I am too glad that yet there are people in Sri-Lanka, who have simple common sense. which i fear some higher ups in this country have , but fail ti use it for the good of the country.

Your mail is a good example for the sinhalese brothers to open their minds
and speak out, (be careful) atleast common sense will prevail finally.

Really? And here was me thinking that terrorists were people who bombed and killed and planned such atrocities. But no – it’s anyone who benefits financially from a terrorist organisation, however faintly connected.

But wait – does it have to be financial benefit?

What if you received an education because of schools the LTTE organised? Or had cases settled in an LTTE court? Or were treated in LTTE-held hospitals? Or drank LTTE water? They had a whole parallel government up there, for a while.

Maybe the 280,000 internees are ALL terrorists?

But what if you’ve got people to vote for you by exploiting fears of terrorism? Wouldn’t that have to count as well?

1. Why was Sonali Samarasinghe questioned for five hours by the TID?

2. Why was Tiran Alles arrested?

These allegations were not rumors spread by a tabloid newspaper. They were made in the Sri Lankan Parliament during Parliament session by Sripathi Sooriyarachchi, who happened to die in a mysterious “road accident” not very long after. Thanks to Youtube we can watch him in Parliament:

I think it’s a shame that we both more or less agree with the message of this post, but we commentors have decided to squabble about the tone, or whether the author is really who he says he is. If we both agree on the message, then let’s us (all of us) unite and say that we hope more Sri Lankans of all types feel the same way.

Only few LTTE / UNP supporters rant about MR giving money to LTTE. Even LTTE has rejected the claim. Only few idiots like you talk without evidence. Thisainayagam took money from LTTE, and hence a terrorist. And terrorists should be in jail. If the court order is unacceptable he can appeal in SC. If that also turned down then there’s nothing you can rant about. Because he was convicted according to the law of the country.

SIR/MADAM doomed to repeat it,

The author of this article can be anyone. It can be you or any other participant on GroundViews. Yes, I can see, the author has given his name, age, village, school and profession. It does not matter if the author posts his CV and his picture (even in the buff) neither of which will impress us, sorry to say.

None of your antics will convince me to reveal my name. Nice try, but no cigar!

And to everyone who labels Tissa as a terrorist, he and HE MR worked together on HR issues a long time ago in a country not so far away.

They were, at one point; “brothers” in the fight to defend human rights.

I’m not going to argue about semantics.

However, my point still stands; the author put his full name on his piece. You and I do not. It is easy to be strident when you are anonymous.

I’m just saying.

The funny thing is that Rajapakse can “pardon” Tissa… what a joke!

I have merely suggested that Rajapakse be held to the same standards as Tissa. Tissa supposedly “accepted” LTTE money. Rajapakse supposedly “gave” the LTTE money. One man is spending 20 years in life, the other is enjoying red wine and caviar at 5 star hotels… only in Sri Lanka!