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Jillball
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 7 Jul 2006 18:47:11 GMT Report for Abuse
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Sintamus,
Croatia's story is totally different to what you know.
Do you know the Croatian history? Do you know what happened in 1918? They were an independent country before, they joined to form Yugoslavia only after the war.
Contrary to what you say, the Croatian government was persecuting Serbs, Jews, Communists and other democratically-oriented people before the union became a reality. I am not here to teach you but you can read and learn before you bark.
It brings bad memories of false propaganda (just like you do here) that LTTE has been propagating in order to brainwash innocent people.
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7 Jul 2006 19:37:02 GMT Report for Abuse
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Jillball,
I got the figure from the AOl news.The figure includes all his income from football.The second highst earner is Ronaldo from Brazil. |
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7 Jul 2006 22:20:11 GMT Report for Abuse
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Jillball,
Croatia's story is totally different to what you know
Every country has a history different from the other. Look at Pakistan which separated from India in 1947 again persecuted one ethnic community in East Pakistan and became two separate countries. Unless the majority community accommodates the minorities the latter will fight to go independent. Look at the west, you too are benefitting from their prosperity that became possible not by fighting within themselves but by devising ways of co-existing. They respect each other, English speaking Canadians learn French and vise-versa.
In Sri Lanka the minorities are using all sorts of methods to co-exist with the majority. They range from peaceful democratic protests to violence. But the stubborn ruling elites prefer destruction to prosperity. Because those who die on both sides are the poor and none of the children of legislators ever affected by the conflict. |
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8 Jul 2006 10:40:11 GMT Report for Abuse
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Sintamus,
Now you talk some sense. That's good you leave out Croatia, because then you are talking about something totally opposite to what you want to say.
I appreciate your fair cogitation in your latter part of the message. Yes it is unfortunate the things have not worked out better for Sri lanka.
Talking about Canada,even as you say the equal status extended to all the people, the seperation after all of French Quebec is nearing. The last referendum was defeated only by the slimmest possible margin; even less than Sri lanka President's victory margin last year. So you don't have to have persecution, discrimination or any other inequality to occur, but even under the fairest governing systems, especially when there are terrorists and brain washers around, anything of that nature could happen. |
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8 Jul 2006 12:00:13 GMT Report for Abuse
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Nale, Here's his balance sheet..
http://www.faqfarm.com/Q/What_does_David_Beckham_make_per_year |
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8 Jul 2006 15:22:48 GMT Report for Abuse
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Jillball,
Talking about Canada,even as you say the equal status extended to all the people, the seperation after all of French Quebec is nearing.
I am an optimist and Canadians will not separate on the basis of languages. The clause in their constitution that allows referendum was intended as a warning to the majority to ensure a fair treatment of minority Quebecans. There a French speaking Treudo could become the Canadian PM. in spite of all the historical animosity between them. In Sri Lanka Buddhist ultra nationalists will not allow even a Christian with Tamil name (but a Sinhalese, Kadirkamar, in all other respects) become a Prime Minister even though the President is the almighty.
Matured People are accommodative and want to be united even with diversity in ethnicity because unity gives strength and success. Look at Eurpe, 25 countries have united to have monetary and economic union. They evolve to have more and more areas of unity, common trade union laws, human rights laws, foreign policy and judicial corporation. |
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10 Jul 2006 12:04:26 GMT Report for Abuse
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Sintamus,
am an optimist and Canadians will not separate on the basis of languages. The clause in their constitution that allows referendum was intended as a warning to the majority to ensure a fair treatment of minority Quebecans. There a French speaking Treudo could become the Canadian PM.
I am sorry I have no time to reply in detail, but what you say is just your optimism, not ground reality. You only have to look at the history of results of referenda in Canada. It is almost certain the next one will be the last.
In Sri Lanka Buddhist ultra nationalists will not allow even a Christian with Tamil name (but a Sinhalese, Kadirkamar, in all other respects) become a Prime Minister even though the President is the almighty.
