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RuwanL / November 15, 2013
Chris you are on the ball!!! excellent responses for the questions raised by the news presenter. They forget that when the president visited UK he was prevented from addressing a forum by the tiger proxies in the UK. Why didn’t UK take any action against the people who protested! Likewise C4 was prevented from going to Jaffna by the people!
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Doc Ock / November 15, 2013
So… just to make it clearer: Pro government protest = vibrant democracy and say “see anyone can demonstrate! we can’t control people…this is a democratic country!”
anti-government demonstrations = call them Tamil diaspora, NGO’s, colonialist, traitors, etc (list goes on…). Bring in the police/army sort it out quickly.
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Sri Lankan / November 15, 2013
That is if you define it as a pro government protest. this is solely about Sri Lankans standing up for their mother country not on behalf of a particular party. And if a group of people support terrorism in any way, Yes people can brand them as traitors. Learn from your own mistakes.
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PalmSquirrell / November 15, 2013
Nope, the mobs who prevented the train carrying Channel 4 were organied and led by UPFA and other Rajapaksa acolytes. Channel 4 is not attacking Sri Lankans as a whole, their investigative journalism is laying ot the facts, facts which are deterimental to the Rajapaksa military regime.
Don’t sit there and try to lump all Sri Lankans into the Rajapaksa regime, thereby insulating Rajapaksa regime from deserved criticism. This is similar to Islamists like Al Qaeda who always frame criticism against them as criticism against Islam and Muslims in general.
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Kaush / November 16, 2013
Investigative journalism is the fantasy entertainment being provided to the western world to make you feel there is a sense of hope in your way of life, and that everything happening outside Europe or America is evil and it is a world of dictators. You will only understand what a crack-pot investigative journalism is only when you live outside of your bubble..
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Native Vedda / November 16, 2013
Kaush
“You will only understand what a crack-pot investigative journalism is only when you live outside of your bubble..”
Well said.
To add your philosophical point, I would say you will only understand what a tin pot dictatorship is only when you live outside of your Mahawamsa mindset bubble.
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Athula / November 15, 2013
Yes because we all know very well they are still working on Diaspora or remaining terrorists guidance to take revenge on their defeat.
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RuwanL / November 16, 2013
I would say that it was a pro armed forces protest rather than a pro government protest. Were there any non Tamils in the protest? There are too many assumptions in what you say!
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Point of View / November 15, 2013
Nonis, wouldn’t have been on the ball if it was Christiane Amanpour ! She woukd have chewed him off.
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Senerath Kalupahana / November 15, 2013
Nonis was so tired trying to maintain his intonation with a typical ‘moda’ simile and fake coolness, and you think his response was brillaint or some say he hit the nail on the head.
Do you thinbk the wesotern media bought his jargon?
You all are fooling yourselves.
This regime is a laughing stock but nothing else, lead by some water Buffalos.
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Liberal One / November 15, 2013
People in denial will not be bought, but should be tried on the ones with an open mind. He did exceptionally well.
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Senerath K / November 16, 2013
Liberal One, I said what I felt, not that I am against Nonis. Why I said what I said was because he was lying here. dont you think so?
He can certainly dodge and be diplomatic, that doesnt matter at all. But he shouldnt lie, which he did several times with a fake smile.
Chriastine Amanpour would have made him wet had she anchored.
You may say anything but I wont buy any regime books.
This family is ruining this country and so called interlectuals like Nonis contributing to it directly.
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Seneviratne Sudupahaha / November 18, 2013
Senarath, you can’t put down people and their smiles like you do. People like you with silly arguments likes yours are no good not only for Sri Lanka but also for whoever is against Sri Lanka. Get a life man !
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Javi / November 16, 2013
Tadpole (゜゜)～ Chris you are on the ball!! (゜゜)～ tadpole
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I can’t stand whining.
Oh yeah you seemed to have got a rocker fart that has tickled your balls!
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Sovereignty lays in the people not the government.
When the Government fears the people there is liberty and
when the people fear the government it is a dictatorship- failed state of lankets.
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Try Maggot pie no more `kotthuth oney` noney kote-uda
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAJ5vVlo9zk
Ö Ö Ö 0:3
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Spring Koha / November 16, 2013
How nice to see the Portuguese genes that infected the Nonis-Mendis clan ‘coming to the front’ as they used to say down McCullum Road. He did a very good job with the bollocks of a script fed to him by his masters and he made it oh so natural as he mimicked our old colonial masters. It must have been hard for this psychopathic brown sahib (who is best when entertaining white folk) but he carried it off with panache.
