I honestly cannot argue with you when say the rabbit has three legs.

If it is Sunday Leader you are referring to then I have alreaady expressed my views on Sunday Leader criticising it for supportig the UNP at one point. But Lasantha allowed me the freedom to criticise the UNP as well as the vgovernment. That is what freedom of expression is all about. And he paid dearly with his own life.

@diffperspective:

The dogs will die of old age and the caravan will have left the road and overturned in a ditch, but Miliband and his ilk will still be there to try and remove the speck from other’s eyes without removing the log from his own eyes.

These are the bigots of the bigots. Asking whether Thervada Buddhism doesn’t have an answer is one such question.

These are the tell-tale marks of the anti-Sinhalese,anti-Buddhist elements who are behind the campaign to condemn Sri Lanka.

Weerawansa and the Sri Lankan people have demonstrated their right to protest.

Thanks for that Post on Miliband…. I saw it somewhere else too… Its hilarious isn’t it???
It is so ironic that these Paragons of Virtue have now got “caught with their knickers in a twist” as that old English saying goes…..its amusing to see their supporters who at a drop of a hat pick on SL and are extremely vociferous in their condemnation of SL in the name of “human rights” and all such other catch phrases… are quite satisfied with closed door non public “hush hush” inquiries and never call on old Ban Ki to have one on them….

These hypocrits will always be around….therefore as that old Arabian saying goes….”though dogs bark the caravan moves on” and so shall Sri Lanka!!! 🙂

1- There is no doubt that there was a huge loss of civilian life, right throughout our entire war period. How practical is it to account for the loss of civilian life in a war and bring it to justice? All wars are crimes against humanity anyway. I do not understand how and why then are we merely focusing on this last phase of war.

2- And look whose talking here? US and UK! What do you call decimation of Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Viet Nam, Iraq, Afghanistan? What do you call centuries of colonialism? And those two countries that engaged in such horrors, now acting as do-gooders have the gall to accuse Sri Lanka of war crimes? This is comedy at its best.

I think we should not give into UN – the spineless US-puppet oraganisation that it is. But I’d hasten to add that righteousness, justice, fariness and equality are and were never the forte of Sri Lankan politicians.

“Interesting that he chose a day when Mahinda is abroad.”

This can be interpreted in two different ways. 1st meaning–the Minister didn’t have Prez’s support and so waited for him to leave the country. 2nd meaning–the Minister did have Mahinda’s support, but the decision was taken to protest when the Prez was out of town so as to avoid implicating His Highness in the action.

Given how the protests have been handled, with the police behaving as if they had been given instructions not to stop the protests, I’m inclined to stick to the 2nd meaning. Clearly, Weerawansa, as the Engineering Services and Construction Minister, has no command over the police.

I still struggle to make ends meet. When I was offered a house and telephone facilities by ministers I declined.

As for my arguments I never said they are the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Commentators have disputed my opinions and I have responded.

What exactly is biting you.

Reposted from someone else’ comment in a thread that only 3 people are following.

That said, there is no excuse for Wimal’s behaviour. Interesting that he chose a day when Mahinda is abroad.

Surprisingly, though, even segments of the theocracy seem to be oppose this: http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/4906-jhu-slams-un-protest.html