Monday, May 18, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Mythbusters
Mythbusting Tamil Separatist Claims
1) State Aid Colonization of Sinhalese in Tamil Homelamd
First, there is no Tamil Homeland in Sri Lanka. Tamil Homeland is in Tamil Nadu, India. The name says it all. Second, there had been some re-settlements of Sinhalese in areas of abandoned Sinhalese villages created by ancient Sinhalese kings where they built tanks for agricultural purposes. None of the Tamils lost land due to this resettlements.
1) State Aid Colonization of Sinhalese in Tamil Homelamd
First, there is no Tamil Homeland in Sri Lanka. Tamil Homeland is in Tamil Nadu, India. The name says it all. Second, there had been some re-settlements of Sinhalese in areas of abandoned Sinhalese villages created by ancient Sinhalese kings where they built tanks for agricultural purposes. None of the Tamils lost land due to this resettlements.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Video links related to our crisis
Video on Tamil tigers and their fanaticism
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlYVYvaD5PI&feature=related
Good interview between a Tamil and a Sinhalese on Nihal's radio program:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgGrUu4mhdM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8NJ275rpLc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY5U4Xfven0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reTmytEAf-4&feature=related
Discussion between Lord Naseby, Conservative Peer and Chair of All Party Parliamentary Group on Sri Lanka, Tamil Forum member Suren Suthanthiran, Sinhala Association President Douglas Wickramaratne, and Robert Evans of Labor Party. Moderated by Jeremy Corbyn.
http://www.presstv.ir/Programs/player/Default.aspx?id=88222
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlYVYvaD5PI&feature=related
Good interview between a Tamil and a Sinhalese on Nihal's radio program:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgGrUu4mhdM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8NJ275rpLc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY5U4Xfven0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reTmytEAf-4&feature=related
Discussion between Lord Naseby, Conservative Peer and Chair of All Party Parliamentary Group on Sri Lanka, Tamil Forum member Suren Suthanthiran, Sinhala Association President Douglas Wickramaratne, and Robert Evans of Labor Party. Moderated by Jeremy Corbyn.
http://www.presstv.ir/Programs/player/Default.aspx?id=88222
Sri Lanka Genocide Face To Face
Here Dr. Anna Neistat of HRW participate with the discussion with some pro-LTTE members.Thursday, February 19, 2009
Selling Genocide to Save Terrorists
Dr. Kohona kicks some MIA booties during the Travis Smiley interview.
There is not even a pesticide in Sri Lanka.
http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200902/20090218_kohona.html
There is not even a pesticide in Sri Lanka.
http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200902/20090218_kohona.html
Anti LTTE Terrorism Slogans
Genocide for Sale ... to save terrorism
SubPrime Genocide to Mortgage Terrorism
Don't prostitute democracy to save Terrorism
Don't waste American Democracy to save Terrorists
Genocide is the Lifeline for Tiger Terrorism
American Democracy can't save Terrorism
Don't mortgage your children for a fantasy land
Tamil Talibans go to Washington
Genocide - Hail Mary Pass of Terrorists
American Dream = Sri Lankan Dream
Death to Terrorism
Genocide is the Rescue Package for Terrorism
That side is auditioning for Tamil-American Terrorist Idol
Desperate Terrorist Savers
Help Sri Lanka drain Terrorist Mojo
Will NOT work for Terrorists
Change you can believe in
(Kicking Terrorist Butt)
Imagine a protest to save Saddam!
911 Never Again
We support Terrorism free America, Sri Lanka
SubPrime Genocide to Mortgage Terrorism
Don't prostitute democracy to save Terrorism
Don't waste American Democracy to save Terrorists
Genocide is the Lifeline for Tiger Terrorism
American Democracy can't save Terrorism
Don't mortgage your children for a fantasy land
Tamil Talibans go to Washington
Genocide - Hail Mary Pass of Terrorists
American Dream = Sri Lankan Dream
Death to Terrorism
Genocide is the Rescue Package for Terrorism
That side is auditioning for Tamil-American Terrorist Idol
Desperate Terrorist Savers
Help Sri Lanka drain Terrorist Mojo
Will NOT work for Terrorists
Change you can believe in
(Kicking Terrorist Butt)
Imagine a protest to save Saddam!
911 Never Again
We support Terrorism free America, Sri Lanka
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Why we have a war in Sri Lanka?
I lived half of my adult life in Sri Lanka and other half away. During that time, I was able to see the both side of this war in Sri Lanka. Most people find it difficult to understand what this war is about. Is this an ethnic crisis, a terrorism problem, a freedom fight, fight against resistance? The list goes on.
If you look at the Tamil community, it has been a discriminating community for thousands of years due to Hindu caste system. That discrimination has kept certain underprivileged Tamils enjoying what the life has to offer. It is common to see Tami l millionaires and Tamil coolies who clean bathrooms in Sr Lanka side by side. Tamils are the most socially polarized minority in Sri Lanka. Caste system creates opportunities for human exploitation. The social oppression within Tamil community always existed even before alleged oppression claims against Sinhalese surfaced.
