The police last night warned that legal action will be taken against anyone who organize public events to celebrate or commemorate Maaveerar Naal (Great Heroes Day) which falls on Friday (November 27).
Anyone holding public events in support of the LTTE, will be taken to courts since the LTTE is a banned organization in Sri Lanka police spokesman ASP Ruwan Gunasekera said.
Despite the threats by Police, posters appeared in the Jaffna peninsula and parts of the north, calling people to celebrate the Maaveerar day.
Posters which said “Let’s commemorate our hero’s”, “Our aim is Tamil Eealam” and others with the late LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran’s picture and LTTE flag appeared in several places.
Several banners and posters calling for the people to commemorate the fallen Tamil heroes appeared in the Jaffna University premises as well.
Meanwhile Northern Provincial Council (NPC) member M.K. Sivajilingham had told media that the public have been urged to commemorate slain LTTE members on Friday to mark the LTTE heroes’ week.
He said that anyone has a right to commemorate those killed during the war even if they are LTTE members. Sivajilingam had said that he had urged the public to commemorate the Tamils killed during the war in a peaceful manner without raising the LTTE flag.
During the LTTE’s heyday the Maveerar day and the ensuing hero’s week was celebrated in a grand manner with LTTE military parades and a customary speech by Prabhakaran in which he spelled out the intended path of the organization.
BBS Rep / November 26, 2015
It will be better for the government along with the new Tamil political leadership to downplay the so called Maveerers achievements. They must distribute information to every household about the negatives of the so called MaVeerars. The infighting that saw many horrors unleashed on maveerer’s by maveerars would be a good place to start with. Rajan Hooles expose’of Prabakarans megolomaniacal torture and killings of persons associated with TELO, EPRLF etc will be a good place to start.
Bringing the jackboot to such celebrations, however offensive it is will be counterproductive in the long run. Education and reconciliation will be the only way forward. Racists of all creeds must be sidelined as much as possible.
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Amarasiri / November 26, 2015
RE: Govt Issues Stern Warning Against ‘Great Heroes Day’ Remembrance
“They must distribute information to every household about the negatives of the so called MaVeerars. “
They must distribute information to every household about the Maha Mootal Veeras who caused so much agony for them s that Mootal Veeran VP Could Reign like a king, just like Mahinda Rajapaksa was trying.
Tamils with common sense will get it,
Tamil mootals with no common sense, mootals, not get it, and will celebrate the anyway.
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The Rogue Ayer / November 26, 2015
Amarasiri,
“Tamils with common sense will get it”
We do.
“Tamil mootals with no common sense, mootals, not get it, and will celebrate the anyway.”
Yes they will. This is also an opportunity to test how the government will react to provocations.
I hope that the security forces will look away unless there is major trouble.
Today there was a strike at Jaffna University because of the suicide of the Kokuvil student. Maybe another tomorrow.
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Native Vedda / November 27, 2015
BBS Rep
What did make you to think that the leaflet was the work of authentic Tiger?
Can you not type and print such notices at home, at offices, at military camps, by Douglas’s comrades, Gota’s boys, ……………… ?
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Inspector Dirty Hari / November 27, 2015
Native Vedda,
Like the Ayer I also suspect that you don’t know about what goes on in Jaffna.
“What did make you to think that the leaflet was the work of authentic Tiger? Can you not type and print such notices at home, at offices, at military camps, by Douglas’s comrades, Gota’s boys, ……………… ?”
It is true that we don’t know who created and distributed the leaflets.
Who arranged and participated in the events today like the one in the Jaffna university temple? Outsiders trying to create problems or insiders commemorating? If we are lucky proud videos appear online.
The main news is that to my best knowledge everything was peaceful.
I did not see a single member of the security forces today. My assumption is that they were ordered to avoid conflict and stay at their bases or police stations.
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Ajith / November 27, 2015
As long as the Sinhalese government do not realise that it is Buddhist Sinhala Fundamentalist Terror is the route cause of the creation of LTTE, there is no reconciliation or true peace in this island. It is sad on this day a student killed himself for the injustice for those who are in the Sinhalese jail unlawfully and inhumanly. How can you expect those who burnt 97000 books within few seconds will respect and reconcilation?