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Ravi / November 18, 2013
First of all, from the CNN journalist/reporter’s questions and response it was clear that he had no much idea about the Sri Lankan issues. On the other hand, if it was a reporter from BBC, CH 4, or Al Jazeera, he/she would have roasted him.
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Seneviratne Sudupahaha / November 18, 2013
I don’t know much about roasting but your Channel 4 heroes ran away from a live TV debate in Sri Lanka. Typical pommie cowards …all fart no shit .,.
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Doc Ock / November 15, 2013
Err… If the LLRC was independent and impartial, why weren’t they fully implemented? I believe even David Cameron just want the LLRC recommendations implemented fully. Dr Nonis needs to understand that just because you repeat the same thing again and again, it doesn’t make it the truth.
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Andreasappu / November 15, 2013
Yes, I also notice that he has been repeating it not knowing the most updates of LLRC. Dr Saravanmuttu, Prof. RWijesinghe and several others made it very clear their implementations of LLRC recommendations are seen like snail walk. Dr. Sara has pointed out even simple kind of steps that one could have added to the system have NOT yet been done. Let alone, they the low level architects and pundits have taken over 10 months to translate the report into Sinhala and Tamil; it seems taking unncessary times, when the rulers do whatever in terms of actions towards reconciliation.
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Athula / November 15, 2013
David Cameron, Stephan Harper and MMSingh have lot to lose through votes if they did not give in to the demands of Tamils. It’s too late for UK and Canada as LTTE terrorists have encroached your backyards and control your politicians. Wait till they ask for a piece of your country. Let’s see how your HR mechanism work.
As Sri Lankans we know there should be an investigation for crimes if cmmitted. it should happen the way Sri Lanka needs and not the way the LTTE remnants want it to happen. People (LTTE funders) who helped and funded 30 years of war and destruction in SL do not have any say in how justice should happen in Sri Lanka.
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Ahmed / November 15, 2013
Is he the chairman of Agalawatta Plantation?
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Ex Athiest / November 15, 2013
CHAIRMAN OF MACKWOODS.
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Spring Koha / November 16, 2013
Correct: This is one of our most eminent brown sahibs, brought up on the extradited profits of a former colonial mercantile house. Mackwoods came into the hands of the Nonis Mendis clan and they didn’t disappoint the old colonial masters with their psychopathic business plan to make money screwing the natives and enjoying the proceeds in cooler climes. Young Chris, to the manor born, was given (like the others of the same ilk) an education far from the sweating masses of mother lanka and after a forgettable ‘career’ in medicine he has now taken on the family business yoke. Meanwhile, a little service to the mother country will not go amiss, especially if it fattens the Chairman’s contacts book. Truth to tell, in old days his antecedants would have run a mile from the likes of the parvenu Rajapaksa’s; But business is business (as they say in Old Jerusalem) and these days our Chris has to bite his tongue and hobnob with the likes of Keheliya, Guslub, Mervyn et al (and even hail Bandula as colleague). All a bit of a come down but the lad is adapting well and it was quite impressive how he held his intonation under pressure. Apparently he manages the trick in London too, from where I hear, his speeches to expatriate diaspora have been particularly patronising.
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srilal / November 15, 2013
Mcwoods
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Andreasappu / November 15, 2013
No, I guess it is http://www.mackwoods.com/News.asp
He is a learnt medical doc and turn dip now to the regime.
All responses in the interviews seem to be not bad actually.
But I really dont any honest academics can get on with Rajas and their programs today in the country. CHOGM is an international event. So, there, they have to work with other communities. But mostly, looking at the manner, they handle issues, issues that have greater impact on own folks are far away from satisfying margins. See, alone the issue related to lack of rule of law. They dont even consider the essence of it.
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sarojini / November 15, 2013
So proud of our HC. WEll done .
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gamini / November 15, 2013
This woman looks another Pavithra Wanniarachchi trying her luck to spread for MR?
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DesperateSL / November 18, 2013
Dont worry, she is one another who prostitutes to rulers.
Tell me any valid points that she ever brings by so called supportive comments. May be very same person acts as leela and Jimsofty on this platform.
