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Religious Misunderstanding

Calvin Trillin

July 16, 2014

Radical Buddhists rampage against Muslims in Myanmar.                                                                 —News reports.

Because we thought Buddhists were such peaceful guys, The riots in Burma were quite a surprise. A bloodthirsty Buddhist! That has us perplexed. We find ourselves wondering what could come next: Will violence flow from some Quaker disquiet? Should we be expecting a Mennonite riot? Are we going to see, bounding over the heath, An Amish jihadist who’s armed to the teeth?

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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