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JHU ridicules US State Dept. listing of Lanka
Tuesday, 19 September 2006 - 7:28 AM SL Time
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While ridiculing the US State Department move to include Sri Lanka in the list of worst offenders of religious freedom violations, the Jathika Hela Urumaya yesterday said it did not even accept the criteria that the United States followed in the classification of the list.
JHU spokesman said it was the same United States that named Sri Lanka as a failed state and the JHU as a terrorist group.
?Sri Lanka, as a Buddhist country, did not attempt to spread its religion by force in other countries. We do not unethically convert people of other religions as some others do. Buddhism is not only a religion or a philosophy. It`s a lifestyle,? he said. He also noted that it was the European countries that invaded other countries and converted its people to their religion.
?If the USA speaks of religious freedom violations, we would like to know what they would say about the Pope questioning another religion or its belief. Though the US tries to show that they are the most democratic country, they are the greatest human rights and religious freedom violators,? he added.
The spokesman pointed out that the US did not even allow the Spanish, who represented 37% of the US population, to sing the US national anthem in their own language.
?Beside that, there are numerous unethical conversions taking place in the US. However, this classification was based on Western Christian norms. Freedom of following our religion was violated by unethical converters from other religions,? he said.
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19 Sep 2006 00:59:32 GMT Report for Abuse
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These bankrupt politicos of the JHU will praise the USA when it suites them and criticises USA when it doesn't suit them!
Gothama Siddhartha would NEVER HAVE approved a Sinhala Buddhist hegemony followed by the JHU! |
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19 Sep 2006 01:30:58 GMT Report for Abuse
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| JVP has to be in the same list too for opposing the CFA . |
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19 Sep 2006 03:04:07 GMT Report for Abuse
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Dear readers,
Lets analyse the facts.
It is true that there exists a wall of separation between the Church and the State in the Federal Constitution of United States (The First Amendment to the Federal Constitution bans laws respecting an establishment of religion meaning that the government should not promote, sponsor or subsidize any religion as it is best left to private voluntary support).
But what this '8th Annual Report on International Religious Freedom' of Department of State missed in their analysis is the ground realities in State Constitutions of US, before criticizing others for violating religious freedom.
New Jersey: The original constitution of 1776 (?) restricted public office to all but Protestants by its religious oath. The constitution adpoted in 1947 opens praising the Almighty God for granting the religious liberty!! Appreciations of Almighty God similar to this can be found on opening statements of the constitutions of numerous other states (what a clever way to establish religious equality). Not only that, Paragraph 3 of the Section II of the Article VIII (on Taxation and Finance) speaks about Emergenies caused by Disaster or ACT OF GOD.
Delaware: Article XIV on Oath of Office requires the Members of Public Assembly and Public Offices to pledge their loyalty to Almighty God by an Oath (The Almighty God referred there cannot be Allah or Muruga).
Maryland: Article 37 of Maryland Constitution quite generously declares that,
..no religious test ought ever to be required as a qualification for any office of profit or trust in this State, OTHER THAN A DECLARATION OF BELIEF IN THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
North Carolina: According to the Section 8 of Article VI (on Suffrage and Eligibility to Office),
..any person who shall deny the being of Almighty God' shall be disqualified fromn the office.
(Again, this Almighty God cannot be Hanuma, Muruga or Sumana Saman)
Tennessee: Section 2 of Article IX declares,
No person who denies the being of God, or a future state of rewards and punishments, shall hold any office in the civil department of this state
Texas: Section 4 of Article 1 states,
No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office, or public trust, in this State; nor shall any one be excluded from holding office on account of his religious sentiments, PROVIDED HE ACKNOWLEDGED THE EXISTENCE OF A SUPREME BEING
The above is a summery to show how secular some of the so called Secular Countries are. Anyone who has ill thoughts about JHU is better to know these facts first.
-Muchalinda
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Edited By - Mucha-linda - 19 Sep 2006 03:06:03 GM |
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19 Sep 2006 08:51:56 GMT Report for Abuse
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Good one Muchalinda...
As of today only a handful of teenagers, who don't read books and some adults reading certain weekend newspapers, do believe in a seculart state. The rest knows it's a myth like the lost city of Atlantis. |
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20 Sep 2006 00:12:32 GMT Report for Abuse
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The United States constitution does not allow for burning down of Buddhist temples nor does the US Justice system allow organized attack on other religious builings the way it happens in Sri Lanka at the hands of JHU and JVP.
Muchalinda would have had some credibility if he also made it a point to mention that the United States constitution, just as all other constitutions in the world, has gone thru AMENDMENTS and it does not make sense to quote constitutional provisions that existed over 200 years ago in the 1770's!
As someone who has lived in the United States, all I can say is you are free to express your views in this country as a Buddhist - even a Muslim - without your church or the mosque being burnt down. That is the reality of TODAY.
I dont mind JHU following its own principle in politics that must be allowed for within a democracy. But, they must not align their politics with protecting Buddhism that they dont stand for in practice! They are a disgrace to Buddhism and all right thinking Sri Lankans.
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20 Sep 2006 00:24:58 GMT Report for Abuse
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CARTOON,
All the excerpts in my previous post are quoted from the current Constitutions of respective states. Don't let yourself carried away by your intuition, instead try to analyse facts.
The fact is you are required to pledge your allegiance to ALMIGHTY GOD if you wish to become the governor of, say, North Carolina, no matter what your religious beliefs are.
-Muchalinda
PS: VISHNU, thanks for the comments.
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20 Sep 2006 02:45:15 GMT Report for Abuse
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Lets analyse the facts.
Good. Now we know what is an ANALYSIS.
Everybody should thank Mucha-linda for educating them, illustrating what is an ANALYSIS.
A less informed reader perhaps might have taken that as a CUT AND PASTE. |
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20 Sep 2006 03:05:54 GMT Report for Abuse
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SHAKTI,
I am not surprised to see you hooting again. I am neither going to ask you to *'Erase your Hoot' at the presence of your mum* as Prof. Gunapala Malalasekara once famously said to have asked ('Amma langata gena gos Makawaw Hoowa', if you know what that means).
In fact, I am in no mood to get into an argument with you (or more precisely, to 'byte' you) unless you are ready to reveal all your secret answers.
Therefore my dear, please inform me, once you can assure that you are no longer going to run away from an argument. I will respond to you then.
Amen!!
-Muchalinda
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Daruwaku Lebunothin Nariyeku hata daawa
Upathin uruma wenawamai Nari hoowa
Shakti koluwo tho maa hata Hoo keewa
Amma langata genagos makawaw hoowa
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Edited By - Mucha-linda - 20 Sep 2006 03:07:50 GM |
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20 Sep 2006 03:10:38 GMT Report for Abuse
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Mucha-linda,
What is this? You are going this down in personal attacking?
Even Nalin De Silva or WeeraMonkey does not go to this low, on personal attacks.
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Edited By - Shakti - 20 Sep 2006 03:12:23 GMT |
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