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A painful blunder!
Saturday, 9 June 2007 - 4:52 AM SL Time
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The war for dismembering this country is not confined to the North and the East. It is being fought in many other places, both here and abroad, especially in Colombo, where the political leadership and the national economy are targeted. Ridding Colombo of LTTE cadres is therefore a sine qua non for defeating terrorism. All over the world, capital cities are the prime targets of terrorists and countries battling terrorism are compelled to adopt extraordinary measures to protect them.
In dealing with an elusive enemy, the police and the armed forces are at a distinct disadvantage. Terrorists are omnipresent and can pose as civilians as long as they are not caught in flagrante delicto. Even the democratic role models like the US and the UK have had to adopt draconian measures to keep terrorists at bay. The British police have orders to shoot terror suspects in the head slap-bang with no questions asked.
In this country, the security forces and the police are doing a thankless job. When raids are conducted, they are blamed for harassing the public and when bombs go off, they are faulted for their lapses! Their difficulties and concerns must be appreciated vis-à-vis the monster they are fighting, against numerous odds. They have to think of novel ways of tackling an outfit which is quite innovative and full of surprises. It is against this backdrop that the controversial expulsion of Tamils from Colombo should be viewed.
The government has naturally drawn heavy flak over its action, which is being widely condemned as discrimination against the Tamil community. Some have chosen to blow it out of proportion. Opposition and UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has likened the plight of Tamils under the present government to that of Jews in Germany during the World War II and that of black Africans under the apartheid regime in South Africa. We thought Mr. Wickremesinghe needed lessons only on Sri Lankan history. Another politician (Mano Ganeshan) promptly chose to call the eviction of Tamils `ethnic cleansing!`
They are entitled to their views. But, where were those champions of human rights when the LTTE forcibly evicted tens of thousands of Muslims who had been living in the North for generations at a two-hour notice in 1990? They were allowed to carry only a change of clothes with them. Ear studs of women and girls were removed with pliers! They are still languishing in welfare centres in Puttalam. That, Mr. Ganeshan, is ethnic cleansing!
A TNA MP took his shirt off in Parliament in protest against the expulsion in question. Those who have so shamelessly enslaved themselves to the LTTE and are justifying its savage terror don`t need any clothes at all. No amount of clothes is going to help cover their nudity!
Such hypocrites are doing the biggest disservice to the civilians caught in the nutcracker of terror. They have hijacked the cause of those innocent people and are making political capital out of their plight like vultures that feast on carrion. If their concern for hapless civilians is genuine, they must be able to take on the LTTE, too, which is making cannon fodder of their children and exploiting them in every conceivable way. Why are those human rights campaigners silent on what is happening in area like Kilinochchi, which the LTTE has turned into mono ethnic hellholes?
It is not to those hypocritical opportunists that the government must listen. It must listen to the feeble voice of the hapless civilians, whom the police want to evict. (Military Spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella is trying to have us believe that they are leaving voluntarily and the government is only providing transport: He must go tell that to the marines!) They may not be able to provide `valid reasons` as such to justify their stay in Colombo but they, as is well known, have a thousand and one reasons to be away from the war zone and the LTTE`s clutches, the main being the safety of their children. When life becomes unbearable in a particular place, the people naturally vote with their feet. The government is driving them back into the jaws of the predator. That is the tragedy!
There are, no doubt, LTTE cadres posing as civilians among them. But, should all the Tamil people be penalised for that? As TULF Leader V. Anandasangaree has pointed out in a letter to the President?(The Island of June 08)?the LTTE is smart enough to evade eviction.
The city of Colombo belongs to all Sri Lankans, regardless of their ethnicity or religion and they have a right to live there or anywhere else in the country. That right guaranteed by the Constitution cannot be questioned or denied. It is the duty of the police and the armed forces to make the country safe for all communities to live in. While extraordinary measures are certainly called for to meet the growing threat of terrorism, the eviction of Tamils from any part of the country on any ground cannot be countenanced. That amounts to blatant racial discrimination. If the government considers such action a surrogate for better surveillance and intelligence, which alone can help keep the Tigers at bay, it is making a terrible mistake.
The Supreme Court is right in having immediately halted the harebrained scheme. Three hearty cheers!
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nirupam
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9 Jun 2007 13:55:14 GMT Report for Abuse
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No amount of clothes is going to help cover their nudity!
Nudity is sold in many cities but only in Sri Lanka the shame of abduction, disappearances, torture, involuntory killings go unchecked because no one even the president does not care about human lives.
