Buddhist monks fined after street brawl with crosstown rival temple

[Schadenfroh]

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BANGKOK (Reuters) - Five Thai Buddhist monks have been defrocked and fined after a brawl with monks from a nearby temple, police and newspapers said Tuesday.

The street fight was the culmination of years of antagonism between monks from the two temples who had often exchanged curses, insults and rude gestures as they collected alms on different sides of a road, the Manager newspaper said.

"When an ordinary person is given a middle-finger sign, he will be mad. So am I," it quoted one of the defrocked monks, Boonlert Boonpan, as saying after the brawl in the northeastern state of Nong Khai Monday.

Boonlert said he usually carried a knuckle-duster in his shoulder bag during the morning collection of alms on which Bhuddist monks depend, it said.

Boonlert and the four other monks, all aged between 15 and 28, were each fined 1,000 baht ($25) by police for public brawling and were defrocked by senior monks, Wut Pomraksa, head of Nong Khai police station, told Reuters.

But Boonlert was unrepentant.

"If senators can fight in parliament, why can't monks?" he said.

 

[Coquito]

I am Cain...

 

[Epic Fail]

where did you think kung fu comes from?

 

[Looney]

WTF? For a simple fight, and you get defrocked? Hell, some religion allows you to have sex with children, and the worst you get is you get sent to another area where you're not known, and get to do it all over again.

 

[GoingUp]

Originally posted by: Looney
WTF? For a simple fight, and you get defrocked? Hell, some religion allows you to have sex with children, and the worst you get is you get sent to another area where you're not known, and get to do it all over again.

thats the benefit of being a catholic

 

[fallenangel99]

any videos? i want to see some kung fu hustle!!!

 

[dethman]

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs

Originally posted by: Looney
WTF? For a simple fight, and you get defrocked? Hell, some religion allows you to have sex with children, and the worst you get is you get sent to another area where you're not known, and get to do it all over again.

thats the benefit of being a catholic

i'm converting.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs

Originally posted by: Looney
WTF? For a simple fight, and you get defrocked? Hell, some religion allows you to have sex with children, and the worst you get is you get sent to another area where you're not known, and get to do it all over again.

thats the benefit of being a catholic

<singing>

Every sperm is sacred, every sperm is good...

 

[Queasy]

:music:Everybody was Kung Fu fighting!
Those cats were fast as lightning!:music:

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: Boonlert Boonpan
If senators can fight in parliament, why can't monks?

LOL....maybe because the monks are supposed to set the example for how everyone should live their lives?

Seems like fighting over taking alms and carrying weapons violates some part of avoiding hateful thoughts and not killing.

 

[gigapet]

i don't think they have really grasped the concepts of buddhism yet.

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: dethman

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs

Originally posted by: Looney
WTF? For a simple fight, and you get defrocked? Hell, some religion allows you to have sex with children, and the worst you get is you get sent to another area where you're not known, and get to do it all over again.

thats the benefit of being a catholic

i'm converting.

Gotta wait a bit. Seems Michael Jackson is gumming up the works.

 

[Toastedlightly]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs

Originally posted by: Looney
WTF? For a simple fight, and you get defrocked? Hell, some religion allows you to have sex with children, and the worst you get is you get sent to another area where you're not known, and get to do it all over again.

thats the benefit of being a catholic

<singing>

Every sperm is sacred, every sperm is good...

Nah.. the penis song > *

 

[Kipper]

Originally posted by: gigapet
i don't think they have really grasped the concepts of buddhism yet.

...and since they were de-frocked, they won't.

 

[conjur]

Everybody was kung-fu fighting
Those cats were fast as lightning
In fact it was a little bit frightning
But they fought with expert timing

They were funky China men from funky Chinatown
They were chopping them up and they were chopping them down
It's an ancient Chineese art and everybody knew their part
From a feint into a slip, and kicking from the hip

Everybody was kung-fu fighting
Those cats were fast as lightning
In fact it was a little bit frightning
But they fought with expert timing

There was funky Billy Chin and little Sammy Chung
He said here comes the big boss, lets get it on
We took a bow and made a stand, started swinging with the hand
The sudden motion made me skip now we're into a brand knew trip

Everybody was kung-fu fighting
Those cats were fast as lightning
In fact it was a little bit frightning
But they did it with expert timing

(repeat)..make sure you have expert timing
Kung-fu fighting, had to be fast as lightning