Any letters criticising the behaviour of the LTTE?

Dear Richie! I hope not – nothing.

Richie – We did not receive any letter that criticized the LTTE.

“Is what ever the Sri Lankan Government doing now, is in keeping with the teaching and philosophy of Lord Buddha?”

Is what the Tamils did in keeping with the teachings of Hinduism? Suicide bombings, bombs on buses, trains and in public places – is that in keeping with the teachings of Hinduism? The slaughter of Sinhalese and Muslims, the ethnic cleansing of Sinhalese and Muslims? The attacks on Buddhist and Muslim places of worship? Are these in keeping with the teachings of Hinduism.

Before pointing fingers at others, Tamils ought to take a good hard look at themselves.

Sam

If this is a retaliatory act, when will this end?

I strongly suggest people to read – atleast the last few months – of Aananda Vikatan on Tamil issues in SriLanka. Last week there was a letter to Mr. Karunanidhi – excellent one. Vikatan is continuing its fight for Tamils.

Sam:
Fighting back against oppression is a normal “human” behaviour.

There are, of course always 2 sides (if, in this case, you exclude the Sinhalese Muslims who previously lived in the North and East of Sri Lanka).
The most horrible violence was committed by both GoSL and the LTTE.
It is worth noting that the GoSL ‘military might’ was limited to a few ancient rifles and a few dusty parade grounds until the LTTE started its campaign of terror and violence some 25 years ago.
Now, apart from inflaming hatred between SL Tamil and Sinhalese (apparent in this very blog), the 25 years of pain and terror for the citizens of Sri Lanka has achieved nothing. For anybody.
The moral? As the Dalai Lama said: “Through violence, you may ’solve’ one problem, but you sow the seeds of another”.
Now let’s be a little more specific: you state in your letter that ‘Tamils’ have been labelled terrorist. Not true. The LTTE, not Tamils were labelled terrorist – including by both the countries you mentioned (USA & UK). In fact both those countries have recently jailed LTTE members who have supported this organisation with money and weapons.
In a world where it is easy to obtain and indiscriminately set off bombs to kill and maim innocents, (as in Indonesia, Pakistan, Iraq this week); I don’t believe any Cause that wants to be perceived as honourable and noble should stoop to the level of these cowardly and inhumane acts.
To quote the Dalai Lama once more: “fight violence with peace”
Peace to you.

Sylvia,

I welcome your statement: The most horrible violence was committed by both GoSL and the LTTE. It seems that you are trying to take a more balanced view of events and that is a positive step, but you still have a long way to go before your views will be viewed as those of an unbiased outsider. You fail to mention that it was the Sinhala fascist scoundrels and mobs of Sinhala barbarians who first used violence on Tamils who protested through peaceful and democratic means.

FYI, I don’t claim to be unbiased at all. I’m certainly biased in favour of the Tamils. That’s because, if the whole world, especially the Third World barbarians of countries like China, India, Pakistan, Russia, Iran, Libya, Saudi Arabia plus a long list of other Third World governments can be so biased in favour of a rogue genocidal Sinhala government led by war criminals, then I see nothing wrong in speaking up for and being biased in favour of, the oppressed Tamils of genocidal Sinhala Lanka!

You need to preach your philosophy of non-violence to the elite rogues who control the Sinhala masses, including the so-called “Buddhist” monks. The genocidal Sinhala rogue army of barbarians have killed 20,000 innocent civilians in cold blood using CHEMICAL WEAPONS and CLUSTER BOMBS and have confined 300,000 people who they claim as their own countrymen to CONCENTRATION CAMPS where dozens are dying each day.

The lowly Third World scoundrels have solidly backed the most cowardly, inhuman war criminals of the 21st century (the Rajapaksa rogues, Fonseka etc.) from being investigated for war crimes at the so-called UN Human Rights Council which happens to be shameless organisation composed of a majority of barbarians. It shows that the lowly dictators, tyrannical thugs and other creatures who lead Third World pseudo-democracies will stoop to any levels to cover up the heinous crimes of their fellow Third World barbaric war criminals. This is a shameful act by these scum beings. Never has humankind stooped to such a low level in the 21st century. It shows what the future holds for the entire world.

These criminal Third World scoundrels need to remember the philosophy of the Buddha – not the ultra violent, pseudo-Buddhist philosophy of the Sinhala-fascist “monks” but that of non-violence and enlightenment preached by Gautama Buddha.

