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Tigers and Elections in Sri Lanka
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SatanKaBacha
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 14 Mar 2008 19:10:09 GMT Report for Abuse
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AnuD,
IF Tamils diaspora stop funding for LTTE, LTTE will give up the struggle.
FYI, when the LTTE was formed, there was negligible diaspora strength, nor did LTTE count on them..!
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 14 Mar 2008 19:13:15 GMT Report for Abuse
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pricipals of the enligtened ones
Slowly approaching Vanni now to catch big ones.
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14 Mar 2008 19:14:45 GMT Report for Abuse
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Piranha,
You people are nutz. Just because prabakaran eat bombs, mud and bullets, you cannot survive with bombs and all the above. UNDERSTAND! HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Stop believe in LTTE, there is nothing like that. Think LTTE are just letters and have no meanings. Now you all realize that Prabakaran is fighting for 4 letters with no meanings. Is that clear? Use the knowledge better way. Do not miss use it or believe in those of who miss use it.
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14 Mar 2008 19:23:42 GMT Report for Abuse
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Isn't Tamils are the root cause for all the miseries,who are jealous for being stranded stateless and landless in many parts of the world...:-)
How can Tamils be the ROOT cause when some other action resulted them leaving?
Stateless and landless: This is a stupid argument that many make but I don't give much weight to it as reality is far from it. Even if I give you the benefit of doubt still you cannot say that they are powerless nor penny-less. Thats how I see SL as. If India pull the plug withing short period there will be sanctions. That is why SL is kissing *** but I don't know JVP's game plan. If SL does not get aid it will collapse so its penny-less state.
You make your own judgment call as to who is in a pathetic state. :)
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14 Mar 2008 19:32:59 GMT Report for Abuse
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If SL does not get aid it will collapse so its penny-less state.
This is your own wrong judgement.
Sri Lankan tamils created their own FALSE - history, and with the help of British masters they felt superior and supreme. So they wanted to bully Sinhala people because Sinhala people are a minority among the south Indian Tamil majority. |
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14 Mar 2008 19:44:55 GMT Report for Abuse
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This is your own judgement.
Why don't you read before you respond. Dint I say 'Thats how I see SL'.?
Tamil don't think that they are superior or supreme but they also don't have a solution to the Sinhalese inferiority problem. Its not all Sinhalese and the few that see themselves as human beings have no problems with Tamils either. |
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 14 Mar 2008 19:49:04 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Is it true Major Keerthi Ranawake of 58 division is killed. Why the defence Lanka and their trumpets are hiding it. |
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14 Mar 2008 19:52:13 GMT Report for Abuse
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Tamil don't think that they are superior or supreme but they also don't have a solution to the Sinhalese inferiority problem
DVLADV:
You talk without knowing about the history of the Fake tamil Struggle.
Since early 1900, Tamils were talking about how brilliant they were and how great they were.
Tamils thought superior because British masters promoted them that lead to all these things. |
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AHRC Paper
SRI LANKA: Thoughts of a Sinhalese about some Sinhala habits
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
A Paper by the Asian Human Rights Commission
SRI LANKA: Thoughts of a Sinhalese about some Sinhala habits
The author whose name appears below take full responsibility for the views expressed in this paper. They are not necessarily the views of the AHRC. However, the AHRC considers that the point of view offered by the author is a valuable contribution to the issues relating to human rights within a particular country context. The AHRC welcomes any comments on this paper and they may be sent to ahrchk@ahrchk.org
Thoughts of a Sinhalese about some Sinhala habits
Basil Fernando
Sinhalese see no link between precepts and practice
Daily religious instruction repeated many times a day gives precepts against killing, lying, sexual misconduct, theft and bearing false witness. However, while fervent repetition of such precepts is considered wholesome trying to bring these into actual social life is not considered as a matter of great importance among Sinhalese. For example there is no strong reaction against murder or even mass murder. Torture remains quite acceptable, massive fraud is just a normal part of life and no really serious attempts are made to eliminate these evils. The absence of the will to link precept and practice has lead to the poor development of common standards within society. That in public life, legal and other methodologies should be developed to deal with evils that these precepts try to prevent is a very important component of the life and society among the Sinhalese. When criticised about their social norms and standards the Sinhalese may retaliate by talking about the importance of the great teachings of Buddha they have inherited but will refuse to discuss as to how these things are in fact actually practiced. The usual retort is that there is always a gap between precepts and practice of any philosophy or religion. However, what such thinking misses is the absence of constant struggle personally and socially to bring behaviour closer to the precepts society claims as its own.
Sinhalese do not attach much value to the truth
People are used to the habit of expecting that what they are told is usually not true. Sinhalese do not attach much value to the truth. Falsehood, exaggeration, denial of truth does not come as much of a surprise or shock to them. Their attitude is to treat falsification as just a normal way of life. It is honesty and frankness that surprises them. Their attitude towards honesty and frankness is that it is na ve to behave like that will lead to danger. The Sinhalese are very deeply scared about speaking the truth about matters of which they have some knowledge. This is particularly so regarding those matters which are outside purely personal affairs. They are afraid to complain except within their very limited circles. Sinhalese do not trust others including other Sinhalese. The fear o |
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Attitudes regarding equality
Within the Sinhalese society there is no recognition of equality. Instead Sinhala society is deeply divided. It is first divided in terms of elites and the ordinary folk. Sometimes this is spoken of as waedagath minissu, meaning people that need to be respected and samanya minissu, meaning the ordinary or simple folk. This division is clearly expressed in terms of families, waedagath pavul meaning the families of the respectable people and those others which do not deserve any respect. Thus, the sense of importance is in terms of birth or acquired status of migrating to those waedagath pavul. The inherent dignity of all persons and the equal value of all persons are alien to Sinhala culture.
Psychological warfare of the elite against the ordinary folk
Elites in Sri Lanka have acquired through centuries of habit various forms of humiliating and other psychologically hurting the families of those whom they consider to be of inferior status. The very words used for 'you' when addressed to someone considered inferior are very different to that of an equal or someone considered to be above others.
Manifold forms of harassment and the causing of humiliation helps people from waedagath pavul to dominate others. Various forms of crude humour are developed to make jokes out of the poor and the week who want to assert themselves and express themselves. The methodology is most to crush the self confidence of those who are considered week.
The extent to which this form of psychological warfare would be beyond the imagination of any outsider to understand. Such habits of humiliating the week are usual as habitual practices in courts, schools and all other places where social interaction takes place. In the courts the ordinary folk are not given any form of recognition and often the type of language used even within the communication within the court, the court officers such as clerks and interpreters and judges also often do not manifest a respect for equality.
When elites suffer wounded pride they retaliate disproportionately
The elite, if they find that they do not get the respect they think they deserve, or are by some other means humiliated, like for example someone going to court to complain about something they have suffered at the hands of such a person, the elite in all likelihood will retaliate by such acts as murder, by using their influence to have fabricated cases filed against their enemies and all the time using the most humiliating and crude language against those who have challenged their authority by direct or indirect means.
To be continued.
A Sinhala version of this paper is available and can be obtained from the AHRC. |
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