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max / November 27, 2015
LTTE is a results of Dutches, Brits and then Chelvas, Sundaralinkams etc., and lately Amirthalinkams, Sambandan etc. LTTE is the brutal arm of Tamil chauvinism and nothing to do with so called “Buddhist Sinhala Fundalism” which is non existence. Ajit, you better read history instead of parroting NGO ideals.
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Siva Sankaran Sarma / November 26, 2015
Not to worry, Maarveerar naais will be remembered in the We Thamizh homelands of Croydon and Scarborough :D
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batch / November 26, 2015
whats that `bob.tipcut`??
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Sylvia Haik / November 26, 2015
At least among my Tamil friends the Maarveerar Naai is considered a day to hang their heads in shame as the day it destroyed their community with the killing of their leaders they had enormous respect for. Commemorating the LTTE is like commemorating ISIS for the senseless killing of hundreds of innocent people, mostly Muslims, ever a stupid ideology.
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Native Vedda / November 27, 2015
Sylvia Haik
What did you exactly mean when you typed “Maarveerar Naai”?
“Commemorating the LTTE is like commemorating ISIS for the senseless killing of hundreds of innocent people, mostly Muslims, ever a stupid ideology.”
Whats the difference between JVP terrorists and LTTE terrorists? Its alright for JVP to remember its own psychopaths and not alright for the kith and kin of dead LTTE members.
Is it because all the JVP terrorist are/were Sinhala/Buddhists and all the LTTE terrorists are/were Tamils?
Let me have your sermon on ethics, morality, whats right and wrong, double standards, hypocrisy, bigotry, selective amnesia, us them and other, majority vs minority, Jihadhism …….
You take your own time come back any time you are ready and able. I have all the time in this world and have as much patience as needed to tolerate all kind of stupid typing. I love bit of blabbering.
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Burt / November 26, 2015
LTTE could be a banned organization but the dead young men and women are someone’s Father, Mother, Son, Daughter, Brother or Sister. Family has a right to moan a death or celebrate a life and this is also a process by which those left behind comes to terms with the loss.
What’s the big deal in having religious observance?
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Siva Sankaran Sarma / November 26, 2015
Yep, what’s the big deal, while we’re at it let’s hold remembrances for the 9/11 hijackers, Paris terrorists and heck, dead Nazis too, they’re all somebody’s somebody :D
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Native Vedda / November 26, 2015
Wee Thamihz Siva Sankaran Sarma moden
“Yep, what’s the big deal, while we’re at it let’s hold remembrances for the 9/11 hijackers, Paris terrorists and heck, dead Nazis too, they’re all somebody’s somebody :D”
The only exception is ape Sinhalayo celebrate equally brutal JVP annual April fools day.
Here is some observation by a JVP insider:
“JVP is more a religion than a political party. They have a cult mentality. It is a disease the JVP inherited from its birth. The party has been made divine. In this religious like backdrop, the persons who have left the party are considered as traitors who must be destroyed. When one is being followed with the purpose of being murdered, the victim also has to search for ways to safeguard himself. For example, when Nandana Marasinghe was killed, the others who shared similar ideas were compelled to seek the protection of the security forces. Therefore, this story of traitors has two sides.
“Those who died gave their lives for what they believed. We are still alive. There is a difference between what we say and what we do. Sacrificing one’s life for a common struggle is good. The persons who were in the struggle were of a different generation. Rebels both in the North and South taught us a lesson. Without building our lives in a revolutionary way, I don’t think a people’s movement or armed movement will succeed.
2014
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The Rogue Ayer / November 26, 2015
Native Vedda,
I have nothing against peaceful celebrations or even demonstrations.
“The only exception is ape Sinhalayo celebrate equally brutal JVP annual April fools day.”
The JVP armed revolts are history.
You may remember how suspected members of the LTTE have been arrested in India in 2015. I don’t know what the Indian security forces and courts have decided to do with them but the fact is that they were arrested. If I remember correctly these arrests were in Tamil Nadu, Bangalore and Calicut.
