The Office for National Unity and Reconciliation (ONUR) headed by Chandrika Kumaratunga has today urged relevant authorities to take appropriate action against all hate speech incidents regardless of the social status, ethnic/religious background or political affiliations of the perpetrators.
Chandrika Kumaratunga
“The strictest action must be taken without delay, against persons or groups who act to provoke disharmony by creating divisions among citizens along ethnic and religious lines.” the Office for National Unity and Reconciliation said in a statement.
We publish below the statement in full:
Statement by ONUR on the Rise of Hate Speech in the Recent Past
The Office for National Unity and Reconciliation (ONUR) notes with concern, the rise of hate speech in Sri Lanka in the recent past, which challenges the initiatives being taken by the government to heal our country after decades of bloodshed and destruction.
Hate filled expressions and actions by groups with vested interests, resulting in demeaning, denigrating and inciting violence against fellow citizens of various ethnic, religious backgrounds has no place in Sri Lankan society.
For the first time in contemporary Sri Lanka, the Government has a stated vision to build One United Nation by promoting Reconciliation and a lasting Peace. The Government is working towards bringing about reconciliation among all communities, making it the highest priority.
This is in contrast to the years before 2015 where power brokers in the state fomented communal and ethnic hatred, shielded by a culture of impunity, thereby inciting racism and violence against fellow Sri Lankans.
The Government and the people of Sri Lanka are presently engaged in the noble task of rebuilding a society in which Good Governance prevails. The challenges faced in realising this are immense. Yet, the new opportunities that have opened up and the favourable socio-political context created since January 2015 must be seized.
The active participation and leadership of ALL patriotic Sri Lankans is essential for the achievement of Reconciliation, Peace and honest, effective, people friendly Governance if we are to attain political stability, economic growth and progress we so richly deserve as a Nation. We must work towards acknowledging the differences and celebrating the richness of diversity in our multi-ethnic, multi-religious country.
Short, medium and long term efforts are underway to address the grievances of all communities and to build a sense of respect, equality and pride in every citizen, living in an inclusive Sri Lanka where each person has the opportunity to enjoy the freedoms that are the right of all citizens.
The strictest action must be taken without delay, against persons or groups who act to provoke disharmony by creating divisions among citizens along ethnic and religious lines. President Maithripala Sirisena, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and the entire government have categorically reiterated that hate speech will not be tolerated.
We welcome the proactive actions by civil society and religious leaders in countering the attempts to spread hate by very small yet vocal groups.
ONUR, while appreciating the arrest of two individuals from two different communities, accused of hate speech and for inciting racism, urges the relevant authorities to take appropriate action against all such incidents regardless of the social status, ethnic / religious background or political affiliations of the perpetrators.
We note that there are numerous complaints against hate speech and incitement to racism where strong evidence is available yet investigations and prosecutions are pending for some time. We urge the law enforcement authorities to take early action on all these incidents.
We welcome His Excellency the President and the Hon. Prime Minister’s unequivocal statements that we cannot permit racist or extremist elements from any community to challenge or imperil our chosen path to a stable, prosperous and plural Sri Lanka.
We appeal to all Sri Lankan’s to engage with the Government to realise this goal.
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga
Chairperson, Office for National Unity and Reconciliation
Simon De Silva / November 25, 2016
Hate speeches became part of the society, thanks to the indifference nature of MR administration.
1) having watched a youtube the manner BBS lead – most abusive man in Sanga robes – with a distinction in Kunuharupa- flithy sinhala langaguge- we were shocked. This has now developed to the levels even all kind of BAD WORDS have been familiar to the average today…. gone were the days we heard powerful sinhala words in media. TOday, they use all low levels since Maharaja just ignored the – letting any one belong to social scum to raise their head. Never in the history we have not heard the kind of filthy – however, Mervin Silva, Kuamara Walgama, Aluthgamage, not forgetting Maharaja all started using highly abusive terms being on public stage.
a) remember how former athigaru, once answered – ” mama thun sarayak korala thiyenawa – I have proved to have done 3 times- pointing at his 3 sons whose records have almost destroyed the youth in the country. However this was his answer at the time, 3 term for him as a president was arguably discussed in the country
b)The filthy langague -Mervin was hired to use at the time, former UNHRC lady was visting the country – ” I would make a marriage proposal to her etc.” All these had no basis but their moment of jolly.
2) The speech that the Barabaric BBS head held in ALuthgama ended up taking the lives of people. No investigations were carried out. Just pleased the victims having built them lost houses.
All in all, MR adminsitration did 80% idiots to overtake the fully ground handling of the society – not giving due respect to the educated.
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Paul / November 25, 2016
Its not just the MR administration. “Marapung, marapung, marapung” – JR
The MR administration just took it to new levels.
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Rarityminds / November 25, 2016
If you compare JRJ with MR it is like – cultured educated oxford educated with a rascal, uncultured man.
ANyways, Meeharaka Rajaapkshe is the main reason all various thugs have taken the ground in the society by today. Muscles were the justice in the days of Meeahraka Rajaakshe. He had no brains to see that it can become to all deteriorating levels as it is the case today.
State leaders of MR should be hung by their balls for the mess deliberately created in this country.
Dignity and respect are Xeno words to them.
No doubt, the man will have to say good bye in the same manner his administration promoted crimes.
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karikalan / November 25, 2016
JRJ did not go to oxford even if he did , it does not mean he was a good person. He was solely responsible for Tamil- Sinhala conflict
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Samuel Jayaweera / November 25, 2016
Tamil sinhala conflict could have been maintained better, had the people been knowledgeble. Lanken folks regardles sof their race are in general unchageble. Even today after 30 year war – there are over 40% of the vote eligible- can be called as “ULTRA EXTREMISTS”. Most that add their thoughts to CT and other balanced forcums are the tiny minority. Most just let Rajaakashes to fool them – most amonng them are the real extremists. As a whole, lanken average are easily manipulative folks. You may just be able to increase your votes, if you would distribule rice rations, roof sheets, sewing machines or silredi. People are not learnt to respect principles. I am talking about the majority of the lanken population.
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Dr. Gnana Sankaralingam / November 26, 2016
Malaysia has managed the ethnic problem well and this should be taken as an example by Srilanka. Unlike Srilanka where Sinhalese have an overwhelming majority of 75% to 25 % of minorities, in Malaysia, Malays are only 55% and minorities are 45% (Chinese 30%, Tamils 10% and others 5%). There is an important difference that in Malaysia all the minorities are together, while in Srilanka the Muslims had been undercutting Tamils to gain concessions.
After the 1969 anti-Chinese riots, Malays and Chinese came to an agreement that Chinese will not challenge Malay dominance in Politics and Malays will not challenge Chinese dominance in trade. This arrangement is still holding and has prevented any further rioting, and the country is prospering. Tamils in Malaysia did not undercut Chinese but supported them in the fight against racial discrimination which has checkmated Malays to a large degree.
In Srilanka Sinhalese with their steam roller majority did not bother about any of these and wanted to dominate in every field. Successive governments in order to get Sinhala votes pampered to these whims and fancies of Sinhala racists and took away whatever advantage that Tamils had in higher education and public sector employment by discriminatory statutes and practices and destroying the Tamil economic achievements by state sponsored violence.
Unfortunately this trend is still continuing mainly due to Sinhala supremacist mindset, as seen in the reluctance by the government to devolve powers effectively to Tamils, citing excuses such as security concerns, thereby maintaining Sinhala dominance in every aspect of governance in Srilanka. Srilanka will not have adequate resources to distribute equitably among the people, and in order to please Sinhala voters, there will be racial discrimination.
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De Silva / November 26, 2016
Dr. Gnana Sankaralingam,
Well, I guess you are some kind of “Vellala”.
Navi Pillai is a Vellala too that was taken to Africa just like your people. Her people did not mind “domination” there by the whites or the blacks.
I think she would have wondered her fate had there been no slavery and she remained in India.
She would have had to live under Bhramin domination in India. So, that is perhaps a more apt example for Tamils in Sri Lanka to consider.
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Burning Issue / November 26, 2016
Vibhushana,
Why do you want to dominate others? Did you have any choice during the colonial period? Why do you always talk utter rubbish?
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De Silva / November 26, 2016
Hello Burning,
You Tamils are a minority in Sri Lanka, just like you are in Canada or UK.
Do you think you are “dominated” in Canada? I really don’t know what you think. But its the same way you live in Sri Lanka.
