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KURAL
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13 Dec 2006 20:32:30 GMT Report for Abuse
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Kural, that's wrong of the sinhalese party to do that to the tamils. why do they only want a buddhist nation? So then i assume sinhalese christians are also persecuted, am i correct?
and are there sinhalese protestants too? do they exist?
They want a Buddhist nation because they falsely claim to be the 'original and first people of Sri lanka, while we all know that even the Veddhas are more anciant than Sinhalas..
Sinhala Christians are not 'persecuted' or oppressed, they live peacefully without any danger among the Sinhala Buddhist majority, while Tamils are daily delivered to violence, bombings, and claymore attacks..
There is a lot of difference.
Someone live in the war while someone live in the peace, but they both inhabit the same country ! |
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13 Dec 2006 20:33:57 GMT Report for Abuse
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Shelley;
If what Kural is saying was true, the capital city, Colombo, would not have tamils and muslims in its grass roots level city councils and mayoral status. Quite to the contrary, it is dominated by minority persons, who make decisions that affect the lives of millions of Sri Lankans.
Sri Lankans in general are multi-ethnic, religious tolerant people. The loudly vocal fringe is as lunatic as you get in any other nation as well, but as Kural says, they are a minority.
Even then, there is increasing support for sinhala chauvanist causes even from moderates, due to the relentless nature of the tamil racist-terrorism that is being perpetrated. The Sinhalese have tried all avenues of appeasement with the tamil racists before replying in a decisively militaristic fashion to the continued racist attrocities committed by the LTTE.
Nevertheless, the LTTE and Sri Lankan tamils should not be assumed to be one. They are not. There are millions of law abiding tamils living among the sinhalese, as they have been for thousands of years. These are great folk, a valued part of our culture.
Edited By - Sandman - 13 Dec 2006 20:36:17 GMT |
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13 Dec 2006 20:40:53 GMT Report for Abuse
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Shelley,
Ask our friend Sandman, why a Sinhala policeman burn the Jaffna library, how and why the riots of black july 83 happened, why the sri lankan constitution is favorising the Sinhala Buddhist over all other communities, why 90% of state employees are Sinhalas, etc and etc. Ask him that please. I'm patient to hear the response as he claim that Racist-Terrorist Tamils all began..
They think that all the mess today in Sri lanka is due to Tamils ONLY, what i categorically DENY.
If what Kural is saying was true, the capital city, Colombo, would not have tamils and muslims in its grass roots level city councils and mayoral status. Quite to the contrary, it is dominated by minority persons, who make decisions that affect the lives of millions of Sri Lankans.
Please count the deputies in the GOSL. It become clear how minorities are represented.
Since many Tamil journalists and politicians were killed in Colombo we cannot say that Colombo is a safe place for Tamils representing Tamils of NE !
All other Tamils who are not politicians, journalists representing NE's Tamils can live safely in Colombo as they are not a DANGER for the majority !
Remark that many 'dangerous' Tamils were savagely killed in Colombo, the last one was Raviraj.
We must not forget Sivaram too ! And a lot of others !
So sandman it's not a safe place as you claim !
Edited By - KURAL - 13 Dec 2006 20:48:57 GMT |
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13 Dec 2006 20:46:09 GMT Report for Abuse
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Sandman, is what kural says true, about the sinhalese wanting only a buddhist nation? if so, why? I know that chrisitans aren't harassed as tamils are, BUT, there have been reports of monk killing churches, check here:
http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&length=short&lang=en&idelement=4649
http://www.eagleworldnews.com/2006/12/11/under-attack-sri-lankan-christians-fear-militant-buddhism/
why is that? |
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13 Dec 2006 20:52:02 GMT Report for Abuse
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Shelley
In times of war, a lot of things are not what they look like.
I am not affirming nor denying anything. If churches were destroyed by buddhists, the christians among the sinhalse would rise. That would be a knee- jerk reaction. None of that has happened, which to me implies ample imagination, rather than fact, in such reports.