He clearly mentions that one’s evil actions come back to haunt them badly, irrespective of whether worldly justice is delivered or not. That is in line with the principles of natural justice that go beyond things like religion and philosophy. Clearly, the most inhuman war criminals of the 21st century (the Sinhala government and rogue army) and their backers in Third World rogue states do not know that they shall get their deserved comeuppance in the days to come!!!

There is also a factual error in your post, Sylvia. The Muslims of rogue Sinhala Lanka are NOT Sinhalese! They are classified as a separate ethnic identity though the first language of most of them happens to be Tamil and not Sinhala. Many of them may speak the Sinhala language in addition to their mother tongue Tamil, but they are not Sinhalese by any stretch of the imagination.

Alien: I meant Sri Lankan Muslims. Remember what the LTTE did to them?

I am afraid your bias is too extreme to have intelligent debate with you.
Whether or not you like it, Sri Lanka now has a better chance for peace and growing prosperity than it has had in 25 years.
I pray that all the citizens of Sri Lanka (Tamil, Sinhalese, Muslim) can enjoy a better life than they have had in a very long time.
Instead of pontificating, and trying to maintain the hatred – why not join me in Jaffna in November?

Sylvia,

Can you enlighten me on when, why and who started the first racial riot in Srilanka?

regards
Arun

Sylvia,

Yes, I’m biased in favour of the Tamils and I’m honest enough to admit it since I’m bloody proud of speaking up for the oppressed, whoever they happen to be.

The difference is – you are as biased, if not more, than I am. And you’re biased in favour of the genocidal Sinhalese war criminals and barbarians who have butchered 20,000 civilians in cold blood in a matter of a few days and have confined 300,000 to concentration camps. And you are too ashamed to admit it! That’s because you know that you’re biased in favour of the most notorious mass murderers of the 21st century.

Yes, an intelligent debate is not possible with you since you simply fail to even acknowledge that the Sinhalese barbarians led by the Rajapaksa rogues massacred 20,000 civilians whom they claim as their own citizens.

Join you in Jaffna in November? I would be more than glad to do so:

1) IF you can get permission from your beloved Sinhala war criminals for us to visit EVERY concentration camp that they have set up,

2) IF you can assure me that we can speak to anyone I choose in these camps WITHOUT another person being present or the conversation being monitored. You don’t have to worry about the need for a translator, since I can speak Tamil as well as you can speak English.

3) IF you can get permission for me to capture the inhuman conditions in these concentration camps using a video camera,

4) IF you can get permission for us to visit the bloody genocide zone on the beaches of Mullaitheevu,

5) IF you are willing to help me dig up some freshly covered mass graves and count/photograph the number of skulls in them,

6) IF you can guarantee that all the materials/evidence/videos/photographs collected by me will not be confiscated by the mass murderers since I would like to distribute the same to world governments/the media/Human Rights organisations and

7) Last, but not the least, IF you can guarantee that I would not be deported, imprisoned, attacked or killed while I’m on the soil/in the air space/in the territorial waters of genocidal Sinhala Lanka.

Do let me know if all this is possible for you, since I want to visit Tamil Eelam myself!

Madame Sylvia!
To be true enough, I didn’t want to respond to you. Yet, I want to let you know it gives me pleasure to learn that you are coming to Jaffna in November. I am living in Jaffna. I am looking forward to such opportunity to see you. Just forget about Mr. Alien, he has to take all troubles to come my land where I won’t be able to take-care and provide protection and security for him. So leave him aside. In your case there won’t be any problems since you are white and an Australian. Okay, let’s meet at the prominent landmark- the Jaffna Central College, Clock Tower standing adjacent to the famous Jaffna Library- you know it was set ablaze and completely destroyed by your beloved peace-loving, decent Sri Lankans. As for the purpose of identification, now itself I suggest to you to tie red ribbon and wear a red scarf around your neck and shoulder. So let’s fix an acceptable date and time in due course. I am serious about this suggestion, hope you too!

