At least, I tries to live by few good morals I have learn at school.

Like Buddha said

“A man is not versed in Dhamma because he speaks much. He who, after hearing a little Dhamma, realizes its truth directly and is not heedless of it, is truly versed in the Dhamma.”

Unfortunately, JVP will not be able to do that because, JVP is pre-occupied with petty politics of WORK PLACE STRIKES and Student rebellions. If JVP does not change because the Leadership is not capable of handling change, then another party has to accept it.

Dr. Dayan Jayathilake writes good articles. But, I suppose, as his knowledge is from political Science area, he is not thinking along other directions.

Just think about every other country in the world. Is there any other, just one, country that is without any political enemies. when there is a challenge and when there is an enemy you always you always WORK CAREFUL. So, Sri Lanka is blessed. WE have Tamil diaspora to work against us. AS long as they are not violent we can take the challenge.

Therefore, There are other directions that Sri Lanka can think of.

Many people talk about multi – everything countries. Except India, which one is the other Country that Multi – everything is thriving. I mean except in India all other developed countries that we take as examples has one religion which is domonating and has one culture which is dominating. That culture, language and the religion is silently carving into all other cultures and religions.

Don’t talk about languages. Language is mostly English, French, Japanese or Chinese.

So, Tamils as well as Sinhala moderates are asking a new country.

Why we can not create the same atmosphere in Sri Lanka too. I mean that one religion, language and the culture is carving into every other religion, Language and culture.

Don’t Tell m, I am chauvanist and that and this. Think logically.

you say, “There is a strategically significant anti-Tiger, pro-state, pro-Govt Tamil stakeholder segment, which stands for equality and devolution.”
My reply: Anti-Tiger, yes! Pro-state, yes! Pro-Govt? I’m not so sure about that. This govt has not reached out to Tamils in the way it should have. When Prabakaran and senior tigers were killed there was a wave of triumphalism and sinhala lion gloating but no reaching out to tamils. This Govt had a good opportunity but never really wanted to use it. The Army commander’s remarks about SL belonging to sinhalese, smacks of racism and not pluralism.

you say, “The statement of the SCO led by China and Russia, which has admitted Sri Lanka as a “dialogue partner” ( mentions not only “independence and sovereignty” but also “the rights of minorities”.
my reply: China has tibet and taiwan to take care of, so it will always support regimes like the one we have in SL.
Russia is a little more confusing. While they have to take care of Chechnya hence support SL govt’s military solution but yet help Abkhazia gain independance from Georgia and, I guess dependance on Russia? Is there real sovereignty and independance? Are we not in some way dependant to bigger countries? Shouldn’t we be talking more about interdependance?

you say, “It is the dynamic of interaction of these three factors within the anti-Tiger, “patriotic” universe, within the cosmos of the Sri Lankan state, within the power-bloc that won the war, which will make for pluralism, reform and possibly paradigm shift.”
my question/comment: make for pluralism? is this possible within the power bloc that won the war??? all the real signs don’t seem to be headed in that direction.
What patriotic universe? what does patriotism mean? Gotabhaya is a U.S. citizen, he left SL in the 90’s and only came back after brother became president. Do you call that patriotism??? Basil and Sarath Fonseka are U.S. green card holders, Dr. Kohona is an australian citizen……… Why? Why? Why are these people seeking citizenships and permanent residencies in other countries?? Due to patriotism? There is very little patriotism and a whole load of selfish greed! I guess that’s what you call Patriotism??? The GoSL keeps attacking the West and calling them traitors but in the end they want citizenship in western countries and send their children to western societies.
Don’t you see hypocrisy lurking anyway around?
Did not Mahinda Rajapakse try to go to the UN on behalf of the people disappearing in the south during the GoSL of late eighties’ war on terror??
Was not Mahinda Rajapakse called a traitor by (great patriot of the day)Dep.Defence Minister Ranjan Wijeratne for going to the UN? And are these not the same statements and accusations coming out of the present GoSL???

you say: “a well-placed new generation of Tamil secessionists have been born overseas and have come of age, and though the war is decisively won, the protracted struggle with Tamil Tiger separatism on a world scale is hardly over.”

My comment: Dr. Jayatileke, forget about the world, first look at the secessionists that are being created in SL! Already by concentrating close to 300,000 people in internment camps and treating them the way the present GoSL is doing, is creating hatred toward the GoSL. People in the camps said that the Army rescued them from the LTTE, all this good will be lost if the people are going to be increasingly kept forcibly in these camps. So much for freedom of movement enshrined in the constitution.

In the end, I guess hypocrisy is a virtue and politics does make strange bedfellows.

thank you,
myil selvan

What must never happen is the creation of a group of privileged “elite” as has been demanded by a newly appointed TNA MP, as existed before Independence.

A military victory which is not a moral victory is a political joke.

The last laugh comes surely but slowly.

However much a joker says this is no joke, does not make a difference.

Even jokers can cite quotes— that only add to the fun.

Militarily Sri Lanka is at peace now-, But politically a war mentality is kept up— that also is a joke—- but the joke is taken seriously—people who laugh are killed.

When a joker does not like people to laugh, then it means, that the joker is taking himself too seriously— though that makes one laugh more, one must be careful when laugthing.

It’s more like a brag about how his “God father” finished the war!

Where we are is a product of everything which happened for that past 30 years of the war. I think MR and the gang realized that, you can make more money out of eliminating LTTE than with them. It make sense more investment and money come more the cut for the Rajapakse, specifically to the pointmain on it…Mr Basil. I sincerely don’t believe, Rajapaksa and company is out to look out for the Tamils and the Sinhalese of the country. Just look at MR who was in 90s was running around talking about human rights violations and why the IC should get involved is now running around grossly violating it. All a big show!

Once you have done some gravely wrong, you have to do 1000 other wrong things to cover it up. But just like all the people who have done crimes against humanity, Karma will come back to them we wish it or not.

“Not in the sky, nor in the mid-ocean, nor in a mountain cave, is found that place on earth where abiding one may escape from (the consequences) of one’s evil deed.”
-Dhammapada