There are many active LTTE supporters abroad and somebody has printed and spread posters in the NP.
You are not in Jaffna are you?
Just wait and see.
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Tamil from the north / November 27, 2015
Prof. Siva Sankaran Sarma the Tamil wannabe, please note the following;
9/11 hijackers – CIA knew about it and let it happen. Insurance was increased by the owner of the 2 buildings 3 times few months before the attacks. Also while Osama who ordered the attacks was hiding in Pakistan/Afghanistan while the U.S., forces were attacking IRAQ. Also Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Chenney knew of the attacks way before the attacks were carried out. Not a single Jew died in the attacks. No plane wreckage was found at the Pentagon site, the plane which crashed in PA was shot down by U.S. airforce.
Dead Nazis – nobody attacked the Nazis, Nazis attacked everyone else and got killed. So tough luck for them.
So before you write crap, check your sources before you spew your racist nonsense.
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Siva Sankaran Sarma / November 28, 2015
Cool story bro – is it available on Kindle or Google Books? :D
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Shamil / November 26, 2015
Still being scared of the great heroes.
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eusense / November 27, 2015
You call these cowards who blew out innocent civilians, surrendered to DFSL and used innocent civilians as human shields heroes???
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Native Vedda / November 28, 2015
Nuisance
“You call these cowards who blew out innocent civilians, surrendered to DFSL and used innocent civilians as human shields heroes???”
Good,
so you agree Deshapremi are those
cowards, war criminals, rapists, looters, racists, arsonists, child killers, psychopaths, sadists, …….. etc
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Pandaranayagam / November 26, 2015
If the Govt allows supporters of Rohana Wijeweera (JVP) to commemorate his birth/death it cannot practise double standards on VPs supporters
wishing to remember VP on November 27. In as much as there are only a fraction of the Sinhala Nation that can be identified as Wijeweera’s faithful supporters, so it is with the Tamil Nation.
Pandaranayagam
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Pot Shot / November 26, 2015
This should not be tolerated
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ela kolla / November 26, 2015
just shoot anyone commemorating tamil terrorits
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Maveeran / November 26, 2015
Pons.kolla aka bendova.kolla, I’l shoot you in your under cavity, u sinha-lame son of a toddy harvester. Shitlames like you will be going in loose motion everytime they hear the word Tiger or LTTE. Lol
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The Rogue Ayer / November 26, 2015
Maveeran,
“son of a toddy harvester”
Very clear discrimination based on caste. During the rule of LTTE this kind of behavior was banned and punished. You are lucky it is over.
Have you heard of inclusive nationalism? Are the toddy tappers, Christians, Muslims etc in the North not worth anything? Some, of course, were needed as cannon fodder.
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ela kolla / November 27, 2015
maveeran, you stupid coward living in a foreign soil…i heard you always wet your pants when our brave sinhalese forces advancing on nandikaddal lagoon…i even heard your family kneeling and begging for mercy…sorry to tell you, they are not anymore
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Native Vedda / November 27, 2015
ela kolla (the chronicler)
“i heard you always wet your pants when our brave sinhalese forces advancing on nandikaddal lagoon…”
Will you now record the many incidents in which Sinhalese forces hid behind VP’s bum (1987) Parrippu drop and after.
Don’t forget to include Mullaitivu (July 1996), Elephant Pass (April 2000), ….. etc.
Hindians had to intervene to stop LTTE overrunning Jaffna and Pallali camp and potential evacuation of 40,000 brave Sinhalese soldiers from peninsula.
Hindians drew a line on the Elephant pass salty sand.
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ela kolla / November 30, 2015
stupid vedda, go back to your cave a light a candle and stick another up your backside
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Maveeran / November 28, 2015
[Edited out]kolla, Im in Colombo, kochikade.[Edited out]
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Siva Sankaran Sarma / November 29, 2015
Adey [Edited out]
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ela kolla / November 30, 2015
maveeran fool, too bad your family and friends were slaughtered while you were hiding in kochchikade selling betel leaf
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taraki / November 27, 2015
‘Shitlames like you will be going in loose motion everytime they hear the word Tiger or LTTE. Lol’
You mean the Tiger is alive and well and waiting to spring? Oh no! Do you hear that noise? That’s the victorious army shaking in its boots! ROFL
Await Native’s rebuttal.
