Comments on: 1,000 posts on Groundviews: Bearing witness, shaping peace

By: Groundviews

Groundviews — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:04:28 +0000

Dear Niranjan,

Thanks for your comment.

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By: niranjan

niranjan — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:16:38 +0000

Groundviews,

Please take immediate measures to give more publicity to Groundviews in Sri Lanka. A lot of people are unaware that such a website is in existence. Thanks.

By: Idealist?

Idealist? — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:08:26 +0000

Congratulations Groundviews!!! Keep up the great work! 🙂

By: Justice

Justice — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:50:16 +0000

As an avid reader of almost all articles on groundviews,my heart felt congradulations and my sincere appreciation for what you do under increasingly difficult conditions.

By: Humanist

Humanist — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:43:02 +0000

Even though I despair with some of the views expressed here, I think this remains the best forum we’ve got so far to engage in serious discussion.

Congratulations to all at Groundviews for your hard work to keep this going! And my sincere appreciation to those of you who strive to replace ethnocentrism, sloganeering and hatred with justice, empathy, rationality and compassion in your writing. This is the reason I keep coming back.

By: Thaaraka

Thaaraka — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:08:23 +0000

Justin,

If you think all conmen who conduct cheating sessions to spell out illusive devil “A crhistian” you should go and consult psychiatrist. Is this is forum has agenda to insult Sinhala Buddhist?. I observed when I post ideas opposing these kind of views they just do not appear here. However anything to insult Sinhala Buddhists appear in full. Why you all get funding for insulting Buddhists. Or you get any “kalakanny santhosak” ? I doubt ff this is a forum to debate ideas or talk to insult sinhala buddhists.

By: Leon

Leon — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:01:48 +0000

Congratulations.Keep up the good work.I enjoy reading the many articles that appear on Groundviews

By: yapa

yapa — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:33:23 +0000

Justin;

You are writing in hatred. Your mind is spoiled with hatred. Please try to be impartial. Please be sensible. Please open your heart and see whether you have an honest heart.

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:47:14 +0000

The army commander, who calls himself a “Buddhist” either does not appear to believe in courageous moral standing, instead of running away or facing justice and being accountable for his war crime deeds against the Tamils.

Buddhists in Sri Lanka are “Buddhists” by accidental birth to “Buddhist parents”. They did not come into it choosing Buddhism as a good way of life.

Buddhists belive in an abstract path to “Nirvana” by eliminating all attachments in life. The goal in life is therefore to get rid of desires.

But why are the Buddhists in SL full of desires and goals in life let alone utter greed. They become soldiers, teachers, businessman and professionals. Their goals show that there is no Buddhism in SL.

The latest desire is to kill people. It started with Tamils and now it is the Sinhalese christians.

There is no Buddhism in SL. There is a barbaric cult which should be eradicated at all cost. Fonseks addressed this cult while in the US.

By: Mahesan NIranjan

Mahesan NIranjan — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:15:59 +0000

I find this an enjoyable forum; good ideas and not too much noise in the discussions. I wish more people will write, and write in their own names (yeah, I know all the reasons not to), which is the best way to pressure for better understanding and greater democracy in SL.

Access rates to posts here are growing faster than protein sequences being deposited in biological databases (www.uniprot.org), so you are doing a good job, congratulations!