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Burning Issue / November 27, 2016
Vibhushana,
Imbecile listen; the Sri Lankan Tamils are as much Sri Lankans as you are; get it? If you deny this and want to dominate us, you will see another nation within Sri Lanka eventually; do you get it?
Fools like you fuel separatism and bigotry!
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Silva / November 27, 2016
De Silva, why don’t you do a DNA test and go back to where your ancestors came from…
You might have to go back to the jungles of Africa…
What an idiotic argument…
All humans have been migrating across the planet and share a diverse genetic pool.
Stop this stupid attitude of treating people like second class citizens in their own country…..
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umberto gui / November 26, 2016
De Silva
It appears you are a relative of the MAD DOG MONK of Batticoloa fame. Either a relative or his hand boy, who sucks his DICK and lick his ANUS. You have been doing this all your life.
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De Silva / November 26, 2016
umberto gui, Why are you sowing seeds of hatred? Harvest shall not be bountiful!
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umberto gui / November 26, 2016
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Native Vedda / November 26, 2016
De Silva
Are you hearing Field Marshal Jan Christiaan Smut’s voices in your head today?
“Navi Pillai is a Vellala too that was taken to Africa just like your people. Her people did not mind “domination” there by the whites or the blacks.”
They didn’t mind of course;
Read below:
Gandhi, Tamils and the Satyagraha in South Africa by E.S Reddy
At a farewell meeting of the Tamil community in Johannesburg on July 15, 1914, Gandhi said that the Tamils bore the brunt of the satyagraha struggle and that he felt he came to the meeting to meet his “blood-brothers.” He said in an interview to a Tamil correspondent in Rangoon on 12 March 1915: “I consider that I have more in common with the Tamil community than with any other.”
When the Indians in the Transvaal took the vow to defy the Black Act requiring them to carry passes, the merchants, mainly Muslims from Gujarat, were in the lead. But soon most of them dropped out for various reasons or only went briefly to prison once, and it was the poor Tamil minority in the Transvaal, consisting mainly of hawkers, waiters and grocers who sustained the struggle. Gandhi wrote in Indian Opinion on April 16, 1910: “There is hardly a Tamil left in the Transvaal who has not suffered imprisonment in the course of the passive resistance struggle.” Many of them not only suffered in prison but became destitute. But they continued the satyagraha until the provisional agreement of 1911.
Read the rest here:
http://www.sahistory.org.za/
archive/gandhi-tamils-and-satyagraha
-south-africa-es-reddy
Tamils as well as Sinhalese from South East Asia fought the British in Burma and other countries under Subhas Chandra Bose in appalling conditions.
By the way, Subhas Chandra Bose appointed Brahmachari Kailasam a Tamil born in Jaffna as his secretary in Malaya, later he was imprisoned by the British.
(Brahmachari Kailasam later was ordained as Swami Satyananda and founded Pure Life Society in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA)
Nehru personally intervened and got him released.
His Majesty’s Opponent Subash Chandra Bose and India’s Struggle Against Empire
By Sugata Bose
Chalo Delhi : writings and speeches, 1943-1945
Edited by Sisir K. Bose and Sugata Bose.
Please stop listening to Field Marshal Smut and start hearing voices of Gandhi and Chandra Bose in your head.
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Real Siva Sankaran Sarma / November 27, 2016
Is that why your low caste Tamil ancestors migrated to the island as indentured slave labour during the Dutch colonial era to work in the southern Cinnamon estates? Now beating the Sinhalese Buddhists racist drum.
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Thaiposam / November 27, 2016
Yet, you conveniently forget to state a FACT: MALAYSIA HAS AN OFFICIAL STATE RELIGION AND THAT IS ISLAM. It requires everyone studies in Bhumiputhra. Result? A lot of Indians and Chinese send their kids to Australia.
Sri Lanka, in contrast does not have an official state religion.
State facts. The Muslim CM of Eastern province says Buddhist temples in Muslim areas must be removed immediately. That is hate speech.
What about all the illegal Muslim Mosques in Sinhala areas that have been there for a long time and encroach on temple lands? Also what about all the massive Mosques coming up without permits using Wahabi money? What about the Buddha statues smashed in Mankulam?
BBS are thugs with a evil bend with no class and there are not real Buddhists. The Islamic radical Thawheed are also thugs and pro terrorists and intolerant. Born Agains use money to buy converts and they are isolationists: includes AOGs.
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Good Sense / December 2, 2016
Oh my God! Are you protraying an ethnic problem as one in which an ethnic group cannot dominate at least in one sphere over others! This is bad taste. No! No! No! We must learn the principles of mutual respect, consideration for others etc and build one Sri Lanka. Above all we must identify in terms whether a person is a Sri Lankan or not.
I still take pride in gifting a colleague of mine of a different religion who was travelling with me a packet of Dates to break his fast. The day I pass away from this world, I can be happy that I have done all what I can to unite a population with diverse social classifications
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S.Modaya / November 26, 2016
Wjedasa Jarapassa so called Minister of In justice should be sacked for Hate Speech. Why is this racist clown the Minister of Justice in this true Miracle of Modaya?!
CBK instead of issuing silly statements should get Ranil to remove the corrupt UNP clown he appointed as Minister of Justice and Avant Gurad corruption. Now the Avant Guard ship has been release and tommorrow AG’s office will say evidence has been destroyed!
Justice is upside down and backwards in Miracle of Modayas!
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Hamlet / November 27, 2016
No Karikalan; it was SWRD who was responsible for Tamil-Sinhala Conflict with the Sinhala Only Policy!
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Analyst / November 25, 2016
Madam CBK
I address you personally to put a stop to this menace ” Hate” which is sweeping across the country again.
Soon after the Rainbow revolution in January 2015 , the hate instigated by the JO with the help of the Past Leader , the supporters and some of the Rogue Prelates in Yellow Robes commenced with the ” SINHA LE” Slogan ,The Muslim Bashing and Burning, AAWA in the North,
When these kinds of Hates happened in the past the Ruling governments never did ” RECOGNISE THE PROBLEM”
but given the Free Ride to destroy their enemy Communities The Tamils mainly and the Muslims too.
These Racists did not harm the Muslims too much as they did to the Tamils.
Sad to say your father SWRD who SOWED THE SEEDS TO THIS VENGEANCE OF HATE in the 1950s.
As I said that I personally address you to stop this menace as you too as a child of your father was Part of this conspiracy of your father’s ( unknowingly) to DESTROY THE MINORITY .
SEE THE RESULTS OF YOUR FATHER’s NARROW MINDED VISION FOR HIS COUNTRY AT THAT TIME,
YOU TOO NEED TO SAY ” SORRY “TO THE MINORITIES AS WELL AS THE WHOLE OF SRILANKANS WHO LIVE AT PRESENT IN THE WHOLE OF SL Which the Policies have destroyed the generations of education , and SPIRITUAL EDUCATION.
PLEASE PUT A STOP FOR THIS GUTTER POLITICS WITH THE HELP OF OTHER ORGANISATIONS CONSITS OF PEACE LOVING , FORWARD THINKING LEARNED AND FAIR MINDED CITIZENS OF SRILANKA.
You too need to be commended for being part of the TEAM who RELEASED US FROM ANARCHY IN JANUARY 2015.
You need help to put this country RIGHT! You have conscience that should help you to progress in youR endeavour.
You cannot do anything on your own.
You know that SRILANKA IS FULL OF MALE CHAUVINISM. THAT NEED TO BE REVERSED.!!!
Just do it for the country YOU AND I LOVE.
Sorry I am EMOTIONAL……..!!!!!!!!
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Lanka Watch / November 26, 2016
Analyst -Very emotional comment indeed, as any decent Sri Lankan would have felt the same way as hate speeches using filthy langu
-age are rampant in this country,today. Madam CBK did realise at
a latter stage that her father SWARD did sow the seeds of commu
-nalism , initially ,by introducing ‘Sinhala only act’ in this country and she never denied it anywhere.In order to bring back the confidence of the Tamil people,she worked hard for an amicable
settlement for the Tamil problem with Rajan Kadir. & later with
Neelan Thurchelvam assisted by Prof. G.L. Pieris. Both of them were assassinated by Ltte and that was the end of her attempt
to find a solution as Ltte was in a powerful position and they wanted separation.The Tamil people did not know, except Ltte, that there were meetings headed by President CBK.were going on
on the Tamil problem and it was jet another good opportunity
for a settlement, missed by the Tamils.
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Analyst / November 26, 2016
Lanka watch
Thanks for your sentiments.