You are assuming that Sinhalese buddhists are totally against inter-marriage. That is not based sompletely on fact either, since there are plenty of mixed marriages. |
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13 Dec 2006 21:00:39 GMT Report for Abuse
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Sandman: first, killing of chureches is is worn, but what's the reason?
also: NEVER DID I SAY SINHALESE BUDDHSITS ARE AGAINST INTERMARRIAGE, FOR I KNOW A COUPLE WHO'RE MIXED RELIGIOUS. HOWEVER, MANY DO WANT TO ONLY WANT TO MARRY OTHER SINHALESE BUDDHISTS, SO WHY IS THAT? WHAT'S THE REASON FOR THAT?
But are there any sinhalese protestant?
also, what's wrong in wanting to marry with your own religion? isn't a marriage hard enoguh already, and adding another fiath into the mix may be addign miore fuel to the fire. moreover, when it comes to raising the kids, choosign their names, holidays to cvelebrate, it causes problems for them, which in turn puts extra strain on the marriage, so of then the divorce rate in interreligious marriages are higher than in same faith couples. many people don't realize stuff like: when my kid's born, will he have a baptism, or monk's blessing? when will we teach him about enlightenment? these issues come up, and they didn't realizr it, so it causes further problems. unfortunately, many people are NOT open minded when it comes to different religions, so even though they may have agrred on something beofre marriage, it quite often changes when the kids are actually born. kids evoke identity in folks, and tha can cause unnecessary aggrevation. makes sense? in the end, you can do whatever you want, but the sdame or at least similar religion DOES have an effect on a marriage. And remeber, lover doesn't conquer all. Ture, A MARIAGE DOES NEED LOVE, BUT LOVE ON ITS OWN ISN'T SUFFICIENT. FOR A MARRIAGE TO TRULY WORK, THERE NEEDS TO BE A SENSE OF COMMON VALUES AND SHARED GOALS AND IDEALS, AND PART OF THAT SHOULD BE AN AMBRACING OF THEIR CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS IDEALS, AND INSTILLING THAT INTO THEIR KIDS. |
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13 Dec 2006 21:06:08 GMT Report for Abuse
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Shelley sandman,
I have to go, see you another day :-)) |
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13 Dec 2006 21:11:07 GMT Report for Abuse
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Kural, see you later :)
sandman, are you sinhala buddhist yourself? what do you think of my post above?
also, i forgot one thing of interrmarriage: i'm not against it, but it's better to marry in a religion at least very similar to your own, for this reason: it is about identiy, and kids need direction.
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14 Dec 2006 02:25:47 GMT Report for Abuse
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Shan, what's this about? what do you mean here by this statement?
'It looks like you have more trouble having a partner despite having lot of generous people around to tell you to follow Buddha. If you have PR or citizen ship get into plane and your goal can be achieved within a week maximum irrespective your appearance. '
I'm born and rasied in america, of north indian heriatage. I practice buddhism. what do you mean by your 'goal can be achieveved by a week of experience?' wat's that supposed to mean? |
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14 Dec 2006 02:34:11 GMT Report for Abuse
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Shelley
I do not want to get into the merits of religion or marriage.
I was born a Catholic, learnt to be more tolerant in my adult age, studied other philosophies, claim to be an agnostic, but relate mostly to buddha's teachings.
Marriage, now that's another kettle of fish. It is a dangerous, high risk thing which should come with an escape valve. What I suggest is, all marriages should be subject to auto-annullment at the end of 5 years, with the option of extending for another 5 yrs, and so on.
Whether inter-religious marriages work or not, I don't know. Human beings are supposed to get married at an 'adult' age, not because of intimacyual purposes. It is to facilitate greater choice and understanding of this unnecessarily complex co-habitation.
Marriage essentially serves one purpose; It allows for ownership of property to be defined and to flow legally unchallenged to the next generation. Has nothing to do with morals, or responsibilities or any other sensitivity, imaginary or real. |
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