Comments on: The reality of living in a “Separate State” https://groundviews.org/2007/12/03/the-reality-of-living-in-a-%e2%80%9cseparate-state%e2%80%9d/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-reality-of-living-in-a-%25e2%2580%259cseparate-state%25e2%2580%259d Journalism for Citizens Thu, 27 Dec 2007 09:19:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 By: G https://groundviews.org/2007/12/03/the-reality-of-living-in-a-%e2%80%9cseparate-state%e2%80%9d/#comment-2161 Thu, 27 Dec 2007 09:19:40 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/2007/12/03/the-reality-of-living-in-a-%e2%80%9cseparate-state%e2%80%9d/#comment-2161 Does anybody know how successful these measures are? As mentioned earlier, the decision to implement these measures was probably made in the heat of the moment. Is there a viable alternative to these methods?

]]> By: suntzu https://groundviews.org/2007/12/03/the-reality-of-living-in-a-%e2%80%9cseparate-state%e2%80%9d/#comment-2160 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 06:56:55 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/2007/12/03/the-reality-of-living-in-a-%e2%80%9cseparate-state%e2%80%9d/#comment-2160 As long as the GOSL bombs LTTE areas where tamil civilians also reside, there will probably be ‘NOLIMIT’ to bombs being set off by the LTTE in colombo and other areas!
In the aftermath of these bombs…very soon the GOSL might open up concentration camps and fill them up with innocent tamils like Hitler did to the jews.

]]> By: Singam https://groundviews.org/2007/12/03/the-reality-of-living-in-a-%e2%80%9cseparate-state%e2%80%9d/#comment-2159 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:49:49 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/2007/12/03/the-reality-of-living-in-a-%e2%80%9cseparate-state%e2%80%9d/#comment-2159 Since 1994, I traveled more than thirty times between the two States – Sri Lanka and North of Thamil Eelam up to November 2007. The borders changed back and forth between Thandikulam and Puliyankulam and the “No Person’s Land” increased and decreased. During the Ceasefire, the border customs and immigration were like between two friendly states.

Between 1947 and 1982 I travelled between two Virtual States – The land of the Tamils and Ceylon. No customs and no immigration. I say virtual two states, because when you travel by train or by bus, from Colombo, after Anuradhapuram there are no Sinhala passengers. The Tamils who were more or less silent and docile, become loud and animated with their discussions in Tamil. The reverse is true when traveling to Colombo from Jaffna.

This phenomenon was a common topic and amusement among us schoolboys who observe such behaviour of Tamils. What is happening is that the virtual had become a reality due to the racism of successive GOSL and subsequent armed resistance by the Tamils.

When and how will it all end is anyones guess. But if one believes that the Tamils will bow down to tyranny they need to review the history of the last 50 years.

]]> By: Aachcharya https://groundviews.org/2007/12/03/the-reality-of-living-in-a-%e2%80%9cseparate-state%e2%80%9d/#comment-2158 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:39:39 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/2007/12/03/the-reality-of-living-in-a-%e2%80%9cseparate-state%e2%80%9d/#comment-2158 I commented on the silence that the English media maintained over the arrests here on my blog in a post on Sunday

http://guruchetra.blogspot.com/2007/12/stonic-silence-over-arrest-of-tamils.html

]]> By: Aachcharya https://groundviews.org/2007/12/03/the-reality-of-living-in-a-%e2%80%9cseparate-state%e2%80%9d/#comment-2157 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:16:29 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/2007/12/03/the-reality-of-living-in-a-%e2%80%9cseparate-state%e2%80%9d/#comment-2157 See my post on Sunday titled ‘Stonic silence over arrest of Tamils’ http://guruchetra.blogspot.com/2007/12/stonic-silence-over-arrest-of-tamils.html

]]> By: Sam Thambipillai https://groundviews.org/2007/12/03/the-reality-of-living-in-a-%e2%80%9cseparate-state%e2%80%9d/#comment-2156 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:57:32 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/2007/12/03/the-reality-of-living-in-a-%e2%80%9cseparate-state%e2%80%9d/#comment-2156 When a bomb blasts in Colombo, everything goes “ballistic”. More than reasonable number of Tamils are always arrested and locked up in prison cells because the armed forces see in every Tamil a “Tiger” and infact a “big Tiger” after any blast!