To be honest, people like you who live out of Sri Lanka, make this kind of assumptions. You have to come out of the age. Those poor people, who vote in elections, do not care what religion a candidate belongs to. There are still some people who question the president Junius Richard?s religion. All you have to do is to have a plan and explain it to the public, they won't care who you are, they'll vote, if your sketch is attractive enough. The group as you identify 'ultra nationalists' do not have a big say, but the two major parties dominate politics in Sri lanka. If you are wise enough, you would work with one of them, which is not mandatory but will help.
Matured People are accommodative and want to be united even with diversity in ethnicity because unity gives strength and success.
This is exactly what we have been telling you guys. You have to practise what you preach.
Look at Eurpe, 25 countries have united to have monetary and economic union. They evolve to have more and more areas of unity, common trade union laws, human rights laws, foreign policy and judicial corporation.
At the end of every message, you choose a wrong point. Because you started let me tell you. Europe is a shabby union, the survival is so uncertain, no two countries agree on any one thing. On the other hand, unlike LTTE who are demanding a separation, smaller countries and totally different groups like Turkey and Israel are vying to join the EU. So you had better tell those guys out there to learn from that too.
Edited By - Jillball - 10 Jul 2006 12:06:14 GMT |
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THE SRI Lankan Oil Minister, AHM Fowzie, has threatened to take over the retail outlets of the Lanka Indian Oil Corporation (LIOC), a wholly owned subsidiary of the IOC, if it does not resume sale of petrol in thirty days? time.
?People are queuing up at my sheds (the retail outlets of the state-owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation) because the LIOC has stopped supply. I can?t allow this to go on indefinitely,? Fowzie told HT on Sunday.
?I have therefore given them an ultimatum. If they don?t resume supplies within 30 days, I will take over their outlets,? he said.
LIOC?s 162 retail outlets stopped selling petrol about three weeks ago over a dispute with the Sri Lankan ministry of finance on the payment of subsidy totaling $70 million for selling petrol at low government-administered prices.
Subsequently, the Sri Lankan Treasury and the LIOC came to a compromise formula, according to which, the government would pay $52 million.
And out of the $52 million, $10 million would be given in cash immediately and the rest in government bonds. The LIOC will be allowed to fix its retail prices when the subsidy system is done away with in due course, presumably in August.
The IOC?s board has since ratified the draft agreement. After the Sri Lankan government okays it, a formal agreement will be signed in Colombo.
The Sunday paper, The Nation, quoted the LIOC?s CEO, K Ramakrishnan, as saying that though the new subsidy formula would mean a loss, the LIOC saw no alternative to it.
He hoped that the Sri Lankan government would also ratify it and oil supplies would arrive in Trincomalee by July 15 to enable island-wide retail sales to begin by the first week of August.
Sources in New Delhi felt that in the light of the actual situation, Minister Fowzie?s threat of take over, was uncalled for.
They said that the minister was ?playing to the gallery?, posing as if he was arm-twisting the Indian giant into resuming supplies.
Sources in the Indian oil industry also said that news reports that the LIOC would unilaterally fix its retail prices were incorrect. Companies could not sell petrol at different prices because it was not a branded item, they pointed out.
The LIOC and the state-owned CPC would have to come to an agreement on common prices.
This will have to be done, only after the subsidy system is withdrawn.
The Sri Lankan government is expected to do this by August. But realists say that the withdrawal of the subsidy system and allowing the oil companies to fix their own prices are more easily said than done in Sri Lanka. |
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 10 Jul 2006 13:26:05 GMT Report for Abuse
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In Sri Lanka Buddhist ultra nationalists will not allow even a Christian with Tamil name
So now you want us to vote to candidates you like? No way we vote for those we want. And yes, most often they are sinhala buddhists. Got a problem with that? We could show you the way to Katunayake.
Sri Lanka - Love it or leave it. |
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10 Jul 2006 16:29:11 GMT Report for Abuse
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Ruwani,
We could show you the way to Katunayake.
You have to be careful in showing strangers the way to Katunayake. Remember we have only one airport and some guys nearly destroyed it last year or so. |
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