Today Lead story – Ministry of Defence Website –
President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that all have to ensure that petty rivalries relating to ethnic, religious and cultural issues are a burden that future generation should never have to bear and the children should be taught to look beyond such petty differences and live in harmonious co-existence while respecting ethnic, religious and cultural plurality.
He said that the children should be taught the value of humanity.
The President made these comments addressing a function held in Matara yesterday in connection with the opening of the newly built Mahinda Rajapaksa College in Matara, under the 1,000 secondary schools programme.
He said Sri Lanka is a united country today and petty differences which created divisions in the past should not exist any more. The President said that emphasis on ensuring equity in access to quality education for all, irrespective of where they live were paying rich dividends.
He pointed out that top rankings had been grabbed by children from rural schools in recent examinations. The President said he had travelled to the North, East, Central, Southern and other parts of the country and had witnessed a major change in the attitudes of students.
The President said that the students exude more confidence now, and the government is also confident that children would make optimum use of the facilities they have been given. While pointing out to students that they were hailing from an area which over the years had produced a large number of intellectuals who served the country with distinction, the President urged the children to follow their path.
Mentioning about the progress as a whole in the area, President Rajapaksa said the government’s efforts have brought unprecedented development to the south.
After opening the school, the first student of the college was admitted in the presence of the President and later he made the first entry in the school log book. The President also launched the new website of the School.
Ministers Bandula Gunewardene, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardene, Lakshman Yapa Abeywardene and Dullas Alahapperuma, Chief Minister of the Southern Province Shan Wijeyalal de Silva MPs Sanath Jayasuriya, Wijeya Dahanayake and Hemalal Gunesekara, Southern Province Education Minister Chandima Rasaputhra and several other peoples representatives also attended the function.
In another function held in Matara yesterday, the President also declared open the twin three stories buildings of the Sujatha College, Matara. (niz).
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GIORA / February 19, 2013
BEFORE YOU TEACH CHILDREN To Value Humanity TEACH YOUR SELF AND RAJAPASSA CLAN TO STOP STEALING AND RESPECT DEMOCRACY. THUG, THIEF, DICTATOR. DONT TALK BS.
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Dodo / February 19, 2013
Boy Oh Boy what a hypocrite!’
Mahinda Rajapakse and his brother Gota the White van goon need to face a war crimes trial for killing children.
CT Editor, please put the pics of Prabakaran’s dead son here and the truth will be clear to all – the regimes double speak.. killing a Tamil Children and then talking rot about humanity..
Rajapassa Bros. never fail to use the language of war – whether its the “war on Dengue” or “the war on poverty” or crime is talking humanity like its mouthpiece the Bodu Bala Sena.. to justify MILITARIZATION of Lanka 4 years after war ended..
The Bodu Bala Sena is a manifestation of the Rajapassa regime’s love for war within the nation to stay in power. BBS is a face of the regime which it uses to stir up trouble and distance itself from.. Indeed the regime is “the necessary and sufficient condition” for the existence of BBS. Its language and rhetoric gives the game away – Militarized Sinhala Buddhism that the Rajapassa brothers have branded for Sri Lanka..
The Rajapakse regime, particularly Gota the white van goon who keeps militarizing the country and their fundamentalist acolytes of the BBS have WAR NOSTALGIA. Bodu Bala Sena literally translates in to the “Buddha’s power army” is clearly a front for the Rajapakse regime, it serves to DIVIDE AND RULE and distract the masses. The Rajapakse regime while pretending to accommodate minorities, is dividing the people and ironically following the Pakistan Model of ethnic violence to justify and propel MILITARIZATION of Lanka.. A Dangerous Game indeed because BLOW BACK is inevitable.. BBS will grow into a Frankenstein that Rajapassa can not control.. like the LTTE which was nurtured by India’s RAW which killed Rajive Gandhi..
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Anja / February 19, 2013
Yes agree, after reading these lines, what came to my mind was- he abused his children but preaching the sake of others today.
As far as my info are concerned, his son´s law degree was almost an organised one. Issues get heaped where he has abused the nation, country and almost everything sofar. So trying to fool the nation further.
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Lion / February 19, 2013
Anja your information is exactly correct don’t have any doubt about it.His son is a fake lawyer.At the law examination this fool got 98 marks for the law of contract question paper.The paper was marked by the law college principal Rodrigo who gave this fool a separate place to answer his papers in the law exam.( One law college student has gone to courts on this issue)No students in the history of law college had obtained such a higher marks for that paper.Rouge Rodrigo was made a Presidents Council as the price for his action.This was revealed in Rawaya news paper in detail.If it is a fabricated story those accused could have gone to the courts.The story is absolutely true.
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Native Vedda / February 20, 2013
Lion
“Teach The Children To Value Humanity – Mahinda Rajapaksa”
In fact Rajapaksa clan must learn from children the value of humanity.
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mike / February 23, 2013
Our Hitlerpaksha (Idi Mahin) has also abused himself by purporting to be a “lawyer”???
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Lion / February 19, 2013
“OVA DENU PARAHATA THAMA SAMMATHAYE PIHITA” practice before you preach.The worst leader the Srilanka ever had.He robbed the war from the General he and his brothers robbing the country with the blessing of self serving pigs in the parliament.Pacha Peris Cj is now giving the legal cover for all these.This country is doomed.