The arrests are not with the serious intent for investigation, but as an act of “collective punishment” on all Tamils, for seeking an Independent Tamil Eelam.

Anti Tamil Violence since 1958 were instigated by politicians in the South, just because the Tamils of the North East were asking for their legitimate right to rule themselves. At that time Sinhala civilans caused murder, arson, destruction of property and displacements.

Now the same aspects of murder, arson, destruction of property and displacements of civilians are being done by the paid soldiers of the state. They have taken over anti Tamil Violence from the Sinhala civilians.

Further, anti Tamil violence was intermittent but now it is continuous under the military. It is a daily occurence.

United Sri Lanka is a myth or a pipe dream. With anti Tamil violence daily by the state, an independent sovereign state for the Tamils proves inevitable. It is Tamil Eelam that can restore the dignity and self respect of Tamils.

]]> By: Ange https://groundviews.org/2007/12/03/the-reality-of-living-in-a-%e2%80%9cseparate-state%e2%80%9d/#comment-2155 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:46:22 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/2007/12/03/the-reality-of-living-in-a-%e2%80%9cseparate-state%e2%80%9d/#comment-2155 rmk, It is very interesting to hear your views. This is exactly what I’m trying to understand. We have many brave and righteous people in Sri Lanka. And we also have many people who go on strike at the drop of a hat. But I haven’t seen one single person (I’m talking about the general public at large and not the activists and politicians etc) go out and say enough. Enough of this. Enough of keeping me in the dark and playing your games. Enough of playing with my life.

Probably registering would be a good idea. However there is no convenient manner of doing so. The people who are required to register are those whose mother tongue is Tamil. But there is no facility to register either in English or Tamil. No one is able to communicate with these people when they do go to Police stations.

Also doesn’t the whole registering business kind of infer that they are aliens? ie. from a different state?

]]> By: Sham https://groundviews.org/2007/12/03/the-reality-of-living-in-a-%e2%80%9cseparate-state%e2%80%9d/#comment-2154 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 06:37:54 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/2007/12/03/the-reality-of-living-in-a-%e2%80%9cseparate-state%e2%80%9d/#comment-2154 i agree with NUSA..

obviously this is could hae been controlled better if the security forces started screening people coming in from wanni atpoint of crossing itself……….

ideally, that would be better with a regular checking possible when they come to colombo.

also , the people who come to colombohas a civic duty to go and register with the police as this is not a normal time – wonder if ever there was any proactiveness in that way from these people?

]]> By: rmk https://groundviews.org/2007/12/03/the-reality-of-living-in-a-%e2%80%9cseparate-state%e2%80%9d/#comment-2153 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 04:01:05 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/2007/12/03/the-reality-of-living-in-a-%e2%80%9cseparate-state%e2%80%9d/#comment-2153 (Kadalay: apologies for the typing mistake in spelling your name in my previous post.)

]]> By: Nusa https://groundviews.org/2007/12/03/the-reality-of-living-in-a-%e2%80%9cseparate-state%e2%80%9d/#comment-2152 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 03:58:34 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/2007/12/03/the-reality-of-living-in-a-%e2%80%9cseparate-state%e2%80%9d/#comment-2152 We are NOT living under normal circumstances. This is a country at war.
In such situation DO NOT EXPECT TO HAVE ALL CIVIL LIBERTIES.
This is not main street Amsterdam on a Sunday afternoon. This is Nugegoda, Sri Lanka where a bomb exploded killing 20 civilians including school children.

What do you expect?

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