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Testimony from an Ogyen Kunzang Choling (OKC) Survivor https://buddhism-controversy-blog.com/2017/10/29/testimony-from-an-ogyen-kunsang-choling-okc-survivor/

Testimony from an Ogyen Kunzang Choling (OKC) Survivor
The following comment was posted by a Buddhist as a comment after having shared Ben’s powerpoint presentation “40 Years of Abuse in the Name of Dharma by ex-OKC born-kids” on Facebook. Ben wh…

Random thought: humans view trees as vulnerable because they can't move out of the way of danger. But consider:
1. A single tree can produce tens of thousands of offspring.
2. Many of those seeds can remain dormant and viable for millennia.
3. Some living trees survive fit millennia themselves.
4. Trees vastly outnumber humans, maybe up to 100:1.
5. Many seeds die, but those that don't have found a niche that supplies them everything they need without having to move.
In contrast, humans:
1. Only produce a few dozen offspring at most. Barely replace their own population.
2. Cannot remain dormant once birthed.
3. Only survive for a century tops. Can only reproduce for maybe half that time.
4. So few of us. Individual humans live hundreds of feet apart, or at least dozens even in the densest cities.
5. Need to constantly burn energy moving around for their next meal. Could starve and die at any time in just a few days if they can't find water.
At a species level, the survival of humans begins to look much more perilous than the survival of many tree species.
Also I forgot to add:
6. Humans kill *each other* all the time. What the fuck humans?!? We have made ourselves our own biggest threat.
Trees do compete locally for water and sunlight and thus do kill each other, but only via circumstance, not intentionally.

Only 6 Circa Survivor entries still alive for $18.7M prize https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/betting/only-6-circa-survivor-entries-still-alive-for-18-7m-prize-3601089/

Survivors on ‘narco boat’ targeted by Trump order were blown apart after Hegseth verbal command to ‘kill everybody’: Report | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/pete-hegseth-drug-boat-survivors-order-b2874580.html

Hegseth declines to comment on report that boat survivors were killed as a result of his orders to military (ABC News)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hegseth-declines-comment-report-boat-survivors-killed-result/story?id=127951385
http://www.memeorandum.com/251128/p66#a251128p66

#WashingtonPost

Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.

How does Ukrainian culture survive war? One Austrian foundation has a long-term answer: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/26/how-does-ukrainian-culture-survive.html

A missile screamed off the Trinidad coast, striking the vessel and igniting a blaze from bow to stern.
For minutes, commanders watched the boat burning on a live drone feed.
As the smoke cleared, they got a jolt: Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck.
Hegseth's order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all 

The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack
— the opening salvo in the Trump administration’s war on s…

Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.

"In blowing up the vessel, destroying evidence and repatriating the survivors, the U.S. cut short a process that’s helped bring down traffickers."
The U.S. sank the alleged narco-terrorists’ boat — and let them go - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/12/27/us-drug-strike-survivors/

'I can get loud': Adelita Grijalva becomes a voice for sexual assault survivors (Scott Wong/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democrat-rep-adelita-grijalva-voice-sexual-assault-survivors-epstein-rcna245140
http://www.memeorandum.com/251127/p10#a251127p10