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lawyer / February 19, 2013
DGM – Dictator Gone Mad
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aj / February 19, 2013
HAHAHA KILLER TALKING ABOUT CHILD? WHAT ABOUT BALACHANDRAN KILLED BY YOUR FORCE?
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Donald Duck / February 19, 2013
“……………. live in harmonious co-existence while respecting ethnic, religious and cultural plurality”??????????
Good grief! This is rich coming from a man who sanctioned the cold-blooded murder of a 12-year old child!!!!!!!
How would he have reacted if this innocent child happened to be one of his sons?
How does this hypocrite sleep at night? Doesn’t he have a conscience?
And how does he expect our children to live in “…..harmonious co-existence bla bla bla” when he is setting the example of his brand of ‘harmonious co-existence’ by using Buddhist monks to harass a section of his constituents- the Sri Lankan Muslims?
Mr. President, you won the war against the LTTE. Thank you very much so instead of starting another war, now please go home and let us Sri Lankans live in peace.
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Dushy Ranetunge / February 19, 2013
yeah, right…now go and change all the road names to Sinhala Buddhist ones……bunch of nutters who don’t know their arse from their elbow…..
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Aney Apochchi! / February 21, 2013
Dushy:
I would suggest “A-hole from a hole in the ground,” rather than the phrase you’ve used. That’s the only complaint I have with your comment!
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Bedrock Barney / February 19, 2013
Speaking of children. It is indeed a strange lesson that is being taught to the ‘first children’ by papa doc. In this lesson the great scorer is only interested in the result of the game, as to how it was played, can always be justified via a commission.
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GIORA / February 19, 2013
SRI LANKAN LEADER MR RAJAPASSA IS AN IDIOT. NO1 FOOL IN THE WHOLE WORLD. EVEN HIS BROTHERS ARE FOOLS. BUT SMARTER IN ROBBING THE COUNTRY. ROBBING THE SRI LANKAN NATION UNTIL IT BECOMES SOMALIA. GREEDY BASTARDS. NO COMMON SENSE. DUMB ABOUT THE LAW/
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Safa / February 20, 2013
Tell the leaders, elders and teachers first. Sending children to the armed forces for leadership training is not a good idea. Armies are there to kill people. A neccesity but not an example to follow.
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ruki / February 20, 2013
This hypocritical monster and his diabolical brother were responsible for the killing of a 12 year old boy.The boy may have been the son of another monster but he was a CHILD. He could not be held responsible for the sins of his father.
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JULAAMPITYE AMARAYA / February 20, 2013
HEY YOU JARAPASSA;
“Teach The Children To Value Humanity – Mahinda Rajapaksa”
IS THIS only to Matara and Hambanthota.
BECAUSE WE ARE SO CALLED SINHALA BUDDHISTS.
It is not fair to TALK BIG like this and save Wijeweeras family, kids and kill Pirapaharans family and kids.
I HOPE;
YOU AND YOUR FAMILY CLAN [SELF CLAIMED, SO CALLED BUDDHISTS] WILL PAY FOR ALL THESE IN THIS LIFE.
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Kautilya / February 20, 2013
This bugger doesn’t have any love for the childrens. But to deceive the public he arrange photo sessions with children but he has no love to Prabakaran 12 year old son who was shots to death by ???????
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Lanka liar / February 20, 2013
Hold on Mahinda forgotten teaching them Ma Hinder Chindanaya. If you don’t who else will. Please don’t let them down. By the way when is Goata Chindanaya coming up
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Sulary / February 20, 2013
Sons & daugthers of VP need to be exterminated @ any cost. What’s the big fuss???
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Rohan / February 20, 2013
Do you like a collective wish from the readers… for your children to pay for you sins, Mr. Sulary?
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JULAAMPITYE AMARAYA / February 21, 2013
So do your kids too.
BUT WE NOT THAT TYPE OF BEASTLY LIKE YOU AND YOUR MASTER MA RA.
anyway Many Happy returns to your kids from us,
but not for YOU.
because still you are hounding BLOOD OF CHILDREN.
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GIORA / February 20, 2013
change the road sinhalese buddhist oneS? NOhey change the name of the road to rajapassa galled road, rajapassa mawatha , rajapassa maha handiya. He wants sri lanka to be Rajapassaland. What a fool/idiot is leading the country.
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Rev.Devil / February 20, 2013
Mr.President !! We always consider yours as ”Satanic versus”.
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aj / February 21, 2013
folks take it easy
Check this eternal classic, how meanigful lyrics and how true it is !!!
http://www.google.lk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CDMQtwIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DBlJT8r-7oFo&ei=9ZglUeqLD42GrAefooDwCA&usg=AFQjCNE-CilZU9Y1AX0782SsYhOJGM-Jlg&sig2=PbfcRnBDuP9-0qoSn01Kcg&bvm=bv.42661473,d.bmk
aj
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aj / February 21, 2013
here is a better rendition all female , good one too!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLX2jjg4kWs
aj
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jansee / February 25, 2013
Oh my God! Look who is talking?
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