JOYRUN: …I suppose you want me to sight the Gal-Oya riots in 1956, or the more well-known ‘58′ riots? But you know the conflict is much much older than that. I suggest you read: SRI LANKA HISTORY AND ROOTS OF CONFLICT, edited by Jonathon Spencer.
As in any war, escalation is insidious. But you know, the words “it’s not fair – they started it first” reminds me of school days. I believe the history of this conflict should be used to look for resolution – not to lay blame.
ALIEN: I have said repeatedly that my bias is anti-violence. Yes, I have been especially critical of the LTTE – and will continue to be so. The brutal tactics of that organisation has done nothing but harm – in fact more harm to Tamils in Sri Lanka (and the reputation of Tamils the world over) than to anyone else.
I am not sure I will be allowed to visit the refugee camps… but I intend to try. Your continued use of emotive words like concentration camps; bloody genocide zone; Sinhalese barbarians; scum beings etc. etc. is really not helpful to fruitful discussion.
Were you originally from Sri Lanka, or were you born elsewhere? I’m interested to know.
NITHYANANTHAN: I did not realise you were from Jaffna! That is exciting. But I think your words are double-edged, you appear to be using cynicism. I would be genuinely be happy to meet with you, but bearing in mind some of the aggression that has been displayed on this blog, I do need to be wary for my own security you understand. Perhaps we can email further? Is there a way I can let you have my email address without displaying it on here?
Incidentally, I believe the burning of the Jaffna Library to be one of the most tragic and barbaric acts during the conflict. The destruction of so much priceless and irreplaceable culturally significant volumes (many written on palm leaf) was as unforgivable as it was senseless.

Sylvia,

Just a simple question.
1. Why is there a provision called “Divorce” in family units. What if the husband says that the wife should stay with him forever, even if the wife does not accept it?

2. In what way is society different from a family unit?

regards
Arun

Arun, that was 2 questions, but you only get one answer

I don’t think many divorced people continue to live in the same house.

regards
Sylvia

Sylvia, You are evading the actual question and you know that.

Even if they dont live in the same house, the property is divided equally and in addition the husband has to pay alimony to his wife. You being a woman (if you really are), should know better than that.

Also Sylvia,

I see you fighting nail and fingers in supporting SL government. Can you tell me what has been positively done so far by the SL government in settling the tamils? (its already 3 months since the fighting stopped). I dont expect a fast reply for this, as i understand you have to really scratch your heads to come up with some fiction for this.

Arun
I never avoid anything. My point was that Sri Lanka is a very small Island, why cannot 3 groups of people live together in peace and co-operation? (I include the SL Muslims too).
Nor am I fighting for the GoSL. I am fighting for peaceful resolution. Violence is never a solution – it only creates bigger problems, as it has done between the Tamils and the Sinhalese over the last 25 years.
Look at Australia, we are happy to have Tamils living here, and Italians, Vietnamese, Lebanese etc etc (did you know that Melbourne is the 3rd most populous Greek City in the world? Sure, we have problems every now and again, but mostly we all live together and every culture contributes something different to our lifestyle.
All we need to do is respect each other… and life suddenly becomes what it should be – enjoyable, peaceful and loving.

Sylvia,

I am apalled that you are comparing Australia to Srilanka !!!!!!!!!

If the husband becomes abusive in a family (which of course is smaller than Srilanka, by a Zillion times), do you advocate that the wife should try to live peacefully, even after he had tried to burn her, nail her and torture her. I believe your answer is yes, and that she should never lay her hand on her husband, even when he life is threatened, not even for self-defence. If you agree to this, then i dont have anything to say anymore.

You said, you did not avoid any questions, but you did not answer my most important question.
or may be you need more time to answer this

Arun
I don’t understand – why are you appalled that I compare Australia to Sri Lanka?
Answer this, and I will honestly attempt to answer you question
regards
Sylvia

NITHYANANTHAN: where did you go? were you speaking the truth when you said you lived in Jaffna?

Sylvia,

the answer is simple. People “die” to go to Australia, while people “die” to get out of Srilanka…

Sylvia er. de-silva,

Arun
I’m dieing to get back to Sri Lanka in November. I think it is a beautiful paradise, I love the people (ALL the people). the beauty of the hill country, the beaches, the tropical climate and of course, being Australian, the cricket. (I always take a cricket ball with me, so that I can play with the kids at any opportunity.)
I think from the ‘press’ we (Australians) have been getting in India, not many people want to come to Australia any more (well, not many Indians anyway).
My surname is Bennett.
If you dislike Sri Lanka so much, why do you want to ‘own’ part of it?
Could you please give me your question straight (not camouflaged in ‘divorce’ words), and I will do my best to answer.