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Spring Koha / November 16, 2013
Correction: This is one of our most eminent brown sahibs, brought up on the extradited profits of a former colonial mercantile house. Mackwoods came into the hands of the Nonis Mendis clan and they didn’t disappoint the old colonial masters with their psychopathic business plan to make money screwing the natives and enjoying the proceeds in cooler climes. Young Chris, to the manor born, was given (like the others of the same ilk) an education far from the sweating masses of mother lanka and after a forgettable ‘career’ in medicine he has now taken on the family business yoke. Meanwhile, a little service to the mother country will not go amiss, especially if it fattens the Chairman’s contacts book. Truth to tell, in old days his antecedants would have run a mile from the likes of the parvenu Rajapaksa’s; But business is business (as they say in Old Jerusalem) and these days our Chris has to bite his tongue and hobnob with the likes of Keheliya, Guslub, Mervyn et al (and even hail Bandula as colleague). All a bit of a come down but the lad is adapting well and it was quite impressive how he held his intonation under pressure. Apparently he manages the trick in London too, from where I hear, his speeches to expatriate diaspora have been particularly patronising.
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Mariana / November 15, 2013
What he is saying is completely true. When will people connect the dots and realise that there is a link between those seeking war crimes merely for the final phase of the war and the GTF that are pushing for them?
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RajasH / November 15, 2013
The guy is an out right liar. Singing from the hym sheet of the Rajapakse Regime. LLRC, Diaspora, in the payroll of LTTE etc etc etc.
In my opinion it was a great idead to have the CHOGAM in Sri Lanka.
All the international media is focussing on Sri Lanka and exposing the human rights violation, curbing of press freedm exposing, war crimes to the entire world
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Sri Lankan / November 15, 2013
As some countries in the world, Sri Lanka was not after Oil or Gold. Sri Lanka did not have a reason to have a war with their own people. There was one war and it was against terrorism. International media will see how the country has made the progression. But it is very doubtful if they show what they really see and not under someones pay sheet.
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PalmSquirrell / November 15, 2013
The war was for Sinhala hegemony over Tamils because Sinhala Nationalists think the whole island belongs to them exclusively and all other peoples are just interlopers.
LTTE was born because of decades of institutional discrimination and pogroms by Sinhala governments against Tamils. Sinhala Nationalists develop amnesia for the roots of the conflict.
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Mikhael / November 15, 2013
Is that your way of justifying terrorism for over 30 years? Half of the people in the LTTE did not even want to be associated with them which is why they threatened families of children to fight for their ’cause’. They recruited CHILD SOLDIERS.
I think you’re confusing LTTE with ANC and Sinhala government with Afrikaan Government which were entirely different so quite frankly I think you suffer from selective memory.
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Pradan / November 16, 2013
perhaps you may not know that before the war Tamils had a good life in Sri Lanka.. Most of the leading lawyers, educationists were Tamils in this country.
And the FACT is LTTE pulled them off to nowhere. Ofcourse they started the war by killing their own by Killing Alfred Doraiappa who was the mayor in Jaffna at that time.
So can you are still saying they stood for Tamils of this country???
on the other hand who is responsible for massacres carried out by them in this country?
you can expect nothing but the uncivilized barbaric acts from terrorists. they are terrorists in nature what ever the name you trying call them.
Hilariously, if you are expecting democracy and justice from them good luck to you..
ON the other hand if any country stands for LTTE and their rights of LTTE, why cant they offer a piece of land from their own countries… WHY SRI LANKA?
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Heshika / November 15, 2013
butt hurt, eh? ;)
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Rationalist / November 16, 2013
RajasH
“An ambassador is an honest gentleman sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.”
But at least he seems an Educated Man who can speak proper English, unlike some other so-called Diplomats in other Countries, who LIE not for Sri Lanka, but for the Rajapakse Regime.
It is important that we do not confuse Sri Lanka with the Rajapakse Regime!
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Ajith / November 15, 2013
Dear High Commissioner,
You are doing your job for what is paid for you. All authoritarian regimes do the same thing. You have democracy, but it is different because it is white van democracy. You have law, but it is jungle law, you have justice system, but it is the justice for criminality.
You talk about Diaspora but why didn’t you talk about what the people said to you in the democratic elections held in the North East? The people ask for justice for their disappeared family. Can you allow the Northern Provincial administration to investigate the war crimes that happened in the North during the war?