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kurakkan / November 27, 2016
“”Madam CBK did realise at
a latter stage that her father SWARD did sow the seeds of commu
-nalism , initially ,by introducing ‘Sinhala only act’ in this country and she never denied it anywhere.In order to bring back the confidence of the Tamil people,she worked hard for an amicable
settlement for the Tamil problem with Rajan Kadir. & later with
Neelan Thurchelvam assisted by Prof. G.L. Pieris””
Village Higanno!!
Lanka Watch the crooked mind holding onto the saree potta of a crooked person like CBK – Killary. Lock her UP.
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein
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Amarasiri / November 25, 2016
Dear Ms. Chandrika Kumaratunga
“Hate filled expressions and actions by groups with vested interests, resulting in demeaning, denigrating and inciting violence against fellow citizens of various ethnic, religious backgrounds has no place in Sri Lankan society.”
Thank you for exposing the culprits.Expose, Expose, Expose and Oppose.
If you dig deeper, you will find opportunists exploiting Myths to their advantage.
An example is the Security Council Contradicts Defence Sec And Wijeyadasa: Denies 32 Sri Lankans Joined ISIS
“Last Friday, Rajapakshe told Parliament that 32 Muslims had joined ISIS. The statement was picked up and given wide publicity across all main stream media. However, subsequent to the Justice Minister’s statement, it was revealed that Wijeyadasa was repeating the old numbers announced by Defence Secretary Karunasena Hettiarachchi who told an event in early January this year that 36 Muslims had gone to Syria, some to join ISIS.”
Read between the lines. Are we surprised?
Q1. Just look at the Path of Progress: For whom is Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, working?
A1. The Rajapaksas, Mahinda and Gotabaya.
Q2. Why?
A2. They want to use the remnants of Nil Balakaya, cronies, and BBS Ganasara, to create a friction between Sinhala Buddhists and Muslims, and use it as an excuse to create communal disharmony and riots, thereby reducing the Muslim support for Yahapalanaya.
Use Buddhism as the Excuse.
Q3. What does Wijedasa Rajapaksaha tell the Parliament and Media?
A4. Tell about ISIS, old information fed t hom by Gotabaya, and feed it to the Sinhala “Buddhist” communalists, to “justify” their illegal actions, because the Govt. is not taking any action.
Q4. Who Planned it?
A5. Gotabaya Wijedasa and Company along with the BBS and others. They will always lie, if it gives them any advantage. After all that is the Sinhala Buddhist Tradition, introduced by Monk Mahanama of Mahawamsa Fame/Notoriety.
Q6. What do they tell the Muslims?
A6. Tell the Muslims that the Govt is trying to modify the MMDA because of EU, GSP Plus, and not protecting them from the Sinhala Buddhist communalists.
Q7. Ask the Tamils about other Groups attacking them, under this Govt to Split them.
A7. Again, to break the support of Tamils to Yaapalanaya.
Do you think President Sirisena, doesn’t know and aware? Do they think that the majority of people are stupid, even though are are many stipus Paras?
MaRa MaRa ChaTu MaRa…
MaRa MaRa AmaNa MaRa…
MaRa MaRa HoRa MaRa…
MaRa MaRa DhushaNa MaRa…
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Seelawathie Jayasinghe / November 26, 2016
I think it is greater mistake that Mangalarama -MAD MONK WHO went amok not once but several times – was not yet arrested.
He the like MONK regardless of the Sanga uniform wearing by them should be called for a disiplinary action.
If a mischievous child remain without being subjected to proper punishment would behave, the MONK will repeat it no doubt.
Similary, Barbaric monk BBS head not to have arrested yet after last week s public threatening statements – is a BIG BLUNDER.basta
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Amarasiri / November 26, 2016
Seelawathie Jayasinghe
“I think it is greater mistake that Mangalarama -MAD MONK WHO went amok not once but several times – was not yet arrested. “
Yahapalanaya Double standards.
What we have as a President is Turncoat, Traitor, Gona, Mala-Perethaya Sirisena. The data supports the above Titles.
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Simon De Silva / November 27, 2016
You may be right.
But if Mr Sirisena would pull the trigger, there, he will loose his company with SLFPers… besides, gonage wede mokotada buruwa baraganne. It was the IGP had to issue the order in order police should have arrested the bugger Monk. Bugger monk s wording are similar to that of a malukade low lives. How come a monk cant know the basics how to talk to people…
did you listen to that video, where he questioned ” ko me gani.. where is that bitch….. just the wording of his kind to call normal woman who is living in the area.. even former presidents were not recalled with respect… just because he protected the temple and served those people to somexetent, we must not put him on the altar right?
He should be married to BBS lead bitch s son – Ghanasara asking them to derobe in order to leave some respect to lanka Sanga community.
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Punitham / November 26, 2016
M-R continues what MR did:
distorted history in school textbooks published by the government promotes ‘othering’:
https://www.scribd.com/document/331258589/Why-Does-Sri-Lanka-Continue-to-Have-Hate-mongering-School-Curriculum-for-Decades
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Amarasiri / November 26, 2016
Dear Madame Chandrika Kumaratunga,
RE: CBK Concerned Over Continuing Rise Of Hate Speech
Who is behind? The Rajapaksas’s, the Chinese? the BBS, the Sinhala “Buddhists”…. In the Vines…
Last month, Sri Lanka said it would sell 80 per cent of the $1.5-billion port in the southern city of Hambantota to a Chinese company to tackle the country’s debt burden.
The New Great Game of South Asia?
Rajapaksa’s visit part of the India-China ‘Great Game’ in Sri Lanka?
Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa is on a week-long visit to China on the invitation of the Chinese government — a development that sections within the government and diplomatic circles here see as a “strong message” from Beijing.
The visit assumes further significance in the wake of controversial remarks made by Yi Xianliang, the Chinese Ambassador to Colombo, that pointed to apparent tensions between the Sri Lankan government and Beijing.
At a press conference here, Mr. Yi asked why Colombo sought more loans from Beijing if it found them “expensive,” as the Sri Lankan Finance Minister had observed. While the Chinese Foreign Ministry defended the envoy, Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera met Mr. Yi and “advised” him to take up such matters through Foreign Ministry channels rather than the media.
A top source here, requesting anonymity, said that the incident — which was “uncharacteristic” of Chinese diplomacy — coupled with Mr. Rajapaksa’s trip to China, was a clear message from Beijing.
“Not just to our government, but also to New Delhi,” the senior official said, referring to competing strategic interests that the two powers are known to have in the island nation.
Mr. Rajapaksa, during his two terms in office, was widely perceived as being close to Beijing. With Chinese loans, he built a massive port and airport in the southern city of Hambantota, which the current government has termed financially non-viable “white elephants.”
This invitation points to a public display of support, observers noted, weeks after pro-Rajapaksa actors floated a new political party and invited him to lead it. It also comes about a month after his brother and former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa travelled to China to attend a defence seminar.
The former President’s political ally and Democratic Left Front Leader Vasudeva Nanayakkara said that by “inviting the former President, the Chinese government has shown how much they value the relationship with the former President and appreciate his political stature.”
When contacted, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Mr. Rajapaksa was on a “private goodwill visit” on the invitation of the Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs, a state-backed think-tank. “President Rajapaksa made positive contributions to the development of China-Sri Lanka relations during his term of office. The Chinese side appreciates what he has done for the friendship between the two countries,” the Ministry told The Hindu.
Ahead of his departure, Mr. Rajapaksa told editors of select local newspapers that India had adopted a softer line with the new government though it had “sold the Hambantota port to the Chinese.”
Recalling the incident involving Chinese submarines that had docked at Colombo harbour in 2014, when he was in power, he said: “They [New Delhi] made a big issue about the submarines, but today even if you give the entire port [to China], it is not a problem for them [India]. This shows the difference in diplomatic relations.”
Last month, Sri Lanka said it would sell 80 per cent of the $1.5-billion port in the southern city of Hambantota to a Chinese company to tackle the country’s debt burden.
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Anonymous / November 26, 2016
So we are using HATE SPEECH as a distraction from the real problem of the government and police refusing to take action against the monks making death threats and threatening to incite violence!!!
Let’s not let this anti hate speech movement turn into a tool of suppressing freedom of speech and expression.
I’m not at all happy with all these extremists preaching hate.
But what has to be dealt with is when they start to break the law and make death threats and threats to incite violence…
Don’t fall for this move to distract the public from the governments unwillingness to take action against these Buddhist terrorists!!