Madame Sylvia! What a damn silly still foolish and irritating question that you are putting forward to Mr. Arun? If you are really serious about discussing Lankan crisis you would have known by now – not have asked? It is something like after listening to the dawn to dusk discourse on ‘Sermon on the Mount’ asking the pastor ‘who Jesus to Mary is?’ It’s because this ignorance and lack of sense and knowledge of reality on your part we dismissed your comparison of Australia and Sri Lanka.

Nithyananthan: welcome back. With regard to Arun’s question – it is most unclear. Do I continue the confusing analogy about divorce.. or can I (as I’d prefer) have a direct question I can respond to.

I have absolutely no problem with comparing racial tendencies between any nations – including Sri Lanka and Australia. I was speaking of human values – and we are all humans.
I would also appreciate it if you did not personally attack me (ignorant, lack of knowledge, foolish, irritating)… this is never helpful to any discussion.

Madame Sylvia! First of all, please be informed and comfortable of that none of us – no one on this ‘TruthDive’– have any sort of bad motives to carryout personal attacks on any one. It depends on an individual’s taste not intent of his / her choice of style / syntax, the language and choice of words and phrases. They are intended ONLY to respond in kind to the conveyed message / comment- not at the individual. Since the proponent of the conveyed message becomes the author and he / she feels the response at personal level – as an attack. It can not be helped. So be assured!
In your case, let me quote your wordings to Mr. Alien: ‘I am not sure I will be allowed to visit the refugee camps… but I intend to try. Your continued use of emotive words like concentration camps; bloody genocide zone; Sinhalese barbarians; scum beings etc. etc. is really not helpful to fruitful discussion’. You, Miss. Sylvia, as a leading advocate for propagating anti-Tamil programmes and demonizing a liberation struggle for political survival of a race and as a cheer-leader justifying Sinhalese extreme barbaric chauvinism, IF YOU TOO ARE DOUBTFUL ABOUT VISITING the IDP intern-camps then how about those genuine human rights activists and observers? You are annoyed and disturbed so badly with Mr. Alien’s descriptive comments. You feel those are much derogatory.
Okay, let me ask you how you would call still a reverberating episode of killing 50,000 terrorists in five months – Jan – May? In recorded human history, Lanka has set a modern World Record of killing over 20,000 terrorists in just 72 hours (03 days). How would you call or describe them as what? A ‘Mercy Killing’? A righteous offering of human sacrifices to the teachings of Lord Buddha? Would you call all these illustrious conducts as civilized norms and acts of triumphal bravery and they don’t merit to be branded as Cannibalism or barbarism? Sylvia, you may find the difference. Those descriptions are not attacks at personal level. Please view these links of items from Lanka.
http://www.thesundayleader.lk/20090726/issues.HTM
http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?a=jh1v4cgheie&title=US_%27deeply_concerned%27_over_Sri_Lankan_camps%3A_envoy
Let me summarize and collate my responses to your petty queries. I took time to respond to you – not that evading. Because, I was sick for sometime, secondly after seeing your comment I wanted to calm-down for some time. It made me believing you are jaundiced with cynicism and looking at others too the same as you are. As a Tamil, I feel the pinch. I am trying to change my shoes. Yes I am biased to justify my intent. What is wrong with it? You have been reading my comments for the last six months. If you are unable and incapable to judge and evaluate by yourself as to what type of man I am from my write-ups – then how come you can be so judgmental to reason-out and classify other matters? What type of humanitarian mission you are talking about? Still you are immature and incapable of segregating citrus family fruits – the oranges from tangerine, lemon and lime.
Where ever I may live I never had disowned nor intend to forfeit my identity. Yes, I am still an Eelam Tamil – a Jaffna Tamil in particular, still I own my inheritance of ancestral lands (House destroyed by bombing) and visit and live there regularly and maintain my prescriptive right – the ownership. I am glad to give my e/mail to you when I am convinced, yet I believe it’s too early for it. To be frank enough, still you and I are suspicious at each-other and trying to evaluate each-other’s motives. Let’s build the confidence. May God bless you!

Sylvia.

What is your question? I don’t understand.. Why do you hate Australia?

Brother Nithyananthan,

Thanks for your reply to Sylvia which has been caught up in moderation because of the links in it. I hope and pray that you’ve recovered from your illness.

Please don’t pay too much attention to Sylvia’s comments, sir! Even I feel irritated on reading her shockingly biased, pro-violence, pro-genocide, pro-barbarism, pro-state terrorism and anti-humanity comments!