Let’s take LTTE Tiger leader Prabhakaran. He is known as the 7th grade dropout and a petty thief. He had no chance of emerging within the Tamil society as anyone. According to elite Tamil's standards, he won't even be hired as a domestic helper. In that sense, he would have had better chance in life among Sinhalese. Why Prabhakaran care about the freedom of Tamil people? He declared the war against elite Tamils first and killed all his rivals. Why Tamil Diaspora doesn’t care about his killing of Tamils? Well, that tells all the claims against Sinhalese are just political.
It is quite possible elite Tamils had a biggest ego in Sri Lanka. When their bottoms were whipped by certain Sinhalese leadership, they hired Prabhakaran who was a low caster himself to carry out dirty work against Sinhalese. Then they wrote the theme song for the struggle and pasted words like ‘discrimination’, ‘homeland’, ‘oppression’, and ‘chauvinism’ as justifications.
The bottom line is, there is no real motive for Tamils as an ethnic group for this war. They are so many different Tamil groups in Sri Lankan and they all have their own motives. The motives of Prabhakaran and Tamil Diaspora are different. They had to fake the reasons for this war to show the world about the homeland dream of Tamil elite. Since the reasons for this war is faked, there is no passion among most of Tamil people to support this war. That is why LTTE had to kidnap Tamil children for the war front and extort money from Tamils living around the world. If you motivate your people by fear for a cause your goal will never be successful.
Today Tamil Diaspora is doing what they do the best. Manipulating and wasting resources of the west to put an effort to stop the war. They are using Tamil civilian as reason for a cease-fire to keep Tigers alive. The truth is that Diaspora never cared about the plight innocent Tamil civilians. For them, the war is a game. They hate to see the game come to an end.
The war will end soon since the reasons they show why the war exist are so fake.
If you look at the Tamil community, it has been a discriminating community for thousands of years due to Hindu caste system. That discrimination has kept certain underprivileged Tamils enjoying what the life has to offer. It is common to see Tami l millionaires and Tamil coolies who clean bathrooms in Sr Lanka side by side. Tamils are the most socially polarized minority in Sri Lanka. Caste system creates opportunities for human exploitation. The social oppression within Tamil community always existed even before alleged oppression claims against Sinhalese surfaced.
Let’s take LTTE Tiger leader Prabhakaran. He is known as the 7th grade dropout and a petty thief. He had no chance of emerging within the Tamil society as anyone. According to elite Tamil's standards, he won't even be hired as a domestic helper. In that sense, he would have had better chance in life among Sinhalese. Why Prabhakaran care about the freedom of Tamil people? He declared the war against elite Tamils first and killed all his rivals. Why Tamil Diaspora doesn’t care about his killing of Tamils? Well, that tells all the claims against Sinhalese are just political.
It is quite possible elite Tamils had a biggest ego in Sri Lanka. When their bottoms were whipped by certain Sinhalese leadership, they hired Prabhakaran who was a low caster himself to carry out dirty work against Sinhalese. Then they wrote the theme song for the struggle and pasted words like ‘discrimination’, ‘homeland’, ‘oppression’, and ‘chauvinism’ as justifications.
The bottom line is, there is no real motive for Tamils as an ethnic group for this war. They are so many different Tamil groups in Sri Lankan and they all have their own motives. The motives of Prabhakaran and Tamil Diaspora are different. They had to fake the reasons for this war to show the world about the homeland dream of Tamil elite. Since the reasons for this war is faked, there is no passion among most of Tamil people to support this war. That is why LTTE had to kidnap Tamil children for the war front and extort money from Tamils living around the world. If you motivate your people by fear for a cause your goal will never be successful.
Today Tamil Diaspora is doing what they do the best. Manipulating and wasting resources of the west to put an effort to stop the war. They are using Tamil civilian as reason for a cease-fire to keep Tigers alive. The truth is that Diaspora never cared about the plight innocent Tamil civilians. For them, the war is a game. They hate to see the game come to an end.
The war will end soon since the reasons they show why the war exist are so fake.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Is there a Genocide in Sri Lanka?
Genocide is not happening in Sri Lanka. Plenty of other nasty things are; but genocide is not one of them.
John Thompson
President - The Mackenzie
Institute in Toronto
The LTTE and its supporters in the international Tamil Diaspora they dominate would like us to slap the label of ‘genocide’ onto the Sri Lankan government. Ignore this campaign.
LTTE claims to represent all Tamils on the Island; and murdered tens of thousands of them to underscore the point. They’ve killed Tamils from rival insurgent movements, from federalist parties, schoolteachers who wouldn’t let them recruit children from their classrooms, people who wouldn’t pay extorted ‘war taxes’, and many more.
The Sri Lankan government is certainly guilty of human rights abuses, and the current government’s behaviour can be very troubling. Yet genocide is one crime that they cannot be accused of; no matter how shrill the wailing from Tiger’s propaganda outlets.
Canada should retract its call for a ceasefire in Sri Lanka, and instead call on the Tigers to surrender. As for those people busy pressing the ‘genocide’ button; leave it alone. It won’t work if it keeps being misused.
