{"id":135137,"date":"2014-12-19T09:32:21","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T04:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=135137"},"modified":"2014-12-24T00:06:20","modified_gmt":"2014-12-23T18:36:20","slug":"in-defense-of-solangaarachchi-and-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/in-defense-of-solangaarachchi-and-others\/","title":{"rendered":"In Defense Of Solangaarachchi And Others"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Hema Senanayake<\/span><\/a> \u2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Hema<\/a>

Hema Senanayake<\/p><\/div>\n

President Mahinda Rajapaksa<\/span><\/a> recently said \u201cMy hands are not tainted with blood or dirt<\/span><\/a>.\u201d He further said that, \u201cOn the day my hands are got tainted, I would cut them off.\u201d From the gesture he made while saying this, anybody would think that he was going to cut his hands off below the elbow if they got tainted. This was a serious statement. Why?<\/p>\n

It is because the word \u201cblood\u201d mentioned in his comments refers to \u201ckilling of human beings\u201d and the word \u201cdirt\u201d must be referring to \u201ccorruptions.\u201d Therefore, Sir, I believe you. But believe me too. It is certain that somebody\u2019s hands in your administration are tainted with \u201cblood.\u201d Yet, I plead you not to cut his \u201chands off\u201d but cut him off from the administration.<\/p>\n

Can any reader of this article ever imagine of a killing of a man by you yourself? I tried to think of myself. I am close to 60 years now. I do not remember that even a thought of killing a man ever crossed my mind. Unpremeditated killing for self-defence is not treated as a crime by law. Still, when I think about it, I feel that I would not kill even in self-defense. However, this does not mean to suggest that you should abstain from using your right to self-defence if you choose to do so. Instead I want to say is that it is extremely difficult for a cultured man to kill or conspire to kill a human being. But such killings do happen in our country.<\/p>\n

\"Prasanna<\/a>

Prasanna Solangaarachchi<\/p><\/div>\n

Prasanna Solangaarachchi<\/span><\/a> is the former Chairman, Kotkawatte-Mulleriyawa Pradeshiya Sabha. He now says that some people are conspiring to kill him for changing his political allegiance from the President’s party to the common opposition candidate. Since he blames the politicos for the conspiracy, those people who seek his death should fall into the category of \u201ccultured men.\u201d Unfortunately cultured men opted to do cold blooded killings.<\/p>\n

By any definition Lasantha Wickrematunge<\/span><\/a> and Prageeth Ekneligoda<\/span><\/a> were not criminals. Some \u201ccultured men\u201d should behind the crimes. Why do they do such crimes? I can\u2019t ever imagine that some \u201ccultured men\u201d do have a hand in those crimes. I guess that they do not have a criminal mindset. Then how those killings happened and possibly could happen in the run up to the polls and after the presidential election?<\/p>\n

I am not a psychologist to answer the above question. But I am inclined to believe one important data presented by Newsweek report on the school shooters in USA. Out of all school shooters the report says that, \u201ca staggering 98 percent had recently experienced what they considered a significant failure or loss\u201d (The Bottom Line).<\/p>\n

I opted to select this data because almost all shootings were premeditated. So is all politically instigated killings, both the killer and the boss must have premeditated the killing. Accordingly there is a common element in both kinds of killings. If Solangaarachchi was to be killed, the boss of the killer should have premeditated it. He might be identified as a cultured man but definitely he should have experienced a \u201csignificant failure or loss.\u201d Such feelings might be a reason behind all mass murders planned and executed. I earnestly request the \u201ccultured political bosses\u201d not to feel that way. Let us stop premeditated politically instigated killings. We can save lives and the country\u2019s dignity. The Pope is also coming soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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