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I am no muslim / November 15, 2013
But wiggy has no wig now.
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STILLHOPE / November 15, 2013
IF WE ACCUSE EACH OTHER PARTIES REPEATEDLY NOT SEEING THE GRAVITY OF THE PROBLEMS THAT THE BOTH FOLKS FACE, SPECIALLY IN THE POST WAR EPISODES, INSTEAD OF ACHIEVING THE FINAL GOAL- SUSTAINABLE PEACE, WE LL END UP DEAD ENDS. SO I PERSONALLY BELIEVE, WE SHOULD WORK ON PEACE THROUGH A BETTER VISION, BY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND EACH SIDE^S SHORTCOMING. I LIKE VERY MUCH TO LISTEN THE WORDS EXPRESSED BY CHARLES, MOST OF THE TIME.
I THINK LANKEN LEADERS SHOULD FINALLY LEARN TO RESPECT RULE OF LAW AND ORDER BEING EXEMPLARY TO OWN FOLKS. IF THEY WOULD DEVOTE IN THAT LINE, THAT WILL WORK AS THE FOUNDATION FOR THE RECONCILIATION.
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chatura / November 15, 2013
Well said Dr Nonis, well said!
However between us we know that we have no freedom of speech,we have lots of extra judicial killings, heaps of tamil civilians got killed for going to the now famous “No fire zones”, Sinhalese too are white vanned, muzelled,tortured every day by Rajapaksa Inc.
Between us we know that Rajapasksas are raping the country and reaping the benifits.
But……when a country like UK or US tries to give us advise on how we should investigate all these crimes,we feel they have to look inwards to see how badly they are placed to lecture us.
When the LTTE rump stopped Rajapaksa from addressing the Oxford Union, UK said that is the freedom of assembly of the people to manifest!
Even though the protest against C4 is state sponsored, your reply is valid, and your handling of the interview is exellent.If you only can give some advise to the president and his brother Gotabhaya how to speak and how to handdle the shody UK press!
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Andreasappu / November 15, 2013
We can’t anticipate anything else from any diplomats, or from Dr. Nonis. He has to be loyal in that way, repeating that we do the best in terms of LLRC recommendations. Even self proclaimed Dr. DJ was also praising more about MR regime until he was thrown away. Now again, he is seem to be reentered to the theatre, by his last few articles, we all could easily feel it. But the ones who live in the country and are capable of critically analysing their tasks, that have already been fulfilled, see far different.
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STILLHOPE / November 15, 2013
You know Chathura@,
at least after the CHOGM, they the rulers (MR and admin) will realize the point of views of IC. Only shooting the messengers will not solve the problem.Be it came from colonial masters or the countries where TAMILDIASPHORA has become part of their vote bases, lanken counterparts should study them well and react accordingly. Latter can only be achieved by realizing where our leaders have gone wrong. Right at the moment, we feel that we have a political stability in the country, but MR regime should also realize that growing opposition in and out of the country is also exponential.
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STILLHOPE / November 15, 2013
Our people have mostly been used to shoot the messengers. That is a big failure in our society.
If the professional guidance could gap up that areas, we can achieve a lot. These pictures that go to world show the potential of our folks. It is not because of MR. It is the talents of our people. The current rulers are trying to claim all credits for no reasons, while in the same time, not prioritizing foremost need of our society- that is re enforcement of rule of law. That they have to have handled immediately after the war is over. Army deserters or some criminal supporters to rulers are the key people that have perpetrated almost all crimes in post war scenarios.
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Ex Athiest / November 15, 2013
Mr. Nonis has done an excellent job in defending Sri Lanka.
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Lucky / November 15, 2013
As far as I am aware Dr Nonis has big business interest in Colombo and he is paid and kept in the job by the regime he is not a career diplomat so of course he sings from a hymn sheet give to him by his Colombo based handlers. It is indeed a waste of space to interview these jokers Sri Lanka now reminds one of China and North Korea. If one needs to put someone in the spotlight it should be the president himself and we know he dodges like a slippery eel.
If he does not sing he will have all his land and factories taken over by the government like in the case of Daya Gamage. I hope the good Dr realise the fact that he is only valuable till the next best man comes along and of course he can then move on to the opposition if their remains to be one.
