Sk63,
I must admit, I dont always understand your points/posts not because of your fault but largely because I am just a GCE O/L qualified very simple average (hopefully) or below average (more likely) man.
You understand my core message better than many others in and outside this forum. Wisdom comes with Practice of what we believe in.
You say It is late in the night in North America but I thought before I go to sleep, to respond to one of your latest posts here.
Thank you deeply for valuing my work enough to do this.
You say This is related to your suggestion that the GOVERNMENT NEEDS TAMILS IN THE LEADERSHIP (Gaja, I kept Caps on to highlight your sentiments).
I am sure this was an over sight on your part.
No sk63, it was not an oversight. I meant real and independent Tamil leadership within Sri Lankan government.
You say But the government actually did have and still have Tamils in their team and in the leadership. Most of them were actually killed by the LTTE (e.g. Mr Kadirgamar, and Neelan Thiru)! Mr. Anandasangaree and Devananda (whom I personally dont even like) are very much in the list to be killed.
I do not know about others but I do feel very pained that Neelan was killed. But I believe also that due to interaction with people like me, the Tigers have changed from who they were then to who they are now. We therefore must bring those matters to a closure and take the principles which benefit all of us. After all, the Sinhalese did not abandon Buddha because a Buddhist monk killed SWRD - nor Hindus the Hindu leadership when a Hindu killed Ghandi.
You say This appears to be the plight of Tamil leaders who are invited to play a role in governance. Gaja, while your suggestion to have Tamils in the governance is indeed appreciated, they have to face this small matter of getting killed by the LTTE.
I agree that only those who are independent of the Tigers or any form of violence against the State could succeed to such leadership. But the Committee for Peace is not even looking for such leadership. Instead they are being led by either and / or both sides. The Committee for Peace must be independent of any material outcomes from this process. Likewise any Tamil who goes into governance in Sri Lanka. Then Peace will flow naturally through that person for Tamils. Such a person would not fear death from either side - for such a person would rely on the Higher Powers to potect him. None of the above personalities fit fulfil these criteria. If one is not able to find an individual like that - one needs to find an organisation like that. TRO could have been helped towards this - but the government damaged it unjustly and SLMM seems to have not done much about this.
You say I dont know mr. Kadirgamar but I am not sure if the LTTE can make god's decisions such as when to take someone's life away. But I know Neelan Thiru who is as passionate as any decent Tamil man about his community. He was killed because he was a part of Chandrika B's government. He was indeed included at the leadership level as you aspire, but was eliminbated by the LTTE.
Every Hindu solider who works for a negotiated settlement and believes that negotiations have failed to deliver Dharmic outcomes has the authority of God to use weapons. I see no such authority in Christianity even though Western governments use armed forces to punish and kill. Lord Kirshna showed us the path to weapon based fight for independence to uphold Dharma. Neither Buddha nor Christ did that. Hence we ARE different.
You say I dont know if I made my point clear Gaja. All I wanted to bring to your notice is that when Tamils are included at the leadership level, they get eliminated by those who claim to protect the Tamils.
You have made a very caring observation from which every Tiger leader would learn about the loss flowing from their hasty actions. But this does not mean that the leadership of Tamils in Sri Lanka comes to an end. It will just take a more independent path which has been facilitated largely by the Tigers. Otherwise those leaders would have gone more in Commercial directions.
You say Gaja, I hope you and your family is doing well.
Yes, thank you and I pray the same for you and your family
love
gaja
Edited By - Gaja - 12 Sep 2006 01:10:36 GMT |
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