IE,  Mon Feb 16 20:37:13 EST 2009

    COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa will soon meet Tamil political leaders to discuss a "democracy road map" for the areas seized from the Tamil Tigers.

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- The Academic

Mr. President..  Wrong Move..
Invite all parties to the party.  Democracy in the country is not just a Tamil Concern.  Don't go down that path..
Invite all parties including the opposition.

No ...This is a great move by MR...
All party conference is already there and all parties can put forward their ideas....

But this is to get the first hand information from the Tamil parties...MR should know exactly what the Tamil leaders expect..., especially in rehabilitating the war affected Tamils in North and east...

It should be done very quickly as MR says....Then we get the international support to rebuild the country and LTTE as no way around.....World would know who are the real Tamil leaders and who are the terrorists


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mng

Majority of the Tamils do not believe in the so called groups associated with the GOSL. This is historically true for the last 50+ years. The groups associated with the government are considered to to be traitors. So you can talk all you want about peace.. but only few will listen..

>>The groups associated with the government are considered to to be traitors.

That obviously is l.t.t.e line. That's why all alternate Tamil leadership has been liquidated by them in the past.

however, l.t.t.e 'attempted' to talk to govt in the past, even now they welcome opportunity to talk to the govt since their time is up;

aren't they also traitors by their own definition ?

mng wrote:

No ...This is a great move by MR...
All party conference is already there and all parties can put forward their ideas....

But this is to get the first hand information from the Tamil parties...MR should know exactly what the Tamil leaders expect..., especially in rehabilitating the war affected Tamils in North and east...

It should be done very quickly as MR says....Then we get the international support to rebuild the country and LTTE as no way around.....World would know who are the real Tamil leaders and who are the terrorists

Agree. MR is on the right track.
Also, at some point in future, north will have elections.
It's for everyone's good if mainstreaming process gets underway.

This is the difference between the ideal and being practical. It’s ideal to have everybody talking but will that be only talk?

 “Give voice to the people” to elect their representatives. “Bringing the people of Vanni in to the democratic main stream” through elections. “Rehabilitate the displaced families” getting the civil society working. That will start the ball rolling.
Rest will follow.


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thaya2004 wrote:

Majority of the Tamils do not believe in the so called groups associated with the GOSL. This is historically true for the last 50+ years. The groups associated with the government are considered to to be traitors. So you can talk all you want about peace.. but only few will listen..

Everyone knows why is this drama... Everything is for aid, aid and aid. That's it. With the aid, colonization for sinhalese and concentration camps for tamils will continue in the NE. You don't need to have Einstein's brain to understand Thudda Gaimunu's thinking.

MAC1 wrote:

This is the difference between the ideal and being practical. It’s ideal to have everybody talking but will that be only talk?

 “Give voice to the people” to elect their representatives. “Bringing the people of Vanni in to the democratic main stream” through elections. “Rehabilitate the displaced families” getting the civil society working. That will start the ball rolling.
Rest will follow.

One of the big obstacles to keep the ball rolling is not LTTE and it is a convenient excuse to devolve power and to continue with the occupation and oppression.
Let the tamils free and they will make both Sinhala south and the Tamil north and east free of violence.

http://ramblingsmind.blogspot.com/2008/08/monks-buddhist-monks-sri-lankan.html
Monks.. Buddhist Monks... Sri Lankan Buddhist Monks
 
Take a look at the third picture here.

Courtesy of Daily Mirror.

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Lord Buddha spoke of Peace, of Non Violence, of Love towards all beings.

Well.. isn' t it ironic that in Sri Lanka we have Buddhist Monks leading protests against peace in the North? That in Sri Lanka, this ethnic problem arose due to the ******ed sinhala buddhist mentality of this country?? Isn't even more ironic that monks are now in parliament, in violent protests (hurling grenades or something)? I don't know about you but these days I'm finding it very hard to show any respect to these yellow robed bald headed guys. Thats what they've reduced themselves to.


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By way of disclaimer, I know that not all monks are like this. There are honest, religious monks still out there in this very religious country of ours. But where do they draw the line between reverence and power? Which monks will not fall to the lows of these monks in the spotlight were they given the same opportunities? Is consumerism and global development hitting these guys harder than it hits us?

