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Let`s celebrate X`mas and defeat evil - JVP
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Shakti
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29 Dec 2006 05:25:17 GMT Report for Abuse
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During the 1985-89 period there were death threats to many academics either by DJV (the 'military arm' of JVP) or unidentified groups. One such academic was Nalin De Silva.
When De Silva realised staying in his house at Station Raod Maharagama is no longer safe (after JVP killing of Henry Pamunuwa who was a freelance journalist, a member of the Communist party and also the agent of 'aththa' newspaper in Maharagama, who lived in the adjoining road) he tactfully withdrew to his parent?s place in Panadura.
Then after few months, on his wife's sabbatical, he flew (tactfully withdrew) out of the country only to return after Rohana Wijeweera and Gamanayake were killed in 1989.
So if De Silva has still not learnt a lesson, and continues to milk the racist serpents (for whatever the reason) there is little anyone can do. Modakamata beheth netha.
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29 Dec 2006 05:28:13 GMT Report for Abuse
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Mucha,
Very happy 2007 to you too!
However, in brief I can guarantee you that I am definetely not a Communist (thanks to Silva).
Im glad to hear that Mucha.
I am neither a capitalist, nor a neo-liberalist, nor a post-modernist (I may be Muchalindist, not sure though).
Well said! I am a Peralist!
I am also of the view that one of the best things ever happen to JVP is losing Wijeweera (I am no way portraying him as a black figure. He could be a very able person, but he did not deserve to rule SL)
Not only that Mucha, if Mr R.Wijeweera is alive today, we are under him, just like Nada, Berty, Raves, Revy, Thivya, Tigress and stipid Nale is under VP Goat!
However, the fact is JVP (as well as JHU) plays a vital role in current Sri Lankan politics (in fact I value their presence more at this juncture than the presence of JHU).
Agree with you 200%. Remeber the fights we fought during last presidential election to win our ideas in this forum??
JVP gave the 'courage' to MR to challenge LTTE. Otherwise MR also will give in to Goat threats and give 2/3rd of Sri Lanka to LTTE.
I think thats why most of Tamils in this forum hate JVP. They know the importance of such courage. They have seen that in early LTTE too.
It is also a fact that there are certain elements with malicious intentions, who want to remove JVP for their (sometimes) personal gains. This should be stopped at any cost.
Exactly. They are the enemies of Sri Lanka too. However when JVP try to play monkey business with their silly trade actions etc, that also has to be defeated.
In case of forming a government, I see JVP with no difference to SLFP or UNP. None of these parties deserve to rule SL (as in the case of majority of Kings we had in the past). But unfortunately we have to live with it.
Amen.
In that sense I am happy to see JVP being influenced by Sri Lankan aspirations while Sri Lankan aspirations being shaped by JVP.
One for all, all for one!
Cheers
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29 Dec 2006 05:48:03 GMT Report for Abuse
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Shakti
Please don't reopen the JVP can of worms. And please don't remind us of double standards of people like Nalin/Dayan.
They are evil. That is why they did not do well in the last municipal elections in Gampaha and colombo. One thing is waiting for them, that is rejection and ejection.
Just look at the disruption JVP caused in the plantation estates recently. At a time the country is going through a crisis (our own doing, all right), the strick cost about R2billion to the economy, not the cost of increased wages.
The plantation companies ( i am not saying they are right 100%) are still struggling to get back to production.
On the whole, it is the country that lost that income. Things like this coupled with loss of money through corruption and waste and lost opportunities are pushing up back by 20-25 years.
Other countries are well ahead of us. And then we blame foreign forces for our problems. |
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29 Dec 2006 06:02:39 GMT Report for Abuse
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Shakthi,
I take most of the points you raised in your answer as correct.
Now for something totally irrelevant.
You seems to be an academic staff member of Uni of Colombo. I assume you are attached to the Economics something in Arts faculty.
Lemme ask you some questions.
Do you know Sr Lecturer Sarath Wijesooriya. I bought his book 'mage naduwa iwarai' two years ago (now it is banned from sale). What do you think of that book? His allegation on Prof JB and Jayawardene is correct?
Second, if you work at Uni of Cmb, you could see a perfect example of your previous post regarding RC students having inferiority complexes, in the Journalism Unit!!
Third, Do you know Sr Lecturer Charitha Herath (Charitha sadu), of Philosophy, Peradeniya?? If so what do you think of his post Presidential election articles in Ravaya and post presidential election press conferences at dept of information?
PERA
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Shakti
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29 Dec 2006 06:07:11 GMT Report for Abuse
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Pera,
I think thats why most of Tamils in this forum hate JVP. They know the importance of such courage. They have seen that in early LTTE too.
Most of the Tamils here dislike JVP just because they put JVP to the same Sinhala extremist basket they put JHU. They have no clue about the political differences between JHU and JVP.
Otherwise MR also will give in to Goat threats and give 2/3rd of Sri Lanka to LTTE.
Nobody was going to give 2/3rd of the country to anyone. Those are only nice stories coined to satisfy the power hunger of just one person.
However, whether you like it or not. Goat himself controls 1/10 of the land of the country and a population of 300,000.
During 2002-2004 these areas were linked to the other areas of the country and people could move to those areas if they wanted.. Today the same areas are no more linked.
So strictly speaking it was your preferred candidate who gave 1/10 to the Goat.