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Maveeran / November 28, 2015
Ye Sinhalame Army victorious in raping and killing innocent civilians.
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Tamil from the north / November 29, 2015
ela kola the goo head, an Englishman might shoot you for writing broken English and disgracing his mother tongue.
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ela kolla / November 30, 2015
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Burt / November 26, 2015
“Mother who lost her two children questions good governance whether she is permitted to light lamps for her martyrs sons this years.
This mother has lost her husband and currently leading lonely life.
Mother said that she is fear to light lamp for the photographs of her son.
I would like to request the government to grant rights for us to light lamps for our children killed in the freedom fight and mother wait for favorable response.”
As a human being I say do what brings peace to your mind as a mother. Based on what’s reported you have lost almost everything, only thing you can look forward is peace of mind: do what gives you that. If they want to lock you up and feed you so be it.
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The Rogue Ayer / November 26, 2015
Burt,
“Mother who lost her two children questions good governance whether she is permitted to light lamps for her martyrs sons this years. This mother has lost her husband and currently leading lonely life. Mother said that she is fear to light lamp for the photographs of her son. I would like to request the government to grant rights for us to light lamps for our children killed in the freedom fight and mother wait for favorable response.”
Where did you find this? Very effective but the English should be polished.
Why does the mother just do what she wants to do in the privacy of her home?
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Burt / November 27, 2015
“Where did you find this?”
From a Sri Lankan Southern online news site.
‘English should be polished.’
Language is only a mode of communication. If you understood what she or the author was saying then the objective was met.
I got a question for you. How is Douglas Devananda doing?
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Estate Labourer / November 26, 2015
Sirisena’s ‘Yakkapalanaya’ government is just as paranoid as the previous Rajapaksa government.
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justice / November 26, 2015
Some of these banners and posters could very well have been put up by the military – just to ‘stir the pot’ – to arrest a few more under the PTA – to teach the yokels who is actually in control.
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cholan / November 26, 2015
He He He ..Modayas are so scared …..
Certainly any ban will increase their taste for freedom
Cheers
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Charlie / November 26, 2015
rememberance of deads is every individual’s rights…..Neither Government nor any organisation have any rights to stop that!! We are not talking about LTTE as an organisation here….this is about individual people who have been forced by the consecutive governments To fight against them by denying their basic rights purely because they belong to Tamil minority community!! What a shame!! Govt is still not realising the issue here and not addressing any of this even after 100,000 people have been murdered!! Shame on all previous and current Governments!!….None of these idiots realise the fault of their own and rectify those!!……Aren’t we all human beings…..why on earth these Srilankan governments aren’t treating all communities as equal citizens??? Million dollar question?? If that can be addressed, this issue can be put to rest!!
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The Rogue Ayer / November 26, 2015
Here we have the tragic end of a young man. Look at the letter he left. Tamil Elam.
http://dailynews.lk/?q=2015/11/26/local/student-commits-suicide-demanding-release-tamil-prisoners
“The deceased, a student of the Kokkuvil Hindu College, Jaffna had written a letter addressing President Maithripala Sirisena before committing suicide demanding him to release all the Tamil political prisoners and to provide rehabilitation.”
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The Rogue Ayer / November 26, 2015
Sivajilingham,
“Meanwhile Northern Provincial Council (NPC) member M.K. Sivajilingham had told media that the public have been urged to commemorate slain LTTE members on Friday to mark the LTTE heroes’ week.”
Please let us know who is urging us?
Can we commemorate also all the the others who died or only the LTTE members?
“He said that anyone has a right to commemorate those killed during the war even if they are LTTE members.”
That is his opinion and my understanding is that the police does not agree with him.
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Burt / November 27, 2015
“Can we commemorate also all the the others who died or only the LTTE members?”
You should be able to: I don’t see why not, specially when your still building statues for Keppetipola although the govt of that time considered him a traitor and terrorist.
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vishvajith / November 26, 2015
Allow me to take a different line.