And finally when they come for him no one else will be left to defend him!! It is such a shame that people of his calibre has got down to wash the blood soaked dirty linen of a bunch of crooks who call them self a government.
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punchinilame / November 15, 2013
This diplo-mutt (sorry, spelling error!) says the Countries that protest
most are only Canada/UK/India as it is a Political move by the Tamils
in those Countries. Did you expect China to protest? It is natural
where the Tamil diaspora is powerful, protest will only be bigger and
frequent, simply the tamil community has to be supported by there brethren, living anywhere. Will we sinhalse not do the same?
Just because such a protest took place in 2011 at Oxford, what did MR
do – he just put the Citizenship Act of 1948 re dual-citizenship “on
hold” as a retaliation, todate!!!
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srilal / November 15, 2013
And the national anthem is sung only in sinhala.
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Jeffrey / November 15, 2013
The exhortations and speeches about the need for the rule of law and respect for human rights are vacuous and have no bite. The GOSL is beyond caring — what else could one expect from a kleptocracy. The only effective instrument available to the international community is total and complete economic sanctions and a ban on official foreign travel. Yes, it will take time for sanctions to work but in the end it will — South Africa and Iran are cases in point. Imposing sanctions will require approval from an international body like the UN and till that process is completed, a voluntary boycott of tourism will be an effective start. Westerners should be made aware that a visit to SL is putting a dollar into the till of brutal and murderous regime. Perhaps, the CHOGM in Colombo may have now generated that awareness.
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vinivida / November 15, 2013
Up until now I had great respect for you but with this outburst I realised that I was wrong.
It seems that you behave like that you are from a different planet.
All Lankans know that democracy has failed in this country.
There is no rule of law. Judiciary has been undermined with the unlawful removal of the CJ. This is not what I say this what the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal ruled about the removal of the CJ by unlawful means. Why she was removed. She ruled some bills that give the Basil and Mahinda Rajapakse overwhelming power over public finance (Divinaguma bill) and she earned the wrath of Rajapakse clan.
See the pathetic state of media where media freedom is absolutely removed. The way BBC media men was manhandled by Rajapakse men said it all.
Where is the separation of power under Rajapakse. The parliament has become a rubber stamp and the judiciary infested with subservient judges have become a joke with probably most dishonest stooge appointed to the office of the CJ. This man recently ruled that ‘the criminal activities related to terrorism should not be interpreted as violation of human rights, says the Chief Justice Mohan Peiris. He made these comments when the Fundamental Rights case of Ganeshan Nimalaruban, who died at the prison attack at Vavuniya remand prison, was taken before the Supreme Court on May 21st’
Nonis come out of hibernation see to your own eyes where we are. I know you cannot do that because you are paid to wash dirty linen of Rajapake regime. At least keep your mouth shut and try to maintain your integrity intact.
Surely all Sri Lankans living in the UK had a great respect for you and I feel sorry for you because you ruined it.
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Liberal One / November 15, 2013
What? You had great respect for the man but lost it after he did his job exceptionally well? Are you mentally sick?
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shiromie / November 15, 2013
Well done Sir..you did a great job.
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Ayyo Saale / November 15, 2013
Did he? wow good for you then.
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vimukthi / November 15, 2013
Nonis is right to defend the interests of Sri Lanka. But he was wrong to defend the defunct Judiciary when he said that we have a system place (the Judiciary) to inquire in the serious allegations levelled against the Executive.
Nonis, knows that the Judiciary is completely under the grip of Rajapakse who appointed a yes man as the head of the Judiciary.
Recently, in response to rights application filed before the Supreme Court for killing a citizen who was in remand custody that Criminals have no human rights in Sri Lanka.
How on earth the people of this country can expect justice from this type of mockery judiciary. Therefore no one has right to prevent peoples’ right to demand for international inquiry to deal with those who are responsible for undermining the judiciary, right to life and the liberty of the people.
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Athula / November 15, 2013
Exceptionally put, Dr. Nonis.
The day there is a EXTERNAL inquiry on the UK and the USA to the genocide of the Iraqi people due to non-existent compulsion to invade that country pigs will fly.
The LTTE rump has all the money in the world yet no hit man on the ground no more – and that is going to stay just like that.
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Javi / November 16, 2013
Tadpole (゜゜)～and that is going to stay just like that. (゜゜)～ tadpole
Nothing is permanent till the IAF bombs the Sinhala Sevelayas Libyan style and thats exactly how the outgoing cMoron did it. Quick fix 21st century or delayed Syrian style with embargo.