This country stands alone in its barbarism, for last 50 years no leader could find a genuine solution to the problem. In Singapore that gained independence in 1957 resolved its ethnic problem amicably and even the Buddhist Sinhalese professionals go there to work.
One leader with a vision made all 4 languages official in S'pore against Sinhala Only in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka had nearly 10 leaders (Prime Minsters and presidents), except one Kotalawela (Christian) who wanted to bake both languages Official but all the others were Sinhala -Buddhists, short-sighted and power hungry. All they did was looked after their familes and ruined the country and impoverished the common masses. |
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9 Jun 2007 15:04:55 GMT Report for Abuse
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last 50 years no leader could find a genuine solution to the problem.
Problem is 50-50 mania. No solutions available for stupidity.
One leader with a vision made all 4 languages official in S'pore against Sinhala Only in Sri Lanka.
Playing same lie 100 times does not change the reality. In Sri Lanka, It is not Sinhales or Tamil but English that do the real deal.
All they did was looked after their familes and ruined the country and impoverished the common masses.
Very true. BTW, what do you understand by common masses, Is it only consisting Tamils? Just to inform you Sinhalese Buddhists too took arms against politicians. But we are convinced terrorism is not the way to achieve political ends.
Edited By - rswkv - 9 Jun 2007 15:06:04 GMT |
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9 Jun 2007 23:14:14 GMT Report for Abuse
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| As long as LTTE is demanding for 43% of lands in N & E and 65% of sea for about 15% of tamils in Sri lanka this problem cannot be solved. If they think they can get this militarily GOSL has no option other than fighting. |
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9 Jun 2007 23:31:09 GMT Report for Abuse
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As long as LTTE is demanding for 43% of lands in N & E and 65% of sea for about 15% of tamils in Sri lanka this problem cannot be solved. If they think they can get this militarily GOSL has no option other than fighting.
Fighting and CRUSH the bloody Tamil LTTE down. Enough is enough. This Blody 50:50 GREEADY mania has grown so huge thus some TAMILS think they have a right to live any where in the country and at the same time they think Sinhalese cannot live in N&E. Sophisticated.. isnt it?
CRUSH THE BLOODY TAMIL LTTE and make Sri Lanka again a Paradise of the world.
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10 Jun 2007 00:16:34 GMT Report for Abuse
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It's not 50-50 for Tamils and Sinhalese.. It's 50% for all minorities including Tamils, muslim, moors, etc and 50% for Sinhalese.
But I agree 50/50 won't work, because the sinhalese would just find a way to buy some of the minority seats and continue their rule! |
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10 Jun 2007 13:30:56 GMT Report for Abuse
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It's 50% for all minorities including Tamils, muslim, moors...
Really.. |
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10 Jun 2007 13:43:36 GMT Report for Abuse
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Rswkv,
You sing the racist tune repeatedly about terrorism, Sinhala Only and 50-50.
Armed conflict started ONLy because the Sinhala leaders signed agreements and tore them instead of implementing them. Tamls cannot go back to 1956 because time is a longitudinal variable moves only in one direction. Tamils are convinced that no Sinhala leader (out of 10) ever tried genuinely to find a solution. So giving up arms will revert back to riots, standardisation and Sinhalamisation.
Security Forces are comprised of 99.9% Sinhalese, police 90% and the Govt service 91.4%, so already it is Sinhalamised. How can any other community fit in? It's moving towards one destination, it is separation or unitary? |
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10 Jun 2007 14:07:20 GMT Report for Abuse
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Armed conflict started ONLy because the Sinhala leaders signed agreements and tore them instead of implementing them.
Eg. Killing of Alfred Duraiappah (Jaffna mayor, Could be Sinhalese ) by VP in 1975.
Tamils are convinced that no Sinhala leader (out of 10) ever tried genuinely to find a solution
Again, No political solutions is possible for Psychological problems (Eg.50-50 mania)
Tamls cannot go back to 1956 because time is a longitudinal variable moves only in one direction
But when it is suited you can go even further ?
Security Forces are comprised of 99.9% Sinhalese, police 90% and the Govt service 91.4%, so already it is Sinhalamise
Man/Woman, Give the credit to VP the Bunker Rat. For your info, during the so called CFA, almost 50 intelligence men (99% Tamils) were killed by your thalvar the Sun Goat.
Edited By - rswkv - 10 Jun 2007 14:12:52 GMT |
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