Not all Tamils are LTTE, not all Sinhalese are Mahinda and not all monks are the JHU Monks. But unless we (who are sane) figure out what to do with these oddities who keep throwing themselves in the limelight and givins us the bad name, this country is pretty much doomed.

http://www.groundreport.com/World/Sri-Lanka-Comeback-of-Sinhala-chauvinism

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As of the latest media reports, LTTE is in a cornered situation. Even this politico-military organization of Lankan Tamils has no more strength to face government military offensive. It could be told that LTTE is in the end of its existence. But Tamils could not be eliminated from their legitimate and historical homeland. So, this issue must be addressed politically. Chauvinism is not the solution. As an expectation form a peace loving one, it should be said that no comebacks of chauvinism.

p4a, looks like you want more changes.
you have to become an agent of change first.
That's what Mahatma Gandhi's famous quote says;

'become the change that you want to see'.

http://thinkexist.com/quotation/we_must_become_the_change_we_want_to_see/11442.html

dear p4all

peace4all wrote:

One of the big obstacles to keep the ball rolling is not LTTE and it is a convenient excuse to devolve power and to continue with the occupation and oppression.

The main obstacle most certainly has been the LTTE.  Nobody would trust an organization banned in most civilized countries for using child soldiers and suicide bombers.

The Buddhist clergy does not have the influence that it used to.  The Sinhala racists are actually a much more divided lot than you may think, it is the LTTE which manages to bring them together.  After the LTTE is gone, these forces will fragment in various directions.


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peace4all wrote:

MAC1 wrote:

This is the difference between the ideal and being practical. It’s ideal to have everybody talking but will that be only talk?

 “Give voice to the people” to elect their representatives. “Bringing the people of Vanni in to the democratic main stream” through elections. “Rehabilitate the displaced families” getting the civil society working. That will start the ball rolling.
Rest will follow.

the occupation and oppression.
Let the tamils free
 

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http://www.thebottomline.lk/2009/02/18/p1pic.htm


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MAC1

MAC1 wrote:

peace4all wrote:

MAC1 wrote:

This is the difference between the ideal and being practical. It’s ideal to have everybody talking but will that be only talk?

 “Give voice to the people” to elect their representatives. “Bringing the people of Vanni in to the democratic main stream” through elections. “Rehabilitate the displaced families” getting the civil society working. That will start the ball rolling.
Rest will follow.

the occupation and oppression.
Let the tamils free
 

http://www.thebottomline.lk/2009/02/18/p1pic.htm[/quote]

Look @ this

Please do not provide links to graphic images.


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MAC1 wrote:

peace4all wrote:

MAC1 wrote:

This is the difference between the ideal and being practical. It’s ideal to have everybody talking but will that be only talk?

 “Give voice to the people” to elect their representatives. “Bringing the people of Vanni in to the democratic main stream” through elections. “Rehabilitate the displaced families” getting the civil society working. That will start the ball rolling.
Rest will follow.

the occupation and oppression.
Let the tamils free
 

http://www.thebottomline.lk/2009/02/18/p1pic.htm[/quote]

You could always create posters with anything you want and one example was the thosands of tamils who wen on a march supporting the army's advance into north.

This is like telling the Tamils that Sinhalease wre celebrating in colombo for setting fire to sinhala houses and budhist temples in Colombo ???

Look at the following link: silencing of the people who fought for the undefended by the state in Srilanka

http://www.lankadissent.com/

MR is shaking hands with Jamal Bawatna Minister of Religious Affairs in Palestine:(DAILY MIRROR)

https://www.kintera.org/site/apps/nlnet/content3.aspx?c=hsJPK0PIJpH&b=899921&ct=4217779

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Bawatna is best known for the fatwa he issued prior to Israel's disengagement from Gaza in 2005.  He was the first Muslim religious leader to issue an edict urging the cessation of attacks against Israel, even if it was only a temporary order. Specifically, he urged terror groups to refrain from violence so that the disengagement would not be postponed.

Bawatna wrote that "anyone who causes the delay of the withdrawal of the occupation or prolongs its existence on Islamic soil is committing a crime according to Islamic law." He has also legitimized the Palestinian resistance by stating "[that Muslims have] the categorical right to act by any accepted means according to religious law, such as armed struggle, negotiations or any other means that will free their land."

The sinhala oppressors who do not have any shame in shaking hands with the representative of Palestinians who are fighting like the Tamil people to free the land occupied by the oppressors.

Practice at home before you preach others.

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Practice at home before you preach others.

CANADA?


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