The Rajapaksas government manufactured them to oppress and harass all Sri Lankans
Why is this government too letting them continue their work with impunity!?
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justice / November 27, 2016
Kunuharapuwa by Mervyn Silva:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9fA0gyAwW8
He was the leader in “hate speech”.
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De Silva / November 25, 2016
The BBS appeared to go haywire just when Sri Lanka was getting international publicity.
For example he started the anti-Halal campaign in Feb 2013. This was the same month UNHCR was holding sessions.
It seemed to be accompany Facebook hate campaigns held by anonymous people.
I don’t know the rest of BBS, but Gnanasara certainly does not work for interests of Buddhists.
Its a very simple question. What has Gnanasara achieved? Absolutely nothing other than an incredibly bad international reputation against Buddhists in Sri Lanka. He even helped getting rid of the Rajapaskes.
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The Sinhala R / November 25, 2016
Gnanasara is actually a Tamil double agent working for the evil Tamil diasspora. He’s a relative of Prabhakaran.
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jim softy / November 25, 2016
De Silva:
What is the possibility that muslims timed Halal Campaign to match the UNHCR session. Because, prior to that Hakeem handed over a petition to UN.
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De Silva / November 26, 2016
“Halal” is not a seasonal campaign for Moslems. Its something they live with.
On the other hand, the Anti-Halal campaign was started by the BBS in Feb 2013.
There were no Halal inspired Moslem terror anywhere at that time. Gnanasara seemed to pick issues out of nothing.
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Sam Fernando / November 26, 2016
Almost over 60% of the nation would say – Ghanasara s buddhism is like square peg in a round hole.
Anyways, what did rulers did in terms of blocking the guy and his hatred rays not being infiltrating the lanken corners ?
Not just a week ago, BBS reacted again with the same HIGHLY AGGRESSIVE energies. What did LAW AND ORDER AUTHORITIES incluing the ministerial canddiate did ?
Nothing actually.
Even that TRANSEXUAL Man in SANGA UNIFORM THOUGHT may have done good work to that area, in the high days of ltte teror – i mean that Mangalaramaya RABID dog should not be kept near to any human association: His derogatory terms are like MOST SOPHISTICAED weapons.
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De Silva / November 26, 2016
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Anyways, what did rulers did in terms of blocking the guy and his hatred rays not being infiltrating the lanken corners ?
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Well, he should be locked up. If not the govt will suffer the same fate as Rajapaske.
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AJ / November 26, 2016
What is the possiblity that safron trannies started the false propaganda to conincide with UNHCR session ?
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De Silva / November 26, 2016
Hell AJ,
What does AJ stand for ? Arse Joy?
The tranny obsession does not give the tickle in the anus you look for.
You need to go and sit on a Shiva lingam.
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AJ / November 27, 2016
Oh did the the term tranny offended you. well enjoy the BBS gangbang
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ekelbroom / November 25, 2016
Imposing and implementing strict rules to prevent hate-speech is at best a palliative for the problem of deteriorating Buddhist – Muslim relations in Sri Lanka. The issue of hate-speech cannot be resolved through legislation.
Preventing a person from giving voice to his feelings and emotions will not make his pain go away. The person may be impelled under such restrictive circumstances to express his feelings in other, maybe more violent, ways. Furthermore, the person could become more bigoted, prejudiced and paranoid in his thoughts and deeds. The pain must therefore be treated.
There is absolutely no way round the fact that if society genuinely wishes to prevent hate-speech, then the only effective and permanent solution is to identify and neutralize the factors that cause hate-speech. Treat the disease, not the symptom.
And the only pragmatic way to identify the factors that cause a person to give mouth to hate-speech is to obtain a clear understanding of his pain through the twin processes of empathy and compassion.
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Dr.Rajasingham Narendran / November 29, 2016
How do you with the falsehood and fabrications that are disseminated by politicians, priest and preachers, far and wide deliberately targeting the innocent, gullible, wrongly educated and the rabble in society, as part of a grand design?
Properly formulated and strictly enforced laws are the only answer in these circumstances. Ours is a society that tries to convict a poor school girl who stole a coconut, but turns a blind eye and pampers criminals instigating and threatening mass murder!
Dr.RN
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Dr.Rajasingham Narendran / November 25, 2016
Thank you lady.
Shout,scream, cry and tear you hair, to make your voice heard. You are an elder statesman/ stateswoman in a country which never had a statesman/woman who was willing to wield power, without succumbing to or leading the vile rabble.
Your voice and those of your ilk must be heard now in every nook and cranny of Sri Lanka! Ignore the barbs and filth that will be thrown at you. Consider this your life’s mission.
Dr.Rajasingham Narendran
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Sama / November 25, 2016
I now feel, had CBK been not in HOUSEARREST as was the case under MR regime, she could move so many things. Even at the time visiting UNHRC head was personally attacked by a team trained by MR et al – with MR was then visiting to Belarus for so called tourism promotion.
Even today, not much is revealed as to why the bugger et al was close to the dictatorship of Belarus. Latter former soviet republic is not even known to many in Europe.
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Nimal / November 26, 2016
It’s the height of corruption and other regimes might do the same.
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The Oracle / November 25, 2016
The “king maker” has reappeared after a long break . How about the Bond scams, the vehicle bonanza for MP’s , and the so called investigations into corrupt politicians ? Is this what you promised the (m)asses ?
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Seelawathie Jayasinghe / November 25, 2016
Please add your thoughts to the topic being addressed here.. which actions need to go against HATE SPEECHES.
In Italy or other developed world, if minorities would have been attached by schimpworte – insulting words, the alleged have to be subjected to a big fine. In Germany if you attack blacks in public, you will have to be charged by a court case. The fine would have turned out to be years long jail sessions.
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EDWIN RODRIGO / November 25, 2016
Oracle, you ask, “How about the Bond scams, the vehicle bonanza for MP’s?” Are you crazy? The good lady, the one who is always late, has been given this task by U No Hoo, with the sure knowledge that it will be done too late to be of any use – or better still never.
It is a good thing. Once NUR is achieved all those SOB’s will start screwing the proletariat in the ‘u no where’ with the very money robbed from them (proletariat).
In other words we will pay to get screwed.
Here we have those coin operated massagers. You sit in the comfortable looking arm chair and drop a coin in to the slot and it starts massaging you. At the end, something like a screw comes up and from the bottom and presses against your bottom. I often wonder, if the limit switches, or whatever protection it has misbehaves, where will this screw end up? And it makes me literally shiver.
That is the feeling I get when I think of the lady finishing her assignment. Pure horror. In the case of the massager, it is not such a bad experience as long as the screw behaves.
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DEAL DASA RAJAPAKSA / November 25, 2016
The Oracle. Pseudo K A SUMANE, NAK, PATRIOT.
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Buddhaghosa / November 25, 2016
CBK being “concerned” is not enough. She has to get action taken and also start with the Sangha by asking them to clean up their stables.
What a bad example they are setting for Sinhala Buddhism, which is now in tatters and doesn’t resemble even vaguely what the Buddha taught.
Meanwhile back on the ranch, our so-called pious leaders’ deafening silence speaks volumes as to their commitment to Good Governance!
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sr / November 25, 2016
Before all CBK and the members of ONUR should be able to define what is a hate speech is.
A mere comment should not be labeled as hate speech.
There’re people of low morale everywhere and if CBK and her ONUR members are trying to make them happy it’ll be a sad situation.
They should take into the consideration that majority Sri Lankans thought is inspired by Buddhism that means free thinking even though they’re not good Buddhists
They have tact to maintain inter racial and religious harmony without hurting the majority, unless ONUR efforts will be in vain.
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kurakkan / November 27, 2016
fool she is only promoting herself to the new administration of Nikki Haley- what more can this late runner do having lost her horse shoe?? lock her up!
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colin / November 25, 2016
Well said Madam you have the country at heart.Sri Lanka is sick and tired after 30 years of war where many Sri Lankan Buddhists,Hindus,Christians and Muslims lost their lives.If racism raises its ugly head how many of our budding youth are we going to lose.Let us all work for an United Sri Lanka where all communities can work together, We owe this to our future generation. Its upto the mothers,widows of all communities who lost their loved ones to come out in numbers and scream out and show their emotions with the slogans “We lost our loved ones and we are suffering,so we dont want others to undergo the same suffering” May all beings be happy
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sinhala_voice / November 25, 2016
“The strictest action must be taken without delay, against persons or groups who act to provoke disharmony by creating divisions among citizens along ethnic and religious lines”
So you must mean the Sinhala-Buddhist Community.
