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		<title>By: thamizhachi21</title>
		<link>http://federalidea.com/focus/archives/34/comment-page-1#comment-427</link>
		<dc:creator>thamizhachi21</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2007 12:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>the war conducted by the govt of sinhalanaadu with the help of the whole world  in thamileelam has no meaning 
at all these days apart from sinhalanadu politicians making plenty of dosh  out of those deals. they set to 
get 10 %. 

Mr.10% s  love to hate those commissions slipping out from their hands incase a peace solution imposed 
acceptable to all communities. so they would continue to encourage nationalism to wage war in thamileelam. 
atleast the sinhala people are not dying to the rate compare to the Tamil civilians. 

all happy in the south in the name of nationalism ,sovereignty and integrity . they are not bothered about
 formulating any power sharing proposals themselves  or they will  it seems not agree to any proposals by others either.

on the other hand Mr.ltte. they have their own convictions vis-a-vis Tamil sinhala ethnic conflict. 
ltte convinced 100% that they are not the cause for this war but rather a symptom of sinhala Buddhist 
nationalism.

while there is no space for religious extremism and terrorism in the world today ,how should  a weak or 
for that matter the ltte  fight with a state which enjoys the fullest support of the world in military and 
diplomatic terms ?

how should the weak fight with a state which is hell bent on abusing the  human rights laws  to the first degree?

clearly the ltte do get blamed for the suicide bombers and child soldier recruitments. I&#039;m not sure about the 
suicide bombers but  recruiting child soldiers to fight the enemy is wrong. in my opinion the suicide bombers 
determination can be put to use in different ways would then enable  them a second chance to live  to contribute 
to the cause they want to die for.


if this child soldier and the suicide bombings issues are the ones makes the world to distance themselves from the ltte 
and the Tamils , then naturally one would expect the world to be Mr. clean .

  in our case the world is not Mr.clean and it all goes one way, the world supports/supported the  past/present
 sinhalanaadu regime  which pays scant regards to the human rights abuse laws in and out of  the country . clearly the Tamils are not
getting a fair deal from the world.

it is time the world who try to preach the rights and wrongs and the one who funds the war in this island pause
 for a while and form a *INTERNATIONAL CONSENSUS* among themselves vis-a-vis the conflict in the island. the Tamils
 have suffered enough in the hands of merciless Sinhalese.

certainly the UK with it&#039;s historical links and India the powerful nation in south Asia can play a leading role 
along with the goodwill of Norway to end the bloodshed .

more than a million Tamils have run away with their kids to an other country , 
more than a million Tamils are internally displayed through out the island including in Colombo .
 more than 800 hundred thousand trapped in the so called high security zone open prisons.
and above all more than 80 thousand mainly Tamils civilians dead.

so the point is,,,,
it is so foolish to wait for the parties to the war to sort them selves out to end the war. 
the sinhala nadu will not propose a solution and it will not agree to one if ltte or others present a  
proposal.

the world stood by the sinhala naadu all those years to end the difference by militarily means, thats failed.

India imposed a solution in the 80s that it thought , it is the best for her ,,failed.

now it is time the world  treat the warring parties as equal partners which was never an option in the past
 and it should be the base for any future negotiations to end the bloodshed in the island.