Lankets playing ping pong that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils.
Trip it up moron Mugabe loves you O:-)
Gota `Gooo`ta `Booo`ts
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Anpu / November 15, 2013
“An ambassador is a man of virtue sent to lie abroad for his country”
This man is lying for Rajpakse fmily.
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Angelo / November 16, 2013
Do u live here u pissant?
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Javi / November 19, 2013
“Do u live here u pissant?”
You live on garlic and perumkayan then live alone skunk.
0:3
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RajasH / November 15, 2013
He is contradicting himslef
on one hand he says that the Sri Lankan public are excercsing democracy when they staged a protest agaisnt C4 Crew travelling to North. (that is the only democratic rights Sri Lankans have; to participate in govt sponsored anti Tamil protest)
On the other hand he says the Canadian PM was forced to boycott the CHOGAM by Diaspora Tamils; who are now citizens of Canada and are excercising their denocratic rgihts!
So in his words diaspora excercisng their democratic rights is not democracy but in the LTTE sponsored anti sri lankan activity
And thugs orgainsed by Rajapakse regime to terrorise C4 crew is democracy?
double tounged idiot.
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Sangakkara / November 15, 2013
What a bull shit interview. I wonder if Nonis criticised the govt. a bit of he would be remaining in LK? Its time for a regime change !
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Javi / November 15, 2013
Tadpole (゜゜)～2500 years civilization(゜゜)～ Henende! Try “Auto`Gooo`Therapy” sevela the world is not flat. Animals survive by adjusting themselves to their background, ～゜・_・゜～
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We have only got closer to proving that the Mahawamse is but poppycock.
Another one bites the dust.
And another one gone.
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Opportunity makes a thief. Nonis Stereotype Sinhalese with doctorate to buy and sell lanket Gasoc. No different to Saddam, Gadhafi regime or Mugabe!
Blasphemy against Sinhala Buddhist religion to suppose it cannot stand the test of truth and reason. O:-)angel
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What have you Amude’s achieved in over 60 years but the enlargement of the begging bowl. 4th February 1948 was that independence?? Run by terrorist since then isn’t it??
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1505 By chance Portuguese entry on the way to Kerala for pepper corn the European currency. According to the records of Queen Isabel of Spain shoe/cobbler Vas Goda Gama saw Torque Macaques incest Monkey living with brown trash…… they had no clothes and had scabies The Spanish decent Filipinos have no scabies and are preferred socials of the Americans even today. QED
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You have more politicians, more judges, But more Problems :)
Mugabe Loves You Sinhala Buddhist trip up swim across the land belongs to us Baharat.
Gota `Gooo`ta `Booo`ts … Seoomb I’ve a Big Un O:-)
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(o|o) (o|o) ☆彡^5 ☆彡
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fred / November 15, 2013
Well said, Dr Nonis. At least we have someone who is articulate enough and can deal with issues intelligently and meet arguments rationally and logically. You dealt with this interviewer calmly and responded to each one of his questions in credible fashion. SL is well represented in London by you.
And I share Chatura’s sentiments. If only you could advise the President and his brother Gotabhaya how to handle the UK press (and the rest of the foreign media) you’ll do the country a great favour. Neither of them seems to have the basic communication skills. But do those fellows want to listen? Do they know anyone could help them?
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Javi / November 16, 2013
Tadpole (゜゜)～ Well said, Dr Nonis. At least we have someone who is articulate enough and can deal with issues intelligently and meet arguments rationally and logically.(゜゜)～
Moonshine fat freddy Moonshine {kasippu}!
Oh yeah the Sinhalese seemed to have got a rocker fart that has tickled your balls!
Sovereignty lays in the people not the government. When the Government fears the people there is liberty and when the people the government it is a dictatorship- failed state.
Like Hong Kong it’s time to wrap up and return the island to the rightful owners Baharat.
Still your largest export item is TEA bought in 200 years ago by your then administrators the East India Company run by UK and yet run by the Tamil labour bought in by UK whom you Sinhalese have kept stateless in a dehumanised way stateless.
“Ive got a Big Un” that’s your problem.
