17

Anyways, I'm not sure why this is on HN.

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Re:Friendly Feudalism: The Tibet Myth (2003) by dvfjsdhgfv on Friday June 19, 2020 @07:21AM (#23573254)
> Anyways, I'm not sure why this is on HN.

I guess it is interesting to people who aren't aware that atrocities were present in all societies, no matter what the official religion was. But I wonder if this could be a pro-Chinese source.

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Re:Friendly Feudalism: The Tibet Myth (2003) by thomasz on Friday June 19, 2020 @08:34AM (#23573825)
Michael Parenti? No. He makes it pretty clear that he supports independence but not the restoration of the medieval social order.
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Re:Friendly Feudalism: The Tibet Myth (2003) by foobar_ on Friday June 19, 2020 @07:26AM (#23573287)
As a modern society we would like to assume that human sacrifice doesn't happen but just try to blaspheme a nation state and see how quickly people get ready with the pitch forks. The semantics have merely shifted. Rene Girard talks a lot about this. Projecting collective dissatisfaction onto others is how a society renews itself.
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