BUT , years ago you were prepared to negotiate and have peace talk with those who are ethno-nationalist. Even today the constitution relies on the 13th amendment which created a BHANTUSTAN in the northern and eastern province……SO WHY THIS DOUBLE STANDARDS…..
EVERY TIME SINhala-BUDDHIST opposition is displayed ===This is racism….
If Tamil, Muslim or Christian group complain it is HUMAN RIGHTS….
DOES IT MEAN THAT MAJORITY ETHNIC GROUPS HAVE NO ETHNIC GROUP RIGHTS ?????
PLEASE EXPLAIN ?????
IF there is Northern and Eastern Region is recognised as a Tamil Homeland, ticking Vaddukodai, Thimpu and Oslo declarations then PLEASE give Sinhala-Buddhists the SINHALE so that they can govern accordingly…
What is reconciliation….>>>Does it mean that even though you are a majority you have no rights to determining the ETHOS of the country…
RIGHT in that case let’s PARTITION……THAT IS BETTER THAN LOSING ONES WORLD VIEW and IDENTITY to SOCIAL ENGINEERING……
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Sylvia Haik / November 25, 2016
sinhala_voice. According to your logic, Sinhala-Buddhist, because they are in the majority should be treated differently. It has always been an offence to incite anybody with hate speeches, be it by a Muslim, Tamil, Christian or Sinhala-Buddhist, as in the Constitution drawn up by our wise fore-fathers. The law applies to all Sri Lankans in equal measure and should be enforced with equal severity.
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sinhala_voice / November 26, 2016
YOU DON’T HAVE TO USE HATRED TO ADVANCE YOUR ETHNO-NATIONALISTS CAUSES.
The Tamils did it before using Sathyagraha But nonetheless it was putting forward and advancing their (Tamil) worldview and ethnicity.
The MUSLIM and TAMIL parties are doing this without using hate speeches.
Problem is there is NO Sinhala-Buddhist representation amidst this.
ALL Sinhala people have is SRI LANKAN POLITICANS…I don’t need to tell you about SRI LANKAN politicans…do I
This is the problem we have….The ou pouring of hate is due to lack of honest representation at the highest levels in Sri Lanka…
Maithreepala , Ranil , Mahinda , CBK ARE Sri Lankan politicans not SINHALA-(and/or)-Buddhist representatives……
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Burning Issue / November 27, 2016
sinhala_voice,
“Problem is there is NO Sinhala-Buddhist representation amidst this.”
Complete utter nonsense! When the mainstream parties pander to the Sinhala Buddhist agenda, there is no need to Sinhala Buddhist centric party is there?
Which party brought the Language Bill that unceremoniously constituted the Sinhala language as the official language?
Who enacted the 1972 Constitution that gave the foremost place for Buddhism?
Who enacted the 1972 Constitution that took away the clause that protected the minorities?
Which party in government that burned down the Jaffna Library?
Which parties in government that oversaw abuses and persecutions of minorities?
Which Party in government that orchestrated and executed the July 83 pogrom?
Can I go on? Please grow up goodness sake! You feel pathetically insecure why?
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Ajith / November 25, 2016
It is time for the real Buddhists to come forward to challenge the Fundamentalists and those politicians use Buddhism as a vehicle to come to power. I don’t know why the true Buddhist organisations and leadership fail to challenge those who really destroy the Buddhism. I don’t understand why Buddhist organisation,and leadership keep silence. The covering with yellow rope does not mean they understand the Buddha’s teaching. They need to be educated the importance of love with others rather than being hate lovers.
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Fathima Fukushima / November 25, 2016
Plural Srilanka?
Tell that to the Tamilian only north. Where is plurality there? Only tribalism. I can understand Singhalese cannot go there but how about Muslims?
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EDWIN RODRIGO / November 25, 2016
Fathima Fukushima, you say, “Plural Srilanka? Tell that to the Tamilian only north. Where is plurality there? Only tribalism. I can understand Singhalese cannot go there but how about Muslims?”
It is not as bad as you think. After all plurality means ….. Oh Dear, what does it mean? I have been using the word for a good part of my adult life without knowing what it really means. So to the Internet. Here is what I get.
1. the excess of votes received by the leading candidate, in an election in which there are three or more candidates, over those received by the next candidate (distinguished from majority ).
2. a number greater than one. (Ha!).
3. And here is a beauty. The state or fact of being plural. (So plural means being plural and, yeah, it therefore does not mean being not plural. Ha! Ha!). Not very useful is it?
If you hold elections in Jaffna whether to admit Sinhalese or Muslims, to live there, I will be surprised if we get No.2 (More than one vote). It is that bad and as Fathima says the members of the Jaffna Tamil Tribe are so tribal.
Actually we are lucky, because, if we hold elections so as to find out whether the Brahmins and Vellalas should live together with low caste Pariyars and Urumbas you will have not an election but a riot that may ignite WW III and even Gaban Atha would find it difficult to quell it.
In the Pandava -Chola Kingdom in Bharata things are much worse. There the Brahmins are in charge and the social place now assigned for the Paraiyars and Urumbas in Jaffna are assigned there for the Vellalas. That is why so many Vellalas swam across the Palk Strait risking all odds to reach Jaffna in the past. Now they come in using other more sophisticated modes transport.
Fathima, perhaps, being a Muslim, you find it difficult to understand how stupid and nasty the Tamils are to have a such a demeaning caste system. One great thing about Islam is that it is absolutely caste free. Everyone except Allah is truly equal. Here, in the Muslim country where I work, my boss is addressed by everyone including the cleaners by his name – No Mister, No Sir.
Also, you prostate only before Allah – not every Tom, Dick and Harry.
And here is a story. A Vellala and an Urumba went to heaven and were being admitted by God. He told the Urumba “OK. You are an Urumba and you must have suffered a lot at the hands of high caste Tamils. Yet you kept the faith. I am sending you to the 5 star class building where Urumbas like you live”. On hearing that the Vellala says, “Please God, you can send me to hell if you want, but don’t put me anywhere near Urumbas. I detest them”. God immediately assigns him to the same building. On being asked why, God says, “it will be worse than hell for him”.
So forget about going to live in Jaffna. You can live with us safely.
There is no caste in blood. (Sir Edwin Arnold)
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Fathima Fukushima / November 26, 2016
What relevance?
Keep god out of discussion. Talk to the point.
It is as bad I mentioned. Why can’t Tamils allow Singhalese and Muslims live in Jaffna? It is tribalism at its worst. But Tamils colonize Colombo, etc., etc.
May be others should also act like Tamils in Colombo. Then we can see some balance.
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Ajith / November 26, 2016
Fathima,
Are you living in this world or some other world? do you understand the meaning of colonize? Muslims and Sinhalese were living in Jaffna for many years. Tamils did not colonize Colombo. If that is colonization How come Muslims colonize Colombo. Tamils and Sinhalese are not allowed in Katankudi. What is that? Tribalism! What about Hambantota?
Lies are in your gene?
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EDWIN RODRIGO / November 27, 2016
“Keep god out of discussion.“
Reminds me of Thomas Paine who said, “Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man”. If we change the last word to ‘woman’ then we have Fatima.
“Talk to the point. It is as bad I mentioned. Why can’t Tamils allow Singhalese and Muslims live in Jaffna”?
Perhaps it is because the Sinhalese don’t want to live there. I certainly don’t.
I am not sure about the Tamils though and I can only theorize. Perhaps it is because ladies like you who issue a fatwa a day are a big pain in the u no where. Even the Holy Quran says not to put a woman in a position of leadership.
There is also another aspect. If you allow one to come – thousands follow in no time. That has been our experience.
“It is tribalism at its worst”. I would say, it is worse than tribalism. It is Islamism.
“But Tamils colonize Colombo, etc., etc.”
Yes, I agree. They know all the tricks. That is perhaps why they don’t want you there.
“May be others should also act like Tamils in Colombo. Then we can see some balance”. No comment. Let the Tamils comment if they want to.
