Buddhists Go Bad Analysis
B. Data Analysis
1. Ideology Based on the data description, the selected data discusses about a review of Time Magazine under the title “When Buddhists Go Bad”, the Times Magazine mostly filled with phenomenon that happened all around the world. And this article explains how the phenomenon about Buddhists happened in Asia. At the first sight the attention will be glued on the title: Picture 1 From the picture above, it can be seen a hint on what the article wants to convey. Here, the writer uses bold letters to catch the first impression of the readers. The title implicitly also explain what Buddhists doing inside the title. The writer also puts three points to lead the story about Buddhists. They are: Picture 2 Picture 3 Picture …show more content…
But where does social activism end and political militancy begin? Every religion can be twisted into a destructive force poisoned by ideas that are antithetical to its foundations. Now it's Buddhism's turn.”(Paragraph:7)
As said in the theoretical frameworks, Buddhists can do this action because Buddhists has more power over the minorities group and their action control over the minorities. And usually, the powerful group gained a permission or immune from their own government law in chasing minorities.
“But Burma's democratization has also allowed extremist voices to proliferate and unleashed something akin to ethnic cleansing. The trouble began last year in the far west, where clashes between local Buddhists and Muslims claimed a disproportionate number of Muslim lives.” (Paragraph:10)
As from data below, they are not immune but they have a lure of chauvinism.
“...Buddhists and their holy men are not immune to politics and, on occasion, the lure of sectarian
1. Ideology Based on the data description, the selected data discusses about a review of Time Magazine under the title “When Buddhists Go Bad”, the Times Magazine mostly filled with phenomenon that happened all around the world. And this article explains how the phenomenon about Buddhists happened in Asia. At the first sight the attention will be glued on the title: Picture 1 From the picture above, it can be seen a hint on what the article wants to convey. Here, the writer uses bold letters to catch the first impression of the readers. The title implicitly also explain what Buddhists doing inside the title. The writer also puts three points to lead the story about Buddhists. They are: Picture 2 Picture 3 Picture …show more content…
But where does social activism end and political militancy begin? Every religion can be twisted into a destructive force poisoned by ideas that are antithetical to its foundations. Now it's Buddhism's turn.”(Paragraph:7)
As said in the theoretical frameworks, Buddhists can do this action because Buddhists has more power over the minorities group and their action control over the minorities. And usually, the powerful group gained a permission or immune from their own government law in chasing minorities.
“But Burma's democratization has also allowed extremist voices to proliferate and unleashed something akin to ethnic cleansing. The trouble began last year in the far west, where clashes between local Buddhists and Muslims claimed a disproportionate number of Muslim lives.” (Paragraph:10)
As from data below, they are not immune but they have a lure of chauvinism.
“...Buddhists and their holy men are not immune to politics and, on occasion, the lure of sectarian