[onedoug]

Buddhist monk in Vietnam supposedly burning himself to death over some perceived injustice.

[Kickass Conservative]

That's what happens when they hang out with “THE MOST INTERESTING MAN IN THE WORLD”.

Were they drinking Dos Equis?

[Misterioso]

The only monk I worship is Thelonious.

[The people have spoken]

Those were serious stakes! What were they playing? Texas Hold’em?

[allmost]

These guys screwed up. The crimes seem non-criminal to me.

[dennisw]

“The stakes for 13 hours of gambling were more than 1 billion won ($875,300),”

Where do monks get that kind of moolah to squander? They must be Democrats. I would not be shocked if the K Gov’t supports them in some way

[BerryDingle]

This sounds just like a democratic fundraiser.

[allmost]

“Kill the Buddha”.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

“So?”

h/t Andrew Breitbart, America misses you.

[Caipirabob]

What tenant of their faith did they break? Seriously? The converted Buddhists I know are commies. This seems harmless in comparison.

[blueunicorn6]

Those monks were monkeying around.

[James C. Bennett]

At least they weren’t buggering little boys and spending huge sums of money to keep it all hushed up, like that other soul-harvesting franchise.

[trebb]

Just more proof that the human condition is the human condition. Any person (of “the cloth” or not) who appears to live IAW God’s Laws is just better at maintaining secrets than the rest.

[foldspace]

I’d like to get on the other side of this story....

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A student is on one side of a raging river. There are no bridges. He has no boat. He shouts out to the master on the opposite bank. “How do I get to the other side?” The master shouts back: “You are on the other side.”