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Real SIva Sankaran Sarma / November 27, 2016
Edwin ROdrigo you Tamil Paravan from Thootukoodi. You first return to the Paravan homeland Thootukudi in Tamil Nadu, instead of beating the racist Sinhalese Buddhist drum there. Tamils have been living in the Colombo area for centuries and the western littoral was part of the Tamil homeland. Just look at all the place names even within and around Colombo most are of Tamil origin. Colombo and Kollam or Quilon in Kerala are derived from the same root word. Tamils come to Colombo and the south and legally purchase lands start businesses ETC and have greatly enhanced the cultural life of the Sinhalese south. Many Tamils like your Paravan ancestors have become Sinhalese over the years. They have never attempted for destroyed the Sinhalese Buddhist character of the south. However in the North and East the every single Sinhalese and many Muslims have not arrived there legally but have been illegally settled there by the Sinhalese state the armed forces and police on ethnically cleansed stolen Tamil lands. They settle there and then start killing raping and looting surrounding Tamil villages for further Sinhalese or Muslim settlement. None of these parasites have enhanced or improved the local economy of the area but are parasite and leeches who use state funds and destroy the local area and the once ancient Tamil Hindu character of the region, just like this extremist Buddhist monk in Batticaloa who is backed by powerful Sinhalese Buddhist organisations are doing. We all saw how the Sinhalese police were standing there silently and encouraging his behaviour. Doing nothing. A poor Buddhist monk who is travelling around in luxury jeeps
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EDWIN RODRIGO / November 27, 2016
“Edwin Rodrigo you Tamil Paravan from Thootukoodi….”: When I told my wife about your invitation to visit Tamil Nadu, she burst out saying “Me miniha mona Thootukoodiyaka yanna hadanavada manda”? (I don’t know where in hell this man is trying to go!”) Sorry. The visit is out.
I know why you call yourself Real SIva Sankaran Sarma. It is because there are Imaginary SIva Sankaran Sarmas and you clearly want to distinguish yourself from them. The real Real SIva Sankaran Sarmas don’t have a Sivalingam for their ladies to pray to (and to play with). On the other hand the Imaginary version does. And perhaps your wife insists that you face reality and call yourself Real Siva …..”..
“None of these parasites have enhanced or improved the local economy of the area but are parasite and leeches………………”. Yes, but we are doing that at the request of your women. How else are you planning to propagate your kind? The mtDNA is yours and the Y chromosome is ours. And you get nice lion cubs.
“They settle there and then start killing raping and looting surrounding Tamil villages…”. Raping! That is an exaggeration. Think of it as ‘assault with a friendly weapon’.
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Real Siva Sankaran Sarma / November 28, 2016
Who cares what you tell your wife or her replies. Your belong to a family of Tamil Paravans from Thootukudi in Tamil Nadu. Now coming here and beating the Sinhalese Buddhist nationalist drum.
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EDWIN RODRIGO / November 29, 2016
Hello Real, You may not care about what your wife says, because she may be telling you ‘get real Darma’, every time you go near her. But I do care about what my wife says because we have had a good thing going for last 4 decades.
I cannot this fixation you have about Thootukudi in Tamil Nadu. Okay, I will consider visiting it as you insist so much. But your proposition raises an interesting question that I have had in mind.
Supposing I suddenly find out, through a DNA test, that I am a Tamil from Thootukudi in Tamil Nadu how would I feel as a person who has been brought up by Sinhala Buddhist parents?
Similarly, how would you feel if you found out the same way that you are actually Mahinda Rajapakse’s illegitimate son?
By the way, I was watching the award winning Teledrama ‘Daskon’ and I became an instant fan of Pooja Umashankar. She is so vivaciously beautiful! I thought that Tamils are all dark in complexion. But Pooja has such a beautiful complexion. Is she from Thootukudi in Tamil Nadu?
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Mallaiyuran / November 29, 2016
Fathima,
You were rocking your own cradle when 1958, 1977,1983….
Why cannot Tamil become official language in the South?
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AJ / November 26, 2016
you are confusing Trubalism with Talibanism, which you support.
No Fatwa please
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Dushyanthi H / November 25, 2016
Hon. Ms. Kumaratunge,
God be praised. Just as we thought the breed of decent human beings had truly become extinct in this country, you rise out of the ashes like Phoenix.
Booklets on Child rights was made by Plan International’s Child Rights division with activity books on communal harmony in 2005. The Provincial Education Units were trained on implementing it and beautiful printed materials including trilingual Meena books were distributed through the NEC to all schools soon after the ptsunami. These materials encourage the children to rise above parroting out moral standards and actively engage in it at school and community level. Child Rights teaching at appropriate level with activities and IT brought the communities together. It includes environmental consciousness etc., which are becoming necessary with the current pace of development.
Further, your educational reforms to strengthen all Primary Schools irrespective of the Province, and the requirement of an IT component in education spurred an interest among all the young academics and teachers. We had lot to hope for for the future till you lost to M. Rajapaksha.
Will you revive the Rights based education concept? What plans do you have to implement sensitization towards making all Sri Lankans good citizens please?
Thank you on behalf of the minorities in this country for your encouraging sentiments and the attitude of good culture.
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srinath.gunaratne / November 25, 2016
Didn’t do anything when in power!
Now, crocodile tears!
Waste of public money!
I still remember she protested against Kandalama hotel and she promised to convert it to a hospital!
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Leelawathie / November 25, 2016
Did not do anything you cant say, Kadirgamar got LTTE banned on all rich soils of the earth – in CBK administration. Do you think if they had nt done so – woudl that be ever easy to defeat them ?
You may be suffering from a rare kind of demencia, but give the respect where it is due.
And the fact MR to eat the cake greedily that way is no means acceptable. Not only CBK but also all presidents and pms and ministers made their kind of efforts until the relay race found its stop in MR first term.
If you even today believe it is due to MR magics but not because of the brave colletive efforts of the forces – UK specialists should remove you from UK where democracy and transparency is born.
Good luck SG
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srinath.gunaratne / November 25, 2016
She Should have made Kadi, prime minister!
It is not becasue of her, bacuase of Kadi’s charisma that proscribed the LTTE.
Poor man paid from his life.
It is not any body’s magic that won the war, Collective effort of army and the political backing of MR government. We were suffering from the defeatism under RWs short lived government.
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Native Vedda / November 26, 2016
srinath.gunaratnam
“It is not any body’s magic that won the war, Collective effort of army and the political backing of MR government. We were suffering from the defeatism under RWs short lived government.”
You forgot to mention VP’s contribution and Hindian military, financial, diplomatic and other support.
MR was only the puppet, and the strings were attached to Hindians in New Delhi.
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Paul / November 26, 2016
All wars are fought with the help of others. The main people involved in defeating the LTTE were MR, Gota and SF. To belittle MR’s efforts to win the war is like claiming that Churchill did not win the war for Britain. He too had massive help from the Americans and the British Empire, much more help than MR ever received. MR may be a thief, scoundrel and murderer but nobody can deny that he saved this country from much worse.
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Native Vedda / November 26, 2016
Paul
“The main people involved in defeating the LTTE were MR, Gota and SF.”
Don’t be silly.
VP won the war for the little islander MR.
Hindian’s helped VP in a number of ways.
Hindian’s let glory went to MR, Gota, and SF.
MR and GR on the record twice said that without India they wouldn’t have won the war (NDTV).
Even MR and GR publicly acknowledged the important contribution of Hindia. What is bothering you?
MR, GR and SF should learn how to be humble.
“To belittle MR’s efforts to win the war is like claiming that Churchill did not win the war for Britain.”
Both are racists and war criminals. (Don’t forget Russian contribution and their sacrifices in the Eastern front).
Isn’t it usual/important for little people to have/make heroes out of their own, like Dutta Gamani, Anagarika Dharmapala (homeless one), SWRD Pandaranayakam, Gnanasara, ….. ?
Also don’t forget the role role played by CBK and RW in the demise of LTTE, albeit a small one.
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kurakkan / November 27, 2016
Clueless Paul stop robbing rubber duck.
“”to win the war is like claiming that Churchill did not win the war for Britain.””
Churchill never won any war for Britain He was a war monger that lost the war- London was blitzed. The Textile industry had no men and Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, west indies had to be imported to run these.
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Samuel Jayaweera / November 26, 2016
At least now we the folks have to work together.
Just point at RW,CBK and even your Athigaru cant us bring further.
Athigaru et al has to see it right and join hand the current regime for a common journey.
U know Srinath, we dont need to teach you if you would tick right- as one is living on the west, u can easily see it if there is no unity among the leaders, we cant achieve anything.
I think as former Prez, MR can do a great work today, if he can realize when he went wrong.
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jim softy / November 25, 2016
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AJ / November 27, 2016
Buddism normalizes saffron saree wearing trnnies.