(o|o) (o|o) ☆彡^5 ☆彡
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STILLHOPE / November 16, 2013
See the difference clearly, the high commissioner to the UK is an academic while the counterpart in the states – President^s cousin -Jaliya is a just a tea taster… Even if I would not agree with Dr. Nonis, his arguments are more or less agreeable except the fact LLRC recommendations stay unimplemented so far. IC should pressure on that rather than anything specifically pointing out what stand on their way not to implement even simple kind of LLRC recommendations yet ?
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Patriot / November 15, 2013
Just because he speaks eloquently, it does not mean what he says is true. He is just a well paid puppet of the corrupt dictatorship of the country.
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Sri Lanka / November 15, 2013
Well said sir..
“Because we respect the independence and sovereignty of your country and we expect you to respect ours. We don’t need an international investigation when we’ve had a vibrant civilization for over two and a half thousand years; we have perfectly educated people and I think we’re perfectly capable of carrying out our own domestic inquiry”
All the mess is created by Tamils who live outside of Sri Lanka. Those guys needs to get their VISA’s extended by saying that SL is not a safe a place anymore. If you take large cities in Sri Lanka, nearly 40% of them are Tamils. Terrorism Sucks. Just admit that.
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crazyoldmansl / November 15, 2013
White vans. Impunity. Killing of journalists. Subversion of the independence of the judiciary. All these are to be expected as part of our “vibrant democracy” and 2500 year old sinhala buddhist culture. The corporate sector has thrown its weight behind the sinhala buddhist project and this is what explains very clearly the weakness of the opposition. When the government and the opposition both share the same ideological basis this is what can be expected.
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crazyoldmansl / November 15, 2013
It is time for the minorities to flee.
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gamini / November 15, 2013
This man Chris Nonis does not understand that when MR was obstructed to address the Oxford Union it was not the British Govt that obstructed, but the Tamil Diaspora. Here in Sri Lanka the Chanel 4 was obstructed by State Govt Goons organised by MR. This dumb Diplomut does not understand the difference and is very happy he scored points over the interviewer.
This State involvement is precisely what the world is harping on, violating Human Rights even today. Thanks to Mandana Ismail Abeywardene’s husband coming late saved her life, otherwise she would have been killed and this type of Diplomut would have twisted facts to suit that it was a killing from a common robbery.
The irony is that notwithstanding the education, there are Buggers as these Chris Nonis type willing to bend over for this MR Hooligans.
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gamini / November 15, 2013
It would have been ideal had the Tamil Diaspora allowed this ‘Kanu Kata’ to deliver that speech which would have provided Humour to the whole world.
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srilal / November 16, 2013
Gamini ,
” ‘Kanu Kata’ to deliver that speech which would have provided Humour to the whole world.”
i don’t agree with Chris Nonis’s political alliance and his political views but this guy is an exceptionally talented person, he is a well established businessman ( runs a million dollar company -Mcwoods) and a medical doctor (Alumina of Imperial college)by profession , have you ever wondered why did price Charles confirmed his participation well in advance ? i know he uttered some lies and tried to protect his master , but try to compare with other clowns (especially the US & Russian ones )i often wonder why he decided to take up this job ?
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Spring Koha / November 16, 2013
Srilal,
Chris Nonis is one of our most eminent brown sahibs, brought up on the extradited profits of a former colonial mercantile house. Mackwoods came into the hands of the Nonis Mendis clan and they didn’t disappoint the old colonial masters with their psychopathic business plan to make money screwing the natives and enjoying the proceeds in cooler climes. Young Chris, to the manor born, was given (like the others of the same ilk) an education far from the sweating masses of mother lanka and after a forgettable ‘career’ in medicine he has now taken on the family business yoke. Meanwhile, a little service to the mother country will not go amiss, especially if it fattens the Chairman’s contacts book. Truth to tell, in old days his antecedants would have run a mile from the likes of the parvenu Rajapaksa’s; But business is business (as they say in Old Jerusalem) and these days our Chris has to bite his tongue and hobnob with the likes of Keheliya, Guslub, Mervyn et al (and even hail Bandula as colleague). All a bit of a come down but the lad is adapting well and it was quite impressive how he held his intonation under pressure. Apparently he manages the trick in London too, from where I hear, his speeches to expatriate diaspora have been particularly patronising.
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STILLHOPE / November 16, 2013
Gamini@,
Again, you are spot on <:)
Just now having watched CNN europe, I think from today on, it will not be easy for MR regime.
