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muniraj16
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12 Jul 2005 12:54:29 GMT Report for Abuse
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Read this part of an article done by a Tamil Professor...Interesting...
WHO IS TO BELL THE CAT(By Dr.Rajasingham Narendran)
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The advent of the ceasefire despite its imperfections and inbuilt dangers, the emergence of a generation of Sinhalese whose aspirations have become globalized and more bread and butter oriented, and who are aware of the futility and brutality of war though personal experiences and the wide access to television, have contributed to separating the Tamils from the LTTE- the Tigers, in the Sinhala psyche. This is a significant development in Sri Lanka. The behaviour, attitudes and mode of functioning of the LTTE- that has been singularly unable to evolve to accommodate the current aspirations of the Tamils- has made the Sinhalese sense that the Tamils may be as much the victims of the LTTE, as they potentially are. This has led to the LTTE being identified in the popular Sinhala mind as the barrier to resolving the Sinhala ? Tamil problems within a united Sri Lanka. History has indeed turned a full circle in Sri Lanka! The efforts of the JVP and JHU to buck the evolving trend and rekindle old fears and fires in the Sinhala polity have proved futile in the current circumstances. How long this sane and rational situation will prevail would largely depend on the behaviour of the LTTE and response of the Tamils. The emergence of the JVP and JHU as political players to be reckoned within the Sinhala polity, has given rise to fears among the Tamils of the possible re-emergence of Sinhala-Buddhist chauvinism as a potent force in Sri Lanka. The question as to who will bell this chauvinistic cat has once again emerged as an important issue among the Tamils.
While the Sinhalese in very large measure have come to accept that the Tamils have genuine grievances that should be resolved through reorganization of political and administrative structures in Sri Lanka with extensive decentralization of power to the periphery, the Tamils, forcibly led by the LTTE, are set on a rather intransigent course. An independent ?Tamil Ealam? by hook or by crook, seems to be the goal of the LTTE. The aspirations of the silent majority of the Tamils definitely do not coincide with those of the LTTE and its vocal and violent supporters.
Unfortunately, what we see in the Tamil polity is the tyranny of inaction that has been imposed by the LTTE. The popular Tamil voice has been silenced through methods Adolf Hitler would have been proud. In this ?Tyranny of inaction? Tamils are being told in no unmistakable terms by the LTTE that asking questions is tantamount to rebellion against their authority and questioning their authority is unpardonable blasphemy- both acts being punishable by death. What to do and what not to do; what to believe and what not to believe; what to say and what not to say; what to hear and what not to hear; what to see and what not to see; what to read and what not to read; and how to act and how not to react, are all responses now orchestrated in various degrees for the Tamils by the LTTE. The Tamil nationalism personified by the LTTE, negates democracy and the rights of the Tamils as individuals and a group. This has raised the question as to who will bell the cat in the form of the LTTE for the Tamils.
Only the concerted efforts of the Sinhala and Tamil peoples can bell Sinhala-Buddhist chauvinism and the LTTE. The Sinhala masses should not any longer be unquestioningly swayed by the irrational sentiments and fears expressed by the extreme political elements and the media. Fortunately, democracy is yet a vibrant and vital force in the Sinhala polity. This gives the Sinhalese people the opportunity to reject Sinhala- Buddhist chauvinistic forces, while supporting the true nationalists and Buddhist resurgence lobby- who are for a peaceful, prosperous, multi-ethnic, multi-religious, progressive, united, civilized and prosperous Sri Lanka. Such a rational response by the Sinhala polity- the beginnings of which we are now seeing- will bell the Sinhala- Buddhist chauvinism cat, allaying one of the ingrained fears of the Tamils. The assistance of the Sinhala people is also required to bell the LTTE cat. If the Sinhala polity can unilaterally offer just and comprehensive proposals to resolve the Sinhala-Tamil problems, including constitutional changes for a federal system of governance, as soon as possible, the silenced majority among the Tamils will be empowered to assert themselves and stand up to the LTTE. Unless and until this happens, the LTTE cat will remain un-belled to the detriment of both the Sinhalese and Tamils. Peoples? power- Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim- has to become a potent force in Sri Lanka, to bell the cats that are our scourge. The media- both printed and visual- should play an enlightened, rational, mature and supportive role at least in the future to make this a reality. This is possible and we should all work to make it possible. |
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12 Jul 2005 14:37:41 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Frustated TamCHboy! Understand the REALITY. LTTE will never bring peace in your life unless you are a big wit in LTTE who enjoys life with mutt kasi.Pl try to get a good sleep and get up fresh so that you will realise that you are in hell with LTTE guys.Be a Tamil and not a LTTE'r? |
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13 Jul 2005 00:23:12 GMT Report for Abuse
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MUNIRAJ,
During the Nuremberg Trials (1945
1949), former Deputy to the Fuhrer, Rudolph Hess said: The justice that is being delivered here is the Justice of the Victors of the war. If National Socialists (NAZIs) had won, it would be Churchill sitting here defending himself sparing me.
What Charles Darwin said was all about the Survival of the FITTEST. Are you the fittest, you are the righteous.