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Emil van der Poorten / November 25, 2016
When you have a Wijedasa Rajapaksa as Minister of Justice and Buddha Sasana and he goes out of his way to refer with great specificity to “32 members of prominent Muslim families” being members of ISIS, does one need to point fingers at those who are raising all kinds of bogeymen with communal/religious specificity!
A previous commentator has said it and, for what it’s worth, I’ll repeat, FIRE THIS MAN WHO IS FUELLING RACIST/COMMUNAL FIRES.
WHY IS THIS GOVERNMENT – MAITHRI AND RANIL IN PARTICULAR – MOUTHING PLATITUDES ABOUT COMMUNAL HARMONY WHILE KEEPING THIS MAN IN CABINET? HAS HE THREATENED TO LET AVANT GARDE LOOSE ON THEM?!!
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Kettikaran / November 28, 2016
Emil,
I met this guy some years ago at a diplomatic function and we talked for about 10 mts. Prior to that I heard him talk, in ENGLISH, at a CPA event, where he made a fool of himself. Leave aside the Justice Ministry, I don’t know how “learned” lawyers chose him to be the President/BASL. The man does not come out or speak in the manner of senior lawyers of the past we are used to. He may be good as a lawyer working in Sinhalese. But in English, he is a disaster. I am told he began life as a Bank Clerk – like our friend Susil Premjayanth of equal brilliance.
Kettikaran
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Genocidal Sinhalese / November 26, 2016
SinHELLa-Buddhists are aching for another genocide. They always start with hate speech. Then follow it up with rape, torture, looting and murder on a massive scale.
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Analyst / November 26, 2016
Genocidal Sinhalese
” Sin-Hell a Buddhists are aching for another genocide , they always start with Hate speech. Then follow it up with rape, torture, looting on massive scale”
Don’t you know they always Hide under the phrase of Majority Buddhists ! Need this , that and everything , that shows how the illiterate Modaya brains works.
Everyone need to earn everything by hard work not because of their attitude to sit and wait AND ,they should get everything.
What a stupid mentality.
That’s exactly the reason why our country is a PARAIYAH STATE OF THIRD WORLD.
LAZY LUMPS SITS ON THEIR BUMS EXPECTS EVERYTHING FOR THEM ONLY BY STEAL OR BY FRAUD, WHILE THEY SING THE CHORUS WE ARE MAJORITY.
DICK HEADS.
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Paul / November 26, 2016
Excellent Genocidal and Analyst. And you accuse the Sinhalese of racism! I expect the back-tracking and ‘what I really meant’ to start as usual.
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Analyst / November 26, 2016
@ Paul
My comment was the reply to the comment made by Genocidal Sinhalese!!! Above.
It was a reply to the above GS Genocidal Sinhalese.
So please calm down instead of throwing Toys out of the Pram.
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Aku / November 26, 2016
Beats me why these ‘punk monks’ still walk our soils…
That punk monk, the venereal Gnanabullshit was given a gun by Gota… Hope this will be taken back immediately and an immediate inquiery into why he was given a gun in the first place… We don’t need punk monks with guns!!!!!
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vas / November 26, 2016
madam do not talk bullshit. It was the politicians who have caused this mayhem. Take your period of rule Dushanaya and Beeshanaya was your theme but what happened your period of Rule was epitomised by fraud, bribery and corruption , do not forget the fraudulent activities i air lanka. ( see the film USAVIYA NISSABDAI_ a story of the corrupt nature of the judiciary during your regime. As a woman you should be ashamed) Your friend peris from London was accused of fraud etc Having encouraged dushanaya and beeshanaya which you vowed to fight that has permeated into society which has created a unfair society where the innocent have lost their rights, economically ethnically cleansed, been discriminated in getting jobs which was reserved for the party faithful you during the period destabilised society and pauperised the Sinhala Buddhists. This same policy was pursued by Rajapakse and now sirisena. In this unfair society certain groups such as the Sinhala Buddhists have been pauperised and displaced from society The Sinhala Buddhists as a group feels the politicians have failed them and is still continuing the same policies and feel vulnerable. Hence the development of extreme movements like Bodu bala . This unfortunate situation has been created by treacherous politicians like yourself. I do not think society is willing to listen to the bull shit you are talking and willing to forgive you for your sins.
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KA Sumanasekera / November 26, 2016
Wonder where this Wisdom was when the Whiskey Madam’s current partners were helping the Tamil Tiger Terrorists to kill and maim tens of thousands of Sinhalese , Buddhists and even Muslims?.
As a matter of fact, the total Tamil Terrorism was in peak form all through the rule of this new Wise Woman and her Cousin and the Cousin’s uncle.
That is from 1983 to 2005.
Which is a sum total of 22 years.
Have these bad extremists with hate speech which the Wise Woman wants to eradicate killed or maimed or chased away any ethnic minorities?
Get a life and move on woman.
No chance of you or your progeny getting any sympathy now in the rural Srilanka unless you set up shop in one of Batalanada;s Federal Ethnic States.
Or in Beruwala like you buddy Rajitha.
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jim softy / November 26, 2016
Is she talking about President elect – TRUMP or talking about the Prince Phillip of her naturalized Country ?
Prince Phillip is accused of leading to the death of Pricess diana for falling in love with a muslims.
she is a weak leader. So, she is selling to BTF.
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AJ / November 27, 2016
its all conspiracy theories. everything you say here are just conspiracy theories. You are confused abut your gender,like rest of your colleagues, safron saree wearing trannies.
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jim softy / November 26, 2016
A woman who learned in Western catholic culture, growing her children up in a western culture kniws only about material pocessions and every thing of material nature.
She can not understand that Present Sri lanka is what Tamils or Muslims say Sri lanka is and it is run according to the christian thinking.
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AJ / November 27, 2016
What do you expect the countries to be lead by bunch of trannies?
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Pandaranayagam / November 26, 2016
CBK, despite many faults, is a liberal and totally non-communal. But today her voice will not go far in a Buddhist majority seething in anti-minority prejudice. Sirisena cannot be relied upon and Ranil is far too identified with his family’s Christian background. The clarion call should come from the main Mahanayakas. They must unfailingly publicly name Gnanassara and those other foul-mouthed Buddhist priests who regularly call for the blood of the Muslims and Tamils. Do they have the courage and decency to do this???? The country has entered the cross-roads.
Pandaranayagam
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Native Vedda / November 26, 2016
Pandaranayagam
“The clarion call should come from the main Mahanayakas. They must unfailingly publicly name Gnanassara and those other foul-mouthed Buddhist priests who regularly call for the blood of the Muslims and Tamils.”
The clarion call will come from the main Mahanayakas when the draft constitution is published which may include some form of devolution to protect minority’s access to central power and equitable distribution of resources and equal opportunity.
They will come out with their guns blazing. They are saving their energy for the D-Day.
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KA Sumanasekera / November 27, 2016
Dear Native ,
I hope they do.
I don’ know about your clan and their partners…
But my people do not want Seven Militias to report to,if the Batalanda Constitution kicks in,
The PC from NJC came out in public , to confirm what I said even before Batalanada Constitution hit the drawing board.
The PC in fact said it will be Nine Militias,
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Native Vedda / November 27, 2016
KASmaalam KA Sumanasekera
Did you celebrate your other national leader VP’s birthday today (26/11)?
Aren’t you a secret admirer of Thiruvengadam Vellupillai Prabaharan?
Oh boy didn’t the war mongers and the clan do well out of the war?
Aren’t you part of Basil’s Sturmabteilung (storm troopers) ready to take over the parliament?
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Pandaranayagam / November 28, 2016
Dear Native V,
I agree entirely with your savvy reading. Hell will be let loose if the Constitution allows, even at the most minimal, “concessions” to Tamils to keep them in the family fold – with the Mahanayakas leading the Sinhala extremists. The Veneraable Theros may, in somewhat unprecedented a manner, themselves take to the streets. The Yahapaalanaya leadership tries assidously to get the Sinhala South to look at matters sensibly. The unpredictable Gamarala, by the way, can swing either way here. But Ranil, CBK, Jayampathy and friends are determined and try to keep the country from breaking up.
Note the slow doses – Land the Police Powers to all Provinces – are already in the pipeline. We read today Development Funds to all Provinces are on offer as well. For those like me concerned only with the country remaining undivided, it matters little how and through whom the “beheth” come. As they say in the Tamil villages, it matters little how the rice is cooked so long it comes to the table (or floor, if you will) in welcome consumable form.
