http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/srilanka/7138654/Aide-to-Sri-Lankas-General-Fonseka-arrested-over-journalist-murder.html

i thought gv would jump on this news!?

It’s fine, though. Editors edit. And mostly to achieve their perceived standard of perfection. That’s what they do. In consolation to myself, I am sure I wouldn’t be a victim of that editorial cut any time soon, so I need not worry too much as yet.

I like the idea of citizen journalism. It assures me that at least a small part of the public does not share in with the general attitude of apathy. The moderation of the comments therein is a small price (though a price nevertheless) to pay.

@Micheal, fully supporting your critique, we would submit that it is more applicable to traditional broadcast and print media with significant barriers of entry and response. On the web, if you were to disagree with content on this site, it is easy to create one’s own media, use whatever expression one desires, and then disseminate it. There are in fact a plethora of web fora that don’t have any published content or moderation guidelines. Without exception, all of them feature a timbre of discussion markedly different from that which is on GV. That is a distinction we have worked hard to achieve and also why we have a much smaller audience that actively comments. As we have been repeatedly told however, and often by those who vehemently disagree with what we have to say and the content we publish, it is the largely respectful tone of discussion on GV that attracts healthy debate, in a manner few other websites can match.

Just an opinion. Not an argument.

And by the way, kudos to Sonali. That letter was fantastic. I admire her courage.

“Free speech in Sri Lanka being what it is, one cannot be too surprised, its irony notwithstanding.”

Try limiting your comments to the President’s intelligence and/or literacy of English, and they should pass ok.

@Michael, derogatory references to the President and other individuals have, along with expletives, been deleted from comments here and elsewhere on this forum, in line with our submission guidelines that many regular readers on GV follow, but most new to the forum despite clear markings are unable, or unwilling to abide by.