As you rightly pointed out, Sylvia herself is not sure whether her beloved GENOCIDAL SCUM BEINGS belonging to the SinHELLa state will let her visit the CONCENTRATION CAMPS in which 300,000 innocent people are DETAINED under the most INHUMAN conditions on the planet. The barbarians have even asked the heroic workers of the Red Cross to get out of SinHELLa Lanka so that they can carry out their atrocities with impunity.

Please don’t worry about not being able to receive me, brother! I know you live under the occupation forces of a barbaric rogue state and taking care of the security of your family, friends and yourself is quite a task for you, knowing the nature of the filthy scum beings who run the world’s most savage, genocidal government on planet Earth.

There will come a time when I’ll be able to visit you in Jaffna without worrying about anything. I don’t know when, but the time will surely come – as sure as the Earth revolves around the Sun, as sure as natural justice prevailing in the end, as sure as the Truth triumphing over filthy lies! And I wouldn’t have to worry about security since my passport would be carrying the visa to visit Tamil Eelam provided by the Deputy High Commission of Tamil Eelam in Chennai. Who knows, I may even be able to fly directly from Chennai to Jaffna on a Air Eelam flight or cross the Palk Strait on an international passenger ferry.

As for Sylvia, I’m really beginning to wonder about who she works for. If she doesn’t have a hate-spewing Sinhala relative as she claims, then I guess she must be in the payroll of the genocidal rogue government of Sinhala Lanka. As we all know, the genocidal barbarians have many people directly on their payroll (especially in the media) to propagate lies about the most barbaric war crimes of the 21st century. Since she has visited Sinhala Lanka in the past, I guess the war criminals would have asked her if she was willing to work for them on a part-time/freelance basis, propagating the lies that they keep dishing out. She must have taken up the offer gladly since her comments are too biased in favour of the most savage barbarians to be those of a neutral Australian observer.

Sylvia,

Unlike you, I always call a spade a spade and will continue to do so! So I will use words like genocidal barbarians, scum beings etc. to describe the mass murdering savage criminal creatures who killed more than 20,000 civilians in cold blood and have confined 300,000 to concentration camps, because that is what they are!!!

Don’t try to tell me that you are anti-violence. You must be the most pro-violence person on Earth who doesn’t commit violence directly herself. That’s because you gladly support the mass murder of 20,000 innocents in the span of a few days.

As for my origins, I’ve mentioned before that I was born and raised in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India and I’m a citizen of India. However, I’m something more – I’m a human being and an Earthling. That means I will be concerned about anything that happens to anyone anywhere on Earth. I don’t know if you’ll be able to understand such things on a deeper level. From your shockingly biased comments, I don’t think you can!

Dear Nithyananthan,
I was sorry to read that you had been ill, and sincerely hope that you have a speedy, full recovery.
Thank you for your frank, open and detailed post.
I cannot imagine the horrors that you have been through. I also fully understand that I am indeed privileged to live in a comfort in a free and open society, without fear of violence or of stating my opinions (although, if you don’t mind, I don’t believe that necessarily makes me immature, as you claim). But clearly, my opinions should not carry the same weight as yours, as you have experienced first-hand the effects of the awful war.
You may be surprised to read that I too am very concerned about the violence against journalists, and although I may be more generous than you in hoping that the delay in allowing the IDP’s has some (probably small) justification, I am acutely aware of the terrible effect the situation is having on the lives and health of 2 – 300,000 people. If the these camps still exist into 2010, then it will be a crime against humanity.
But, like you I pray for a solution, and I was comforted to read that you may also agree that a solution can only ever happen by non-violent means. God Bless
Dear Alien:
I hope that one day we may drink tea together whilst flying business class on an Eelam Airways Airbus. FYI.. I was raised a Catholic, and I believe that the world would be Paradise if we all followed just one of it’s (most difficult to obey) ten commandments, which is to love thy neighbour.
God bless you too

Madame Sylvia & Mr. Alien! I am completely recovered. Thank you very much for your concern and kind get-well wishes.
Sylvia! I have noted and captivated your tilted realization expressed there in with due interest and attention. It gives me an impression / opportunity to believe that you begin to understand the gravity and complexity of the situation. We don’t want you to support us – the Tamils and their cause. Yet, what we want you to understand the plight realistically. You are appreciated. Let me hope to join Mr. Alien and you at an evening-tea with human dignity and hope in a peaceful political environment. May God bless you!