They clearly made it clear the grave questions that MR has to answer are
a) Why his regime failed to implement many of LLRC reco.
b) Why he had to impeach country^s CJ unconstituionally
c) Why the many of the tamil areas have still been millitarised
d) Why the tamils in nothern soils are still dissatisfied, pictures of the people^s demos in the visit of Camerans to Jaffna yesterday are repeatedly showing today here
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Liberal One / November 15, 2013
Self loathing Gamini(if you are really a sinhalese), Chris Nonis is paid by the tax payers of Sri Lanka to defend Sri Lanka. He did his job well. What do you want him to do?
Channel 4 is obviously biased against Sri Lanka, which to the delight of self loathing, short sighted people like you. Govt goons also should have the right to protest like the tamil diaspora have in England, don’t they?
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gamini / November 16, 2013
Liberal One,
There is a difference between Govt paid Goons made to demonstrate and supporters of govt. demonstarting which is not the case here. So how can you be Liberal if you are unable to differentiate between the two?
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kris / November 15, 2013
when Mahinda visit to UK LTTE terrorist diaspora stop him duying the the oxford university speech, no one argue about that bit now you are worrying about cheap journalist like Chanel 4 blockage from sri lankan people , man grow up
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Percy / November 15, 2013
It is very pathetic all are behind C4 ,we must understand that C4 has screened all video’s about human right abuses,rape,extra judicial killings,executions by government forces,as a legitimate state they are bound to protect all conventions sign & agreed,They are voicing to take proper investigation for civilian casualties & those who killed when they were surrendered to government forces.It is not to the LTTE combatants who were died in the battle field.
Sadam Hussain was captured but not executed at the same point until he was brought to the court & had a impartial trail.
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george jilmart / November 15, 2013
What a bloody liar and stooge. Sorry you did not convince us with your crap. The regime will look after you very well you f… prick.
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Dick Erikson / November 15, 2013
Pretty disappointed, huh? ;)
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Javi / November 16, 2013
Tadpole (゜゜)～ disappointed (゜゜)～ tadpole
What do you mean, took them out of their shells?
Dickybird like Goldfish in a blender it smells disgusting-stay away.
Ö Ö Ö 0:3
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Banda / November 15, 2013
Chris Nonis has done a very good job for everything he said at the CNN interview is the truth and nothing but the truth.
Hooligans, rump LTTE, separatists and their direct and indirect supporters can cry foul, grease yaka, white van, war crimes or whatever they like. What is important is, after LTTE had been vanquished on May 19th, 2009 no bombs were exploded in Sri Lanka anywhere. Any visitor can see that people enjoy freedom, democracy and peace in Sri Lanka.
Before the said date, people of Sri Lanka were not sure they could come home in one piece after going out to work or whatever. Those who live in the west and cry against the so-called human rights abuses today, have financed LTTE to buy all types of bombs and weapons for decades.
Adela, a British subject had been garlanding cyanide necklaces to 384 suicide bombers who blasted themselves to kill and maim tens of thousands of the young, the sick and the old civilian commuters. And she still lives there with impunity. And the British PM want to investigate war crimes. I say, the British PM should start investigations from Adela.
This separatist war lasted 33years of war. And Civilians were killed throughout the war. LTTE had killed very many Tamil leaders. They had kidnapped young children and used them as sentries throughout the war. Why call to investigate only the last few months of the war. That is just hypocrisy for many of the missing that mothers are crying must be among those kidnapped by LTTE.
Great majority of people in this country support Rajapakse for he has put a stop to that vicious war. And he has improved the living standard of of the People more than any other president. What more proof than Rajapakse winning every election since becoming the President. He’ll win all coming up elections as well. And the opposition UNP will keep losing for it has an unpatriotic agenda.
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ampa / November 16, 2013
Stop sucking bum.
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Native Vedda / November 16, 2013
Banda
Have you finished your home work? You are supposed to be reading R A L H Gunawardana’s research papers on Aryan Sinhala Hydraulic civilisation.
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namal perera / November 17, 2013
banda, please get your head examined. your powers of understanding and reasoning indicate that the lunatic asylum is the place for you.
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Ellam / November 15, 2013
Mr. Nonis, you are blinded and like an ostrich, you are hiding under the lies and fabrication of the truth.
How can you say it is small minority. You are a pawn in the hands of Mr. MR.
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