[jomamaxx]

"It's disingenuous to attribute that act to Buddhism; that was a political act."

I would argue a Buddhist would describe it as a completely 'apolitical' act :)

But I think it's fair to associate such things with Buddhism, or at least specific branches of it, because it's a pattern of behaviour and an attitude, not particularly common elsewhere, and the act itself is to some extent consistent with their actual beliefs and value system.