[Buddha-l] FW: Sri Lanka monks form RSS-like group

[Gregory Bungo]

Hi everyone,

I have some concerns about some of the resolutions.

Mahinda Deegalle <dmahinda at yahoo.com> wrote:

>>The Five Resolutions of the Bodu Bala Sena:
> 
>(2)        Prohibiting works that damage ancient heritage and introducing a bill to
>prohibit unacceptable creative works.

Prohibiting unacceptable creative works?  Censorship?  Really?


>(4)        Government projects intended to reduce the Sri Lankan population must be
>stopped. Within a month closing the family planning units. Prohibiting sending
>women to the Middle East for slavery.

One of the biggest problems facing the contemporary world is overpopulation.
Human overpopulation causes or worsens major environmental problems, it increases
emotional stress, which often leads to violence, and it intensifies poverty.
A low income family with 4 or 5 children has a much harder time making ends
meet than a family with 1 or 2 children.  Indeed, desperate impoverished people
are more likely to seek slave-like employment in the Middle East.


Regards,

Greg Bungo