Comments on: Schizophrenic Monk Burns Down Golden Temple

By: caro

caro — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 14:27:00 +0000

*say* is missing in the last sentence

By: caro

caro — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 14:24:00 +0000

Hi, first time commenter. Just found the site today and absolutely love it. But – I don’t love the title of this article. It was suggested that the monk was mentally ill but it wasn’t established that he was definitely schizophrenic, according to the article. So why jump to labeling him as schizophrenic in the title? Is it because it’s predictable and fits the stigma attached to the illness? As someone with a close relative who is schizophrenic, I resent this. People already have such stigma attached to the idea “schizophrenia” without knowing what it’s really like that I was afraid to read the comments to see if anyone was going to something alarmist and misinformed.

By: Liz

Liz — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 03:04:00 +0000

Read Patriotism by Mishima, it’s almost like his death rehearsal!

By: シドニー

シドニー — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 14:55:00 +0000

Aw I have a mac and went to find my picture of 金閣寺 and was disappointed when I don’t have it. *goes to google* D:

By: Mullsack

Mullsack — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 12:18:00 +0000

Some men just want to watch the world burn..

By: Pepper_the_Sgt

Pepper_the_Sgt — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 06:50:00 +0000

Yeah, my understanding is that he was radically traditional (if that makes sense) and didn’t like how Japan was being Westernized. He was into the warrior spirit kind of thing, explaining the dramatic seppuku. I really need to get around to reading some of his stories. I found a couple of his works cheap at a book store, but they’ve just been sitting on my shelf unloved.