thank you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>the war conducted by the govt of sinhalanaadu with the help of the whole world  in thamileelam has no meaning<br />
at all these days apart from sinhalanadu politicians making plenty of dosh  out of those deals. they set to<br />
get 10 %. </p>
<p>Mr.10% s  love to hate those commissions slipping out from their hands incase a peace solution imposed<br />
acceptable to all communities. so they would continue to encourage nationalism to wage war in thamileelam.<br />
atleast the sinhala people are not dying to the rate compare to the Tamil civilians. </p>
<p>all happy in the south in the name of nationalism ,sovereignty and integrity . they are not bothered about<br />
 formulating any power sharing proposals themselves  or they will  it seems not agree to any proposals by others either.</p>
<p>on the other hand Mr.ltte. they have their own convictions vis-a-vis Tamil sinhala ethnic conflict.<br />
ltte convinced 100% that they are not the cause for this war but rather a symptom of sinhala Buddhist<br />
nationalism.</p>
<p>while there is no space for religious extremism and terrorism in the world today ,how should  a weak or<br />
for that matter the ltte  fight with a state which enjoys the fullest support of the world in military and<br />
diplomatic terms ?</p>
<p>how should the weak fight with a state which is hell bent on abusing the  human rights laws  to the first degree?</p>
<p>clearly the ltte do get blamed for the suicide bombers and child soldier recruitments. I&#8217;m not sure about the<br />
suicide bombers but  recruiting child soldiers to fight the enemy is wrong. in my opinion the suicide bombers<br />
determination can be put to use in different ways would then enable  them a second chance to live  to contribute<br />
to the cause they want to die for.</p>
<p>if this child soldier and the suicide bombings issues are the ones makes the world to distance themselves from the ltte<br />
and the Tamils , then naturally one would expect the world to be Mr. clean .</p>
<p>  in our case the world is not Mr.clean and it all goes one way, the world supports/supported the  past/present<br />
 sinhalanaadu regime  which pays scant regards to the human rights abuse laws in and out of  the country . clearly the Tamils are not<br />
getting a fair deal from the world.</p>
<p>it is time the world who try to preach the rights and wrongs and the one who funds the war in this island pause<br />
 for a while and form a *INTERNATIONAL CONSENSUS* among themselves vis-a-vis the conflict in the island. the Tamils<br />
 have suffered enough in the hands of merciless Sinhalese.</p>
<p>certainly the UK with it&#8217;s historical links and India the powerful nation in south Asia can play a leading role<br />
along with the goodwill of Norway to end the bloodshed .</p>
<p>more than a million Tamils have run away with their kids to an other country ,<br />
more than a million Tamils are internally displayed through out the island including in Colombo .<br />
 more than 800 hundred thousand trapped in the so called high security zone open prisons.<br />
and above all more than 80 thousand mainly Tamils civilians dead.</p>
<p>so the point is,,,,<br />
it is so foolish to wait for the parties to the war to sort them selves out to end the war.<br />
the sinhala nadu will not propose a solution and it will not agree to one if ltte or others present a<br />
proposal.</p>
<p>the world stood by the sinhala naadu all those years to end the difference by militarily means, thats failed.</p>
<p>India imposed a solution in the 80s that it thought , it is the best for her ,,failed.</p>
<p>now it is time the world  treat the warring parties as equal partners which was never an option in the past<br />
 and it should be the base for any future negotiations to end the bloodshed in the island.</p>
<p>thank you.</p>
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		<title>By: dias</title>
		<link>http://federalidea.com/focus/archives/34/comment-page-1#comment-414</link>
		<dc:creator>dias</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You mean, &quot;150 Years Ago&quot;!

There is no corelation between the conflict in N. Ireland and Sri Lanka -- at best some very vague process similarities.

&quot;Conflicts Resolution&quot; an up and coming field in Political Science in US universities is trying to address ways and means to do so -- yet unable to provide advise to their own State depratments on how to solve their own messes -- look at Iraq!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You mean, &#8220;150 Years Ago&#8221;!</p>
<p>There is no corelation between the conflict in N. Ireland and Sri Lanka &#8212; at best some very vague process similarities.</p>
<p>&#8220;Conflicts Resolution&#8221; an up and coming field in Political Science in US universities is trying to address ways and means to do so &#8212; yet unable to provide advise to their own State depratments on how to solve their own messes &#8212; look at Iraq!</p>
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		<title>By: Das Samuel</title>
		<link>http://federalidea.com/focus/archives/34/comment-page-1#comment-383</link>
		<dc:creator>Das Samuel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 23:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In nothern ireland, the britisn army was careful not to cause civilian casualties - they were given strict &quot;rules of engagement &quot;.
It was not an &quot;ethnic conflict &quot; - only a political one, but as deadly.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In nothern ireland, the britisn army was careful not to cause civilian casualties &#8211; they were given strict &#8220;rules of engagement &#8220;.<br />
It was not an &#8220;ethnic conflict &#8221; &#8211; only a political one, but as deadly.</p>
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		<title>By: Roopa Chetty</title>
		<link>http://federalidea.com/focus/archives/34/comment-page-1#comment-370</link>
		<dc:creator>Roopa Chetty</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>These comparisons are meaningless. Tamils are a real victim of discrimination in Sri-Lanka. Sinhalese are no Brits..that is like Apples and crap apples......Sri-Lanka may be like the East Timor ...... or maybe like Cypress..well all these similarities are very tenuous......just forget it. one has to live through it to realize how unique and how deserving the case of......... the Sri-Lankan Tamil minority! </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>These comparisons are meaningless. Tamils are a real victim of discrimination in Sri-Lanka. Sinhalese are no Brits..that is like Apples and crap apples&#8230;&#8230;Sri-Lanka may be like the East Timor &#8230;&#8230; or maybe like Cypress..well all these similarities are very tenuous&#8230;&#8230;just forget it. one has to live through it to realize how unique and how deserving the case of&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; the Sri-Lankan Tamil minority!</p>
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		<title>By: ernest macintyre</title>
		<link>http://federalidea.com/focus/archives/34/comment-page-1#comment-365</link>
		<dc:creator>ernest macintyre</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is a piece that very soon got one immersed in it, though , in lighter vein I must confess that I almost stopped reading as I saw the name &quot;Poole&#039; . Like a Pavalovian dog, I summoned up &quot; Hoole&quot;.