The so called war on terror has to be understood in the light of the above two incidents.
I leave this here for you to understand further, since this should never mean to justify Al-Qaeda.
-Muchalinda
PS: Rudolph Hess was sentenced to life in prison and was committed suicide in 1987 at a Swedish prison at the age of 93. |
Mucha-linda
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13 Jul 2005 01:07:07 GMT Report for Abuse
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DUMINDAK,
Please do NEVER try to compare or to make a relationship between Buddhism and the modern Science. Buddhism is well beyond the modern Science in terms of the ideologies behind them.
The aim of the modern science is to devise the best possible model that explains or accommodate most of (if not all) the observations, but nothing else. As a result Science largely depends on the observations and therefore is in a continuous process of changing as new observations arise. The whole western Science is a nothing but a changing model that has been perceived by us as the reality, and the fact is there is nothing called REALITY. In effect, most of the religions (except Buddhism) can be treated as earlier forms of modern science, since all of them are models that explain certain questions and observations (ex: how life started on earth, what happens after one?s death etc). Though Buddhism answers some of these questions, the core of Buddhism is completely out of this path.
We have to understand Buddhism in our contexts, not in the contexts coined by the west. I am totally against reducing Buddhism to statements like 'A way of Life', 'Very Humanitarian', 'Revolutionary', 'SCIENTIFIC', ?Stress Relieving? etc since all these damage the core of Buddhism. These interpretations of Buddhism are good for the gallery since it makes all of us HAPPY (but serve no other purpose except providing some extra publicity to some Hollywood celebrities like Tina Turner).
I saw some other saying that Buddhism is closer to Hinduism, which again is very wrong. Though Buddhism and Hinduism look similar from the outside (rituals etc), the core of Hinduism is much closer to Christianity, Islamism etc than to Buddhism. Buddhism is the only religion (or ideology or whatever) that dictates impermanency (Anithya), continuous suffering nature of living beings (Dukka), impersonality (Anaathma).
-Muchalinda.
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13 Jul 2005 07:57:51 GMT Report for Abuse
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Mucha-Linda ,
Thanks for the explanation ...and you are true to say that buddhism is uncomparable with any other religion or any other science...cos the Buddha has only preached about nothing but the eternal truth...'hethu pala wadaya'...Buddha's all the teachings has been based on this principle...which is never changing...
On the other hand when you consider science...it is changing on daily basis...
chao... |
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13 Jul 2005 08:51:12 GMT Report for Abuse
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MUCHALINDA
I agree with you.But the thing is we should restict to things that people understand, we understand simple things, not complex issues.
TAMCHBOY
Yes VEDAS also an excellent philosophy, but I dont have that much idea, I know hindunism is based on that.
you can tell us something we can understand. |
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21 Apr 2006 05:38:11 GMT Report for Abuse
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TC
rswkv wrote
LTTE butcher camp why they killed innocent women and grabbed unborn children out of the wombs of the Sinhalese mums.
pls explain this. I think spreading lies is one think but talking idiotic stuff like this shouldnt be encouraged.
You may see what you want in this article.
Edited By - rswkv - 21 Apr 2006 05:41:54 GMT |
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21 Apr 2006 09:08:22 GMT Report for Abuse
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Let us all be Earthlings against TERRORISM!, Not Londoners NOt Sri Lankans, Not Iraqians or not any other.
I had wrote this idea even before.
Davide our beloved home ((GLOBE-EARTH)) in to two. Let all TERRORISTS (including Al-Quada, LTTE, Hamas, Bamas, Teleban, and any other) to one end
And let all other HUMEN beings to the other end.
Then let us all fight against this BLOODY, RUTHLESS, BARBARIC, INHUMAN, DANGEROUS terrorists and banish them ALL to THE WEET SUN. Terrorists will have more to do in SUN.
Pls let this lonely planet BE IN PEACE AND HARMONY FOR EVER!! |
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21 Apr 2006 09:15:22 GMT Report for Abuse
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The Editor of the article has forgotten to mention about few things as below.
'LTTE Grabbing the infants from their mothers and put on the frying pad and let them to die in fire'.
'Ripping off women virginal & anal areas in to pieces with very sharp swards'
'Sneaking in to boarder villages houses in the dark nights and rip off heads of all residents who are in deep sleep. Always use sharp swards & knives''
WHAT A BARBARIC BUNCH OF LTTE.... some says this is FREEDOM FIGHTING???? @%*^$3@?+)*%(@!%
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Edited By - sunawij - 21 Apr 2006 09:20:01 GMT |
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21 Apr 2006 12:22:58 GMT Report for Abuse
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So long as these double standards last, global terrorism will continue to thrive and one day devour the civilised world entirely. The time has come for the world to be united, irrespective of religious, political, economic and security interests, to make a concerted effort to root out the scourge of terror from its midst. It should be an all out war between the civilised world and the savage terrorists. Let them all be made 'our terrorists' and hunted down wherever they strike, be it in New York, London, Sydney or Colombo!
undoubtedly the Article of the century,
unfortunately no LTTE hooters seems to have read it.
Edited By - AnilSV - 21 Apr 2006 12:24:38 GMT |
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