Let our Tamil Brothers and Sisters remember their dead. Call it whatever they want.
The JVP every year Honor the death of Rohana W. Surely, it should be alright for the Tamils to honor their dead too.
Let us also work towards sorting our domestic issues politically. There are many, way finding recommendations made under different leaders. Let’s implement them.
I salute ” All ” our Brothers and Sisters who lost their lives in our troubled lands since independence.
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Native Vedda / November 27, 2015
vishvajith
“I salute ” All ” our Brothers and Sisters who lost their lives in our troubled lands since independence.”
You just lost your chance of becoming a successful Sri Lankan politician and a billionaire.
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vishvajith / November 27, 2015
What to do NV, must let some other bugger have a go, no ?
No chance for me.
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Lasantha Pethiyagoda / November 26, 2015
I believe that parents of dead fighters do have a right to commemorate their departed children. However, if they are treated as heroes, that implies a notion that the parents consider their cause as being just.
The SL governments have condemned the separatists’ families and their rituals of celebrating “heroes” as unjust, largely due to the need for power gained from among the majority population rather than any nationalistic urge or sense of moral fairness.
This is clear from the different kinds of treatment of various big LTTE figures depending on their usefulness or influence wielded by them.
The more something is “banned” the more appeal it has among the “believers”. Therefore moderation should be urged, where low-key vigils are tolerated and no state oppression perpetuated on the minorities on Friday.
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Piranha / November 26, 2015
Celebrating those who died for the tamil cause is different from celebrating those who committed mass murder of innocent Sinhala civilians. The suicide bombers’ actions against the SL military may be acceptable but not the atrocious killings of civilians. It is a shame that their heroic actions against the SL military were diminished by their killings of Sinhala civilians.
A general day of mourning for all those tamils who died in the conflict must be allowed by the SL government or else some extremists among the tamils will continue to celebrate Maveerar day which is seen by the Sinhalese and the Sinhala government as defiance.
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Rajash / November 27, 2015
The Sinhala Govt celebrates the killing of the Tamils as defeat of Terrorism. They celebrate it by parading the might of their army and navy and air force personnel and military hardware.
This show of their defence capability is not as a warning to a foreign enemy but believe me, as a warning/reminder to the two million Tamil minority citizens. Sri Lanka is the only country in the world to display its defence capability as a warning to its own citizens.
The second objective of this victory parade is to satisfy the ego of the Sinhala politicians and to keep the Sinhala racism burning.
Having said that, I am not in favour of Maaveerar Naal celebration and waving of the now defunct Tiger flag.
I am definitely in favour of a day of mourning in remembrance of all the Tamils killed during the Sinhala racist riots, killed during the internecine war among Tamil Groups and killed during the war running up to the mass scale bombing in the No Fire Zone
Perhaps it’s time to move forward.
My suggestion is for the Sri Lanka govt to drop it’s Victory Day celebration, for the Tamils to drop it’s Maaveerar Naal celebration. Instead I suggest that there is a single day of remembrance of all Sri Lankans, Tamils, Muslims, Sinhalese etc who have lost their lives in search of their Sri Lanka.
A sort of Sri Lanka poppy day. This will make a tremendous leap in reconciliation and contribute to perpetual unity and harmony.
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Kettikaran / November 27, 2015
A single day of remembrance by the whole country suggested by Rajash comes close to a mutually accepted formulae. But if it comes to this Tamils in the North-East will remember VP and his Boys and the Sinhala South will remember more the army that overcome the LTTE insurrection rather than JVP’s Wijeweera and his Boys.
Kettikaran
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nero / November 27, 2015
yep lets dump all those killed, together. no more identity to the victim/perpertrator. lets just pretend a natural disaster killed a few lakhs of people, irrespective of identity. it will create a leap for reconcilliation in a land ruled by victors.
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Rajash / November 27, 2015
You need a quantum leap in your thinking.
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nero / November 28, 2015
and you need to grow a backbone. those who ban the public commemoration of fallen ltte soldiers and those who advise national remembrance day for “all” are saying one and the same thing indirectly – do not irk victor’s peace or you will earn their ire.
