Comments on: The Beleaguered People

By: selva

selva — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:03:18 +0000

Even though the prices of the comodities has gone up the Sinhalese are ready to listen to Mahinda and sacrifice the hunger. Also he is waging the war continously in order to finish it as soon as possible. Pirabaharan never worried about doing it fast thinking of the suffering of the Tamil people. He fight for one or two years and relax for six seven years. As long as a small area comes under his control he will stop fighting and go for negotiation. He need to be a king in some area that is his psycological problem. People thinks he goes for negotiation to buy time. If he don’t want anything less than Eelam he shouldn’t go for negotiation and waste the time. Since 1989 he wasted nearly 15 years without fighting. At that time the TELO and EPRLF were attacking the camps LTTE was keeping land mines only. In 1986 because of internal dispute the TELO of Jaffna rounded up the Vadamarachi group and distroyed them. This gave Pirabaharan the idea that the movements could be annihilated easily. After anihilating the other movements he got the oppotunity of relaxing. If all the movements would have been fighting compitively we would have achive our goal long ago. Even a small child knew without bringing the whole area under control we cannot achive Eelam.

Not only the Israelies and the Sinhalese be compaired also the Greek cypriot are in the same board. All three communities have the same mentality, dominating the others. That is why the problem is not solved in these three countries. When the British gave independent to Cyprus the british democracy automatically gave the power in the majorities hand. The lands of the Turkish area were given to the Southern Greeks to plant vineyards exactly like what the Sinhalese started doing in Sri Lanka. Even after occupying the best irrigatable lands in the Northeast they don’t want to give self rule to the Tamils and Muslims. The Tamils or Mislims are not asking that the sea too belonged to them. According to the propotion of the land area they could be given the share of the sea area . Nothing will satisfy the mind of an average Sinhalese because domination is a kind of sickness they have.

By: M.Thiru

M.Thiru — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:58:54 +0000

1. “A government that ignores the economic misery of its own Sinhala constituents is unlikely to care about the problems of minorities. Where are we headed in these troubled times? ” I agree 2,500 % with Tisaranee who are in the tiny minority from Sinhala Nation. Not only this regime but previous regimes since 1947.

2. I do not totally agree with Tisaranne on “A never ending conflict which saps the energies of all parties will be the only future we can expect unless we draw that critical line of demarcation between the LTTE and the Tamil people and offer the latter a just deal even as we resist the former with all the strength at our command ” Here she contradicts herself with point one above. That is Sinhalese governments do not care about Sinhalese constituetns ( economy and politics and social or cultural matters are interwoven )

3. Here patriot of Sinhala nation cum the political Physician Tissaranee was spot on on her dignosis ” Unfortunately the regime is unlikely to come up with a power sharing package because it does not accept the reality and validity of Tamil grievances. A government that is proud of 1956 and ignores 1983 cannot offer justice to Tamils because in its eyes no injustice has been committed in the first place. Similarly the regime will not be able to take actual measures to minimise human rights violation because it does not understand the reality of Tamil suffering and the validity of Tamil fear. ”

The current Sinhalese leader’s prognosis is state terror in the name of just war against terrorists.

Srilanka or rather Sinhala nation needs a leader who is an honest physician and a surgeon of the caliber of Tunku Abdul Rahamn the first PM of Malaysia. If he is afraid then at least he must allow this terminally ill Srilanka in hands of world’ almighty the UN for hope and healing by faith.

By: R.S.Ganeshan

R.S.Ganeshan — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:37:44 +0000

Not only the Sinhalese, the Tamils and Muslims are subject to the economic misery, but to the government and its racist collaborators not only it is a good excuse and justification to exhort the Sinhalese masses to further tighten their belts and suffer any deprivation to prosecute the war efforts against the Tamils (LTTE) but also an opportunity to distract and deflect attention from its corruption,nepotism and incompetence.

Gone are the days when the trade unions and political parties in Sri Lanka were inspired and led by leaders who were genuinely committed to their political convictions and led hartals and protests because the price of the rationed rice went up by 25cts. But later on when they went on to grab the saree potta they lost all credibility and had to bite dust in the elections of 1977. Now only a mediocre cabal which pretend to continue under those old political labels exist, and they are satisfied with the crumbs off the table and the privileges that go with office .

The past is past, now the task is to expose the fact that racist politics does not help any race in Sri Lanka and to convince the masses and both sides of the Sri Lankan divide that Liger flag waving jingoism and atavistic megalomania and suicidal acts cannot pay dividends and that other rational and just alternatives have to be pursued.

By: Raj

Raj — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:01:42 +0000

what a load of hog wash, scare mongering in the extreme.
The latest bomb blast should show clearly to the world who should be scared, it is any Tamil with any opinion that differs from that maniacal terrorist VP. He is scourge on our people may his end come quickly.

By: Ram the 2nd

Ram the 2nd — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:58:34 +0000

Qutoe,”Sri Lankan leaders would do well to take heed of the unfolding US economic crisis and learn its lessons. American economic woes demonstrate the dangers of deficit financing.”

This was the thinking during the Ranil W. as Prme minister who singed an agreement that eventually the whole country refused. LTTE was getting closer to establish a mono- ethnic state there after.

Kilinochchi is bankcrupt anyway. The rest of the country can wait until it comes in line politically.

By: KTR

KTR — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 07:21:47 +0000

She is beating drums in a deaf’s ears. Does she know LTTE doesn’t exist before 1976 and not known until 1983. It seems we still split hare on chicken or egg which comes first.