This should be translated into Sinhala and Thamil and widely distributed. It is of not much use to only exchange thoughts intra the English reading people.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a piece that very soon got one immersed in it, though , in lighter vein I must confess that I almost stopped reading as I saw the name &#8220;Poole&#8217; . Like a Pavalovian dog, I summoned up &#8221; Hoole&#8221;.</p>
<p>This should be translated into Sinhala and Thamil and widely distributed. It is of not much use to only exchange thoughts intra the English reading people.</p>
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		<title>By: s, Somapala</title>
		<link>http://federalidea.com/focus/archives/34/comment-page-1#comment-358</link>
		<dc:creator>s, Somapala</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>No comments at all!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No comments at all!</p>
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		<title>By: taya</title>
		<link>http://federalidea.com/focus/archives/34/comment-page-1#comment-355</link>
		<dc:creator>taya</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Education, Education and education for the politicians, is the key to conflict resolution.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Education, Education and education for the politicians, is the key to conflict resolution.</p>
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		<title>By: Ajith Sam</title>
		<link>http://federalidea.com/focus/archives/34/comment-page-1#comment-341</link>
		<dc:creator>Ajith Sam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 04:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What the writer fail to realise is that British Govt had someone responsible in the form of Sinn fein to enter in to dialogue.
GOSL is not going to enter into negotiation with cold blooded killers. Whe represent them? Erik Solheim of Norway, who has used the ltte to short circuit his rise to the top?
LTTE does not have a responsible person to represent them in dialogue and they don`t respect anyone either. 
LTTE had supporters like Mr. R.Jayadevan from the Wembly Kovil in London. He had the clout &amp; connetion to take them forward but what did the ltte do? Incasarated him in the Wanni when he brought a donation for them &amp; british Govt had to intervene for his release. ltte was only interested to grab the Wembly Kovil administration. Here is a person Mr. Jayadevan who intervened to get Anton Balasinghan to London &amp; finally this scumbag AB &amp; ltte had the audacity go against Mr. RJ.
So, how is it possible to enter into dialog with a ruddeless muderous group who can arrest a person as Mr. R.Jayadevan ? They have no respect for their own people who have internationalised their cause.
There is no trust be placed on NGO/INGO as they are there to promote an agenda favourable to their paymasters.
Ireland label does not fit SL bill unless the Co chairs, donors and their favourtite INGO/NGO adopt or take a heart to neutralise the LTTE.
They do not want to make the ltte a toothless tiger for their advantage &amp; hidden agendas.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What the writer fail to realise is that British Govt had someone responsible in the form of Sinn fein to enter in to dialogue.<br />
GOSL is not going to enter into negotiation with cold blooded killers. Whe represent them? Erik Solheim of Norway, who has used the ltte to short circuit his rise to the top?<br />
LTTE does not have a responsible person to represent them in dialogue and they don`t respect anyone either.<br />
LTTE had supporters like Mr. R.Jayadevan from the Wembly Kovil in London. He had the clout &amp; connetion to take them forward but what did the ltte do? Incasarated him in the Wanni when he brought a donation for them &amp; british Govt had to intervene for his release. ltte was only interested to grab the Wembly Kovil administration. Here is a person Mr. Jayadevan who intervened to get Anton Balasinghan to London &amp; finally this scumbag AB &amp; ltte had the audacity go against Mr. RJ.<br />
So, how is it possible to enter into dialog with a ruddeless muderous group who can arrest a person as Mr. R.Jayadevan ? They have no respect for their own people who have internationalised their cause.<br />
There is no trust be placed on NGO/INGO as they are there to promote an agenda favourable to their paymasters.<br />
Ireland label does not fit SL bill unless the Co chairs, donors and their favourtite INGO/NGO adopt or take a heart to neutralise the LTTE.<br />
They do not want to make the ltte a toothless tiger for their advantage &amp; hidden agendas.</p>
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