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29 Dec 2006 06:12:00 GMT Report for Abuse
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Shakthi,
During 2002-2004 these areas were linked to the other areas of the country and people could move to those areas if they wanted.. Today the same areas are no more linked.
You are in Thailand now. You freely move around. That does not mean Sri Lanka (assuming you are a SL passport holder), owns Thailand.
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29 Dec 2006 06:20:31 GMT Report for Abuse
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Raigamakolla,
I do not want to waste even a second discussing about these JVP kaalakannis, who are better left alone to die a natural death like CP and LSSP.
However, for the last few years the Sinhalese mind set have become so fragile that there is a set of people who like to identify JVP as the saviors of the Sinhalese race, irrespective of all their weaknesses.
You might laugh at this madness, but people will cling even to the 'piduru gaha' when they are about to be drowned.
To some extent I blame Ranil, because it was his actions (or rather inactions) which created that feeling among the majority in the 2002-2004 era. Had UNP been a more democratic party and had Karu Jayasuriya faction too had an equal say this would not have happened, but now we cannot changed the history.
Sinhalese are an isolated community and their minds are very fragile. They think even very minor things like Kandalama Hotel and Sirasa Super star programme can completely destroy the Sinhalese Buddhist culture of 2,500 they speak of. So they live under constant fear.
My opinion is Sinhalese Buddhist culture survived more then 400 years of foreign rule so nothing will happen to it and definitely we do not want 'kapati aarakshakayaas' like JVP to protect it.
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Shakti
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29 Dec 2006 06:31:50 GMT Report for Abuse
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You seems to be an academic staff member of Uni of Colombo. I assume you are attached to the Economics something in Arts faculty.
Hmmmm...not exactly. But yes, I have an attachment to University of Colombo.
Do you know Sr Lecturer Sarath Wijesooriya. I bought his book 'mage naduwa iwarai' two years ago (now it is banned from sale). What do you think of that book? His allegation on Prof JB and Jayawardene is correct?
Yes, I personally know most of the characters in the book. It was not banned as far as I know, but VC (Prof. Hettiarachchi) was not happy about it. I can vouch most of the incidents in the book to be true, because I am well aware about them. It is a commendable work. He had no other place to go, so Sarath used his brain to respond to the people who harassed him.
Second, if you work at Uni of Cmb, you could see a perfect example of your previous post regarding RC students having inferiority complexes, in the Journalism Unit!!
Think I know whom you speak about.
Please read ?Ginirella Conspiracy? if you can find the book. One of the best books I have ever read. (Probably Nihal Silva's charater was based on the person you say.)
Third, Do you know Sr Lecturer Charitha Herath (Charitha sadu), of Philosophy, Peradeniya?? If so what do you think of his post Presidential election articles in Ravaya and post presidential election press conferences at dept of information?
Sorry, no. And I have missed his articles. I do not buy Ravaya frequently and missed the articles completely.
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29 Dec 2006 06:33:48 GMT Report for Abuse
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Pera
You are loosing logic in your posts. When people of one country has the freedom to move around in that country they feel that it is their country. Administrative boundries may be there, but people meet and do business. When roads are open there is flow of people and goods. When it is so how come anyone suggest that a particular area has been given. Actually, it is the opposite that suggests that. Now there are no links with the NE. Even forces are not free to move around. So logically LTTE is running NE now not during 2002-2004 because sinhalese were able to travel to NE and do business. Tamils were able to move freely.
As a matter of fact, you cannot move freely even in colombo lest alone NE. So does that mean you claim colombo is given to LTTe.
So moving around freely in any part of the country does not mean you own it but you feel that it is your country and you are part of it.
Secondly, if what the enemies of CFA said were to be true, LTTE by now would have had enormus arsanal that it can take the whole country in one go. Only recently, Daily News said that LTTE is running out of arms. So what happend to all that arms they collected during CFA. They have lost all battles since November 2005. So what does that indicate.
Was there a CFA, when gamini, premadasa, lalith, chandrika were attaked in colombo.Was there a CFA when bombs went off in all parts of colombo. Actually all that happend during high security measures. Did any bomb go off during CFA in colombo? |
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29 Dec 2006 06:53:08 GMT Report for Abuse
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Pera,
You are in Thailand now. You freely move around. That does not mean Sri Lanka (assuming you are a SL passport holder), owns Thailand.
As a matter of fact now I am in Colombo. But any way to the point.
'Owning land' is a very fedual concept, though all of us use it time to time.
Let us move to a better measuring stick. (minum danda)
Just observe the links between the two communties in the past few decades.
During the 2002-2004 period the differences between North and South were brought to the minimum level in the last 3-4 decades.
So many people from South went on pilgrimages to Nagadeepa, Somawathie and Madhu. After a very long period we discovered we have not completely lost the Northern part of the island. We bacame a single country onece again.
Do you know during the CFA period in 2002-2004 even the solidiers in the battlefied became closer to each other? There were reported incidents that in some remote areas LTTE militants and SLA soldiers were sharing rice packets.
The markets in South were opened to the farmers in North after so many decades. Similarly business from South (mobile phones, beer etc) expanded to North. Road became open, so even with restrictions the people could move.
See what had happened today.
What Motta Raala had won over a period of one year?
Only Sampur.
At what cost?
3,000 lives. 200,000 displaced. 25% GDP defence budget. Relationships between the two communities deteriorated as never before. No solution in the vicinity. No way to even provide houses for the tsunami victims in North and East. Everybody waiting till the darkest hour comes.
Is Sampur worth all these trouble?
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