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Niaml / November 27, 2015
What’s the different between Wijeveera and Prabakaran? Both killed innocent people in a brutal way. We are allowed to celebrate Wijeveera’s death but not Prbakarans.
Something is wrong with these two attitudes.
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ela kolla / November 27, 2015
stupid tamil terrorists in CT trying to commemorate terrorists now….but most of them were begging for their lives when our forces were advancing…happy to say that most of those who begged for life are not anymore
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sama / November 27, 2015
it is human you know. Dont you think that you guys would still go on crying even if Rajapkshe is goo defeated by people s power in the two elections ?
Give them some time to recover and get to know what had been the reality with their LTTE leader. JVPers thought their murderous tactics in 70ties and late 80ties could help making people and govts convinced about the real needes. But that backfired killing my batchas and over 50k of youth across the country – Remember ? or you behave as if you ate kirimati for the entire life ?Ela kolla, so long you the guys would not change your goo filled mind sets, we the sinhalaya will have to no chance with reconciliation with the war victimzed notherners…. which I think is common regardless of the country.
But more of our guys are stupid as you are – only genetic modifications or the like could help you guys to grasp the realities.
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ela kolla / December 1, 2015
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nero / November 27, 2015
given that most of the sri lankan army units aare stationed in the north east, even these little acts of commemoration of maaveers is a big act in show of acknowledgement of their struggle. it will only grow with more repression.
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Lankan / November 27, 2015
Let them commemorate the dead in an organised way if they wish to,
as long as no LTTE flags are hoisted,no portraits of the murderer
Prabhakaran are garlanded in public, or any
such thing. Government and police need to exercise caution and discretion. LTTE is a banned terrorist outfit.
They forced the tamils down a path of destruction.
Remember the lost family members and friends, but don’t glorify
the terror group or its maniacal leader.
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Inspector Dirty Hari / November 30, 2015
Lankan,
“Let them commemorate the dead in an organised way if they wish to, as long as no LTTE flags are hoisted,no portraits of the murderer Prabhakaran are garlanded in public, or any such thing.”
Tamilnet has pics that might interest you.
“Government and police need to exercise caution and discretion”
They did.
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gamini / November 27, 2015
If KP, Karuna Amman, Pillayan, Douglas Devananda et al are hailed as Heroes, why not VP and the rest?
War Criminals who not only massacred innocent Tamil men, women and children but also innocent Sinhalese civilians and Journalists in the South should also be debarred from being remembered or revered.
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Lanka Liar / November 27, 2015
Govt should allow this Modaal’s celebration. It should be declared as a Modaals day.
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Senthil / November 27, 2015
The reality is tigers never killed any civilians or captured army. Gotha tricked Singhalese to believe that they killed civilians – government had power and resource , they can clone any one as guilty – happened in real life like in films. If Tamils wanted to morn maveerar day , what is the problem for Singhalese – Tamils are morning all over the world , why not in this poor srilanka – Singhalese should stop wasting their time in petty things like this and work harder to develop the country – we lacy people have nothing better to do. Singhalese and Tamils in the west never worry about this kind of petty things and they do not have free time for that either – please grow up and see the world without just eating giripath all the time.
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The Rogue Ayer / November 28, 2015
Police Media Spokesman ASP Ruwan Gunasekara,
I hope that the SIS and MI have done their work and their reports reach the decision makers.
Thanks for the decision makers for not having interfered with the commemorations.
“He added that reports claiming that LTTE- loyalists held several programmes in Jaffna to commemorate the victims of the war is completely false.”
http://dailynews.lk/?q=2015/11/28/security/no-major-%E2%80%98maveerar-day%E2%80%99-celebrations-north-police-spokesman
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The Rogue Ayer / November 28, 2015
Financial Times knows more than the police spokesman.
“In a separate event, the University of Jaffna commemorated the Mahaveer Day on the campus at noon today. Students, lecturers and other staff of the university lit candles at a makeshift memorial, with a placard paying respects to the fallen LTTE fighters.”
http://www.ft.lk/article/501619/Tamil-party-MPs-commemorate-Heroes-Day-in-Jaffna
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