times,  Sun Feb 21 21:32:38 EST 2010

    Modesty is apparently not a strong point for Namal Rajapaksa, the 23-year-old son of the Sri Lankan President and scion of Asia’s newest political dynasty.

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Never seen an ex Thomian caring common people of the country.

http://www.theacademic.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=82737&highlight=thomian#82737


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Rise of Sri Lankan President’s son Namal Rajapaksa sparks concern

Article heading says the above. I would like to know how Namal Rajapakse's entry into politics can be a concern. This article does not provide any substantial evidence to be concerned other than the fact that he IS the son of the President. So does that mean the only criteria to be concerend is just having a connection with the Rajapakses?


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No matter that the keen rugby player only achieved a third class law degree when he graduated from London’s City University in September.

What does it mean? London's City University is it same as City University London. The Uni in reference is it a third calss University (call it a educational bucket shop) which offers good for nothing cirts? Or the wording is twisted that this lad got a class three from a well recognised educational institution?
Which is which? What I could see though if he got it from City Univercity London thats a well recognised institutions for Law studies.


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bad west.
they are trying to destabilise the country.
Cabraal says country is nor sale as if west is trying to buy it out.
these politicians blame USA, UK, Norway is trying to overthorw MR.
west is bad, and China is the best friend.

Why don't thy send their kids to study in China ?

Negombo wrote:

bad west.
they are trying to destabilise the country.
Cabraal says country is nor sale as if west is trying to buy it out.
these politicians blame USA, UK, Norway is trying to overthorw MR.
west is bad, and China is the best friend.

Why don't thy send their kids to study in China ?

Because they have developed hard head and thick skin.

ray wrote:

Negombo wrote:

bad west.
they are trying to destabilise the country.
Cabraal says country is nor sale as if west is trying to buy it out.
these politicians blame USA, UK, Norway is trying to overthorw MR.
west is bad, and China is the best friend.

Why don't thy send their kids to study in China ?

Because they have developed hard head and thick skin.

and have no brain!


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votercooray wrote:

and have no brain!

Exactly - that's why MR is where he is and the "hansaya" is languishing at Navy HQ - It's fairly obvious who has the brains

I wonder whether the same grave concerns were expressed when Chandrika Bandaranaike, Dudley Senanayake, Rukman Senanayake et al, entered politics ???

Did the Times ever carry the headlines "Rise of Sri Lankan PM's son Dudley Senanayake sparks concern" or "Rise of Sri Lankan PM's daughter Chandrika Bandaranaike sparks concern" or "Rise of Sri Lankan President's nephew Ranil Wickremasinghe sparks concern"

Or is the concern reserved only for non-Waluwwa folk ?

Negombo wrote:

Why don't thy send their kids to study in China ?

Perhaps because China has not yet developed a reputation in education

While their system obviously produces brilliant people capable of meeting or even exceeding their Western counterparts, it is hamstrung in the fact that it is not English-based. As long as English is the lingua-franca of the world, English-based systems will have the advantage

It's ony a matter of time though - personally, I see Mandarin overtaking English within the next 100 years - Even in the West, people are dropping the usual French/German/Spanish/Italian centric foreign language studies in favor of Mandarin and/or Cantonese

votercooray wrote:

ray wrote:

Negombo wrote:

bad west.
they are trying to destabilise the country.
Cabraal says country is nor sale as if west is trying to buy it out.
these politicians blame USA, UK, Norway is trying to overthorw MR.
west is bad, and China is the best friend.

Why don't thy send their kids to study in China ?

Because they have developed hard head and thick skin.

and have no brain!

Be nice... Please don't insult our future saviour and President/Crown Prince. You may
be labeled unpatriotic.

BTW Jeremy Page is the guy who got deported from SL and he has an axe to grind..

Never heard of a "Third class" degree but seen a few Third class Journalists.


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>> "I wonder whether the same grave concerns were expressed when Chandrika Bandaranaike, Dudley Senanayake, Rukman Senanayake et al, entered politics ???"

No. Or Sajith, Dinesh, Naveen, even MR himself, all sons of well-established politicians. The grave concern is related to the behavior, violence, corruption, arrogance now associated with the current administration and their kin.

Negombo wrote:

bad west.
they are trying to destabilise the country.
Cabraal says country is nor sale as if west is trying to buy it out.
these politicians blame USA, UK, Norway is trying to overthorw MR.
west is bad, and China is the best friend.

Why don't thy send their kids to study in China ?

For the same reason that Singapore sends their cream of the crop (including present PM while a student) to US and other western nations for studies while brush off all cries for human rights.


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crow wrote:

even MR himself, all sons of well-established politicians. The grave concern is related to the behavior, violence, corruption, arrogance now associated with the current administration and their kin.

Thanks. This is the first time I heard that a sitting president is considered to be not a well-established politician !!!

... hmmm.. - One moment. I need to check which universe I am in.. nope.. no problem there. It's the same universe..

How about someone who has no political experience or antecedents whatsoever and has got caught with massive sums of highly suspicious and undeclared black money ? I wonder whether that is the new Gold Standard for being a well-established, reputable politician ?  

crow wrote:

No. Or Sajith, Dinesh, Naveen, even MR himself, all sons of well-established politicians. The grave concern is related to the behavior, violence, corruption, arrogance now associated with the current administration and their kin.

Yepeee..... so Sajith should have no business in politics considering his father's admin's violent history. Same should go to Gamini's sons. And above all RW should be in prison for what his auncle JR responsible of (actually he should be in prison for Batalanda anyway). Considering all this, why the nastiness only towards Namal? When you see how offsprings of politicians behave these days I think Namal is behaving admirably.


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Dammika wrote:

For the same reason that Singapore sends their cream of the crop (including present PM while a student) to US and other western nations for studies while brush off all cries for human rights.

... but.. but...
Singapore gooooooood and SriLanka baaaaaad for the same reason ?
How can that be ?