UMFC - Ultimate Monk Fighting Championship
Posted on 08/17/2006 6:05:40 AM PDT by rightgrafix
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Protesters calling for an end to recent violence in Sri Lanka found themselves brawling with hardline Buddhist monks on Thursday, after a rally dubbed a "peace protest" turned unexpectedly violent.
Organisers said there were around 1,000 people in a park in the capital, Colombo, listening to a range of speakers when hardline saffron-robed monks opposed to concessions to Tamil Tiger rebels mounted the stage and erected banners.
Some more moderate Buddhist monks, protesting for peace, were already on the stage when punches were thrown. Soon, monks' robes and fists were flying, although no one was badly hurt, witnesses said.
"They were saying we should go to war," said pro-peace monk Madampawe Assagee. "We like to listen to other opinions so we let them do that but then they started fighting and we couldn't control some of our people. They tried to make it a big fight but we settled it in a few minutes."
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Waiting for the David Carradine/Kung Fu pictures to appear...
It all started when a bystander misinterpreted the "snatch the pebble from my hand" gag.
???
I hope there's video of this:)
Everybody was kung-fu fighting.....
UMFC - Ultimate Monk Fighting Championship
Now THAT, Alanis, is ironic!
LOL!
That was I was thinking too. You rarely, if ever, see them described that way.
I cant stop giggling....That is the Greatest Headline EVER
ROTFLMAO
The Monk Fight Channel - check your cable listings!
Reminds me of the brilliant Onion article, "I AM THE MOST SERENE! IN YOUR FACE! I AM THE MOST SERENE!"
Buddhist (non-violent religion) monks (non-violent occupation) brawl at peace protest (non-violent event).
Isn't Irony Ironic?
Shaolin shadowboxing, and the Wu-Tang sword
style. If what you say is true, the Shaolin and the Wu-Tang
could bedangerous. Do you think your Wu-Tang sword can
defeat me?
En garde, I'll let you try my Wu-Tang
style.
So much negative energy.
Buddhist monks brawling? Well, there goes another stereotype down the drain. I suppose next we'll hear about Irish drunks meditating.... ;)
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