When Monks Behave Badly

I had to look this up, since I couldn't remember all of the details, but I did remember reading about this some time ago. Anyway, here's a link to a Times Online story about Buddhist monks jailed for their involvement in a riot in Tibet. To note, the story says the rioters were apparently Tibetans angered at Chinese rule.

Can't say I blame them.

Apparently, if you Google Buddhist, Monk, Riot and Violence, you'll get quite a few hits. Here's another one

The lede from this 1998 Independent story by Richard Lloyd Parry follows:

IT SOUNDS like a scene from a Bruce Lee film, or perhaps one of the wackier Monty Python episodes: rival gangs of martial arts monks beating up one another, throwing one another down the stairs and bombarding one another with potted plants, stones, petrol bombs and fire extinguishers. But this was the scene yesterday in Seoul, the South Korean capital, after 12 hours' fighting between members of the country's biggest Buddhist sect.