[nightdriver]

"I do not think it behooves Buddhists to look kindly upon or excuse all the past horrors of the negative interactions that have occurred."

Nor does it behoove any of the rest of us to continue treating islam as though it is ammenable to polite society.

Remember, it was the moslem Turks that taught the nazis how to perform genocide by isolating huge groups of Armenians out in the desert so that they simply starved to death. The nazis used that practice as a pattern for their death camps.

[LeoWindhorse]

"it was the moslem Turks that taught the nazis how to perform genocide "

I have no doubt that given half a chance , the muslims would and will try and institute these practices and far worse again in the future. This is why the Dalai Lama should seriously reassess what he is saying publicly , and also why the world cannot (read:CANNOT!) allow Iran to get the Bomb....