So, let us try to maintain a good brotherhood relationship, so that the forth-coming generations could lead a peaceful life.

A federal constitution has the potential of ensuring that all ethnicities enjoy the same privileges which I guess is why you and so many Singhalese oppose it.

Why federalism? I like the following definition:

“Federalism is essentially a system of voluntary self-rule and shared rule. This is implied in the derivation of the word ‘federal’, which comes from the Latin foedus, meaning covenant. A covenant signifies a binding partnership among co-equals in which the parties to the covenant retain their individual identity and integrity while creating a new entity, such as a family or a body politic, that has its own identity and integrity as well. A covenant also signifies a morally binding commitment in which the partners behave toward each other in accord with the spirit of the law rather than merely the letter of the law.” – John Kincaid

You mentioned the Tamil aspirations are mutually exclusive to those of the Singhalese virtually all of the time. Can you specifically state what these are?

If federalism erodes on Sinhala privileges and is therefore advantageous to the Tamil cause, a Tamil advocating federalism would not be a traitor to his community, while a Sinhalese would be, for the same reasons. Merits aside, the label is perfectly rational and appropriate. The question, as Terrence Deal said in a different context, is not what, but rather who and why.

“Any solution to our problems put forward by us”… etc.
The realisation of, as you may say, aspirations, proposals and what you have of the Tamils, is mutually exclusive to that of the Sinhalese on occasion – in fact virtually all the time – the problems being mutual and interrelated, and any “solution” that sees the Tamils as the only or primary stakeholder, will not have the go-ahead of the Sinhalese on the sole basis of “you must embrace Tamil aspirations without question”.

As for Deane, may I say that I’m more amused by the lack of bona fide protests (save for the token “squeak” as you say) by these saviours of human rights against the LTTE, when they’ve been engaged in worse abuses for a far longer time than Karuna has, yet most of their flak is directed at the latter, who is by far the lesser evil of the two. At least we are admittedly partisan, being the pseudo-patriots and war-mongers that you say we are, hence our temporary indifference to inconsequential indiscretions of a useful ally (although with all certainly he will be dealt with appropriately in due time), but your affected moral high ground comes with a responsibility to make an effort to avoid showing your true colours and loyalties with such gross flamboyance.