The Sinhala Buddhists have never or ever descended to the animal politics, .Prabhakaren and his coterie of murderers has killed innocent Sinhala pregnant mothers and infants in their arms we Sinhala Buddhists never retaliated blame the Tamils we believe in Karma the past actions that is what the Buddhist philosophy is based. If Buddhism only confined to the temple walls we would not have retained this religion for the last 2500 years with foreign invasions and colonial rule. There are black sheep in every community bring utter disgrace to their race and religion one cannot generalize Sinhalese are racists. The Srilanka belongs to all communities. Mr. Anandasagree has accepted the fact that Sinhalese Tamils and Muslims have lived in this country for generations enjoying each others hospitality .It is only the imagination of Prabhakaren that Sinhalese are immersed in the poison of racism. The jingoistic politicians of both Tamils and Sinhalese are responsible for the this sorry state of affairs in this country misleading both communities to gain power

The Sinhalese Tamils and Muslims have enjoyed each others hospitality for generations and there have been no violence against any Tamils in Colombo or its suburbs though prabhakeran tried many times to incite Sinhalese by killing innocent civilians in Colombo with his black tiger suicide bombers. The Sinhalese have patience tolerance always have sentiments to their neighbors. (THERE IS NO MORE KAPANAWA KOTTANAWA GAHANAWA SENTIMENTS AMONG THE SINHALESE)

“a monoehinic monolithic state exclusively for the Tamil nation which consists 11.9% of the total poulation with one third of the land”

or Hemamali’s question

“does justice, equity and tolerance involve grabbing a huge chunk of land from the North and East (two thirds of the coastal belt and one third of Sri lanka’s land mass) just for the exclusive enjoyment of just one community called Tamil despite having one homeland ten times bigger than whole of Sri lanka they are trying to grab a second homeland?”

because MR’s analyis was tyring to explain the reasons why the Sri Lankan polity has got polarised with such irrational arguments. If you are serious about wanting answers to these questions in the spirit of seeking the truth – you should follow the discourse and read the researched material. a good book to start with is: “Sri Lanka – The Arrogance of Power – Myths, Decadence and Murder by Rajan Hoole of the University Teachers for Human Rights (Jaffna)” It is a book that, in an unbiased way, helps you see the woods by taking you through the trees. But I am sure you would not do this – but it is only if people like you and the Hemamalis, or for that matter apologists for the LTTE, read such literature, and realize that there are alternate points of view, that hope for Sri Lanka will dawn.

These teachings together with the emphasis Buddhism places on the freedom of thought, and the tolerance of other views, helped us adopt an evidenced based, scientific approach in the search for truth, whether it relates to social issues or matters of concering the natural world.

Nation building, minority rights, unitary state, federalism, governance mechanisms, constitutions, human rights etc., are all topics which are part of a social scientific discourse. This discourse, rooted very often in specific contexts, have over the years been able to define the terms, clarify the issues, and develop solutions to societal problems based on principles of democracy, justice, tolerance and equity. Principles that have been found beneficial to human society. Large countries like USA, India, Canda or Germany, or small ones like Belgium, Switzerland have been able to solve their power sharing problems through appropiate mechanisms adopting these principles. A recent example is the Achinese secessionist demand and the power sharing arrangment that was worked out between the people of Aceh and the Indonesian government.

Therefore when you claim that “Even the unintellectual Hemamali knows that this is not justice by any sense of the word. Please do not try to misuse and abuse the tolerance and fairness of Buddhist people.”, I would still maintain that you do not know what “justice” means in the context of the social scientific discourse I refer to, which transcends paritisan polical ideology, nor do you know what “Buddhism and tolerance” means in the context of my reading of Buddhist teachings, which for me is not a blinker I have acquired through an accident of birth, but a profound inspiration in the search for the truth.

Therefore in the spirit of the Eightfold Noble Path you will reamin unitellectual until you make the “right effort” to gain the “right view”. Therefore please read, question, research, discover. A good place to start is the reference list given in the PDF version of MR’s article “Split Asunder – Four Nations in Sri Lanka”. But if you find that like eating humble pie, just go to Google or Wikipedia.org and type in words like “devolution” “uniltary state ” “justice” “nation” and you realise how much there is you do not know and how blind you are. You will feel ashamed of the degree of your prejudice and the puerility of your writings. As for Buddhism, though I am sure as a Buddhist you must be well versed in the teachings of the Buddha, a reading of the 142 page book “What the Buddha Taught” by Ven Walpola Rahula will be a good refresher course in reminding you of the esence of the Buddha’s teachings.