Pandaranayagam
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jim softy / November 26, 2016
See how Tamils are powering and chasing out sinhala people using the demcoracy. Muslims are doing the same thing.
In London, YOu don’t fight for right to speak or Sinhala or Tamil or any other language exceot English.
[ In Sri lanka, Tamils decide wheterh sinhala people could live in their areas or not.
Mannaar Magistrate A G Alex Raja on Thursday issued interim order against the infrastructure work at Kaayaa-kuzhi, where Colombo’s Director General of Department of Fisheries & Aquatic Resources was silently engaged in creating a permanent coastal Sinhala colony for 83 Sinhalese from South. Tamil and Muslim fishermen jointly protested against the move on 09 November. On the following day, the Tamil-speaking fishermen protested when Sinhala fishermen who had come from Negombo were putting up fishing huts (vaadis) at the locality. The Senior Superintend of SL Police was attempting negotiate a deal between the Tamil-speaking fishermen and the intruding Sinhala colonists. As the local fishermen were not prepared for any compromise on the structural genocide against them, the police was forced to bring the case to the Magistrate’s Court in Mannaar.
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AJ / November 27, 2016
What nonsense you are talking about? In London you go to any hospital and demand to spek in Tamil or Sinhala. There is a company called Language Link, which provide immediate interpretation in language you required. I know people who work for Language Link.
Unlike in Sri Lanka, you cant communicate with the police in Tamil in Jaffna, an official language of he country. what a verbal vomit haha
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Native Vedda / November 27, 2016
AJ
“what a verbal vomit haha”
What else did you expect from a dimwit who never left his freezing dark bunker since he moved out of this island?
His only companion is his willy, hence not much to learn from his only friend.
Do you think any one in his/her sane mind would have a close relationship with a dimwit?
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Dr Laksiri Fernando / November 26, 2016
Hate speech should be condemned strongly and hate speakers should be brought before the law and justice. At the same time, there can be a rehabilitation effort and some people might be reformed. There are some who are advocating hate speech with political or other objectives. They should be behind bars. There can be others who are involved, influenced by propaganda and misinformation, and indulge in hate speech on the spur of the moment or carried away by emotions and propaganda. Some of the hate speakers are possibly mentally deraigned or sick.
When these people are arrested, they should be confronted/questioned by trained and professional ‘reconciliation’ officers. The officers could be from their own communities or religions. Why not use religious leaders? Apart from the attempt to rehabilitate them, these questionings could bring why these people indulge in hate speech and what are the social and psychological factors behind. Police officers also could be trained in these tasks.
I may be wrong in this particular case. But came to the above realization when I watched two videos of hate speech by ‘Dan Priyadas’ who threatened to bomb Muslims. He appeared extremely violent in his initial speech, but quite meek when he was arrested. The arrested Abdul Razik also should questioned/confronted. I am not suggesting to use carrot and stick, but using the stick in a more refined manner. If we have such a program, the law should allow the arrest of even supporters/accomplices of hate speech (I have seen many behind Priyadas in the video) and question and warn after confronted by reconciliation officers. This is apart from indicting them before courts.
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Hamlet / November 26, 2016
It is up to the Majority Sinhalese Buddhists to counteract this trend!
It can start in the Temples, where the Monks could give Dhamma Desana on Maithree and Karuna, instead of the usual Talks on events that happened 1000s of Years ago, and has no Bearing on the present Situation!
Buddhism has to be followed and practised, not just listened to, and repeated like a School Subject!
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Lal Keerthie Fernando / November 26, 2016
CBK: Dear Madame
The Penal Code is prevalent in SL but not made active, obviously for political patronage. Law enforcement authorities could have locked the rabble rousers up referring to the Penal code with maximum 1 years prison sentences.
As a free country there are enough organisations mushrooming in the country. SL ought to make it difficult and the law empowering the start and presence of such organisation with absolute scrutiny.
Nobody knows to which Nikaya Gnassara Thero of BBS and others belong. This applies to the Moslem organisation which was involved. But the nation is aware of who is behind these organisations..
Is it difficult to bring in legislations that any member of the clergy in SL will confine their teaching and preaching to their place of worship?
Anything carried forward outside is a crusade; the worse to be expected.
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jim softy / November 27, 2016
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Plato. / November 26, 2016
Jim.
May I condescend to rewrite your line as follows….
See how Sinhalese are powering and chasing out Tamil people using the democracy…
You were confused and typed Tamil for Sinhalese.
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jim softy / November 27, 2016
See how Sinhalese are powering and chasing out Tamil people using the democracy…
So, that is why Tamil gbramasevaka, Tamil govt Agent, TNA MP all gang up against a monk in the East ?
that is why Tamils destroy buddhist statues from vacated army camps ?
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jim softy / November 26, 2016
CBK is a very dishonest and anti-sinhala woman who wants to make her son, who is also anti-sinhala(he was talking against Sri lanka during the war), to thrive as a Politician on innocent and dumb rural Sinhala votes from Attanagalla.
Even the Northern PC chief minister is talking about all Tamil Ethnic enclave where even a sinhala speaking doctor is not allowed to work. when army camps had their Buddha statues installed at the road side, those tamils destroyed those.
In the east, Tamil Gramasevaka, with the help of Tamil govt agent, Tamil politician, probably Tamil Judge too suing poor villagers. Only a buddhist monk is fighting for that.
Muslims have created saudi arabian – towns in the East and they are waiting muslims only administrative districts there and Ranil wickramsinghe has agreed to give those. Those muslims also do not allow sinhala people to work there.
Muslims don’t like sinhala people or buddhist monks in aluthgama. It is the same situation in Mahinyangana, Kataragama.
This woman did not see those situations ever. that is only half of the story.
Now sinhala people are talking, she is fired up.
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Sam Fernando / November 27, 2016
MR is pro SINHALA BUDDHISTs who are the real extremist elements in the country today.
He has proved not just once several dozens of time how dangerous he has been .
CBK and other presidents were not killing and torture friendly if anyone woudl archive the information.
Alone the manner MR adminstiration worked and let it go in the post war session is more than enough categorically say – MR is the stimulator of the extremist forces in this country.
He is unpredictable.
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D.Nimal / November 26, 2016
CBK is an advocating New Federalist and Federalism in Sri Lankan by name of her father of SWRD, who was an initiated by Federal State in Island.
There is reason for that SWRD want granted Federal State in north-east, he himself was Tamil blood-origin from his decadences.
As daughter of Tamil blood of Banadaraker’s clan ,that her blood relationship will naturally by that after all she seek Tamil Federal state, is therefor nothing to be surprised by Majority Sinhalese.
Now she want STOP HATE speech by Sinhalese against Tamils.
That is also understood by Sinhalese.
That historical lessons we have understanding, by the time the
anti-Tamil policies were advocated by SWRD of SLFP leadership over more 60 years of politic line of SLFP’s that fact remain forever.
Needless to say Majority Sinhalese’s People were not advocated Racial basis of politics except leaders of UNP and SLFP who were encouraged anti- Tamil policies.
The HATE speech are accountability comes to SLFP and UNP leadership.
We are for change of such remedy by Good will of all humankind.
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Ajith / November 26, 2016
Nimal,
You better check your gene as well. Do you know most of you have some sort of blood relationship with Tamils? In that case, it is better to do propaganda not for federalism but for the whole nation should become Tamil Nation. The reality is only few fundamentalist Sinhala make hate speeches against Tamils. They think rest of the Sinhalese are brainless Modayas. They continue to keep you all in the dark. Mahinda now goes to Pansala after 2015 but during his rule most of the time he was in “Thirupathy” Temple in India. Why?
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jim softy / November 27, 2016
Ajith/AJ
You better check your gene as well. Do you know most of you have some sort of blood relationship with Tamils?
It is Tamils who should doa introspection.
If Sinhala people are Tamils, Why Tamils go against former Tamils.
The only escape for Sinhala people is chase the Tamils back to Tamilnadu.
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Native Vedda / November 27, 2016
jim softy dimwit
“If Sinhala people are Tamils, Why Tamils go against former Tamils. The only escape for Sinhala people is chase the Tamils back to Tamilnadu.”
When are you planning to leave?
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Mallaiyuran / November 26, 2016
Hillary lost the election. Chandrika still need the ONUR? Can’t she start to rest without much tension and restlessness?
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Perisappu / November 27, 2016
“”Hillary lost the election.””
Effectively CBK lost her shoe shu shu.
Please bury the Banda dynasty as they are an eyesore curse of a nation.
She is a python.
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