John Thompson
President - The Mackenzie
Institute in Toronto
The LTTE and its supporters in the international Tamil Diaspora they dominate would like us to slap the label of ‘genocide’ onto the Sri Lankan government. Ignore this campaign.
LTTE claims to represent all Tamils on the Island; and murdered tens of thousands of them to underscore the point. They’ve killed Tamils from rival insurgent movements, from federalist parties, schoolteachers who wouldn’t let them recruit children from their classrooms, people who wouldn’t pay extorted ‘war taxes’, and many more.
The Sri Lankan government is certainly guilty of human rights abuses, and the current government’s behaviour can be very troubling. Yet genocide is one crime that they cannot be accused of; no matter how shrill the wailing from Tiger’s propaganda outlets.
Canada should retract its call for a ceasefire in Sri Lanka, and instead call on the Tigers to surrender. As for those people busy pressing the ‘genocide’ button; leave it alone. It won’t work if it keeps being misused.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Monday, February 9, 2009
Video against Global Tamil Terroristism Network.
Tamil Tigers (LTTE) : Racket in Paris
Tamil Hindu Gang Crime in London
LTTE terrorising UK Tamils Part 1 of 3, part 2 of 3, part 3 of 3.
CBC News: Toronto's Tamil protesters exposed
Undoing Tamil Suicide Terrorism
UN Webcast on Sri Lanka: : UN believes government side of the story of refugees/genocide after visiting liberated areas.
Tamil Hindu Gang Crime in London
LTTE terrorising UK Tamils Part 1 of 3, part 2 of 3, part 3 of 3.
CBC News: Toronto's Tamil protesters exposed
Undoing Tamil Suicide Terrorism
UN Webcast on Sri Lanka: : UN believes government side of the story of refugees/genocide after visiting liberated areas.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Speaking of Faith Audio on Buddhism
http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/2009/buddhaintheworld/
Discussion with: Pankaj Mishra
The audio of the discussion:
http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/speakingoffaith/20070531_buddhaintheworld_uc-raw.mp3
18 min:
http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/speakingoffaith/20070531_buddhaintheworld_uc-mishra.mp3
Discussion with: Pankaj Mishra
Pankaj Mishra is an Indian journalist and author of several books, including An End to Suffering: The Buddha in the World. He is also a regular contributor to the New York Times and the British newspaper The Guardian.
The audio of the discussion:
http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/speakingoffaith/20070531_buddhaintheworld_uc-raw.mp3
18 min:
http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/speakingoffaith/20070531_buddhaintheworld_uc-mishra.mp3
Monday, January 5, 2009
Active Sri Lankan blogs/forums
1) Lanka Academic
Well moderated unbiased forum with limited intellectual contributions.
2) Kalaya
Supposed to be the Sinhalese nationalist think tank inspired by Dr. Nalin de Silva's vision.
However the forum is run by ultra nationalist Sinhalese hypocrites sometimes act as dictators.
3) groundviews is a Sri Lankan citizen journalism initiative
Run by a Sanjana Haththotuwa and CPA (NGO in Sri Lanka).
Only views acceptable to Sanhana is allowed since he acts as Sinhalese Prabhakaran for posters with views against him. This is journalism created for self-promotion than serving a nation.
4) Defence wire
Like a famous contributor to DW said, this is 'half-assed' defence views and analysis of Sri Lanka's crisis. DW forum has been hijacked mainly by foolish Sinhalese. The content is heavily infested with profanity and very offensive for children and women. A nice playground for so-so intelligent Sinhalese and Tamil Sri Lankans.
5) Sri Lanka's government's own blog - Defence blog
Encore presentations of Defence wire bloggers are seen here.
Well moderated unbiased forum with limited intellectual contributions.
2) Kalaya
Supposed to be the Sinhalese nationalist think tank inspired by Dr. Nalin de Silva's vision.
However the forum is run by ultra nationalist Sinhalese hypocrites sometimes act as dictators.
3) groundviews is a Sri Lankan citizen journalism initiative
Run by a Sanjana Haththotuwa and CPA (NGO in Sri Lanka).
Only views acceptable to Sanhana is allowed since he acts as Sinhalese Prabhakaran for posters with views against him. This is journalism created for self-promotion than serving a nation.
4) Defence wire
Like a famous contributor to DW said, this is 'half-assed' defence views and analysis of Sri Lanka's crisis. DW forum has been hijacked mainly by foolish Sinhalese. The content is heavily infested with profanity and very offensive for children and women. A nice playground for so-so intelligent Sinhalese and Tamil Sri Lankans.
5) Sri Lanka's government's own blog - Defence blog
Encore presentations of Defence wire bloggers are seen here.
Welcome to 'It is our land Sri Lanka' blog
Let's our children define our mission form this nice song:
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Welcome all smart and intelligent Sri Lankan minds.
Rakimu ape Siri Lak Amma (Let's protect our mother land Sri Lanka)
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Welcome all smart and intelligent Sri Lankan minds.
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