Comments on: Synthesis of Personal Reflections: Reconciliation, Sri Lanka Unites and Me https://groundviews.org/2010/09/02/synthesis-of-personal-reflections-reconciliation-sri-lanka-unites-and-me/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=synthesis-of-personal-reflections-reconciliation-sri-lanka-unites-and-me Journalism for Citizens Mon, 19 Aug 2013 10:39:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 By: Reconciliation in Post-War Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka: A Research Project https://groundviews.org/2010/09/02/synthesis-of-personal-reflections-reconciliation-sri-lanka-unites-and-me/#comment-55391 Mon, 19 Aug 2013 10:39:29 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/?p=3954#comment-55391 […] stance where individual members can reach their own interpretation: as one member puts it: ‘the process of reconciliation begins with me, not anyone else’.  This approach represents a rational response to the restrictive political environment in which […]

]]> By: Thoughtee https://groundviews.org/2010/09/02/synthesis-of-personal-reflections-reconciliation-sri-lanka-unites-and-me/#comment-22745 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:45:09 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/?p=3954#comment-22745 Prejudices are works of politicians only who clamour for power. They are the architects of divisions. Humans unite as humans through understanding without greed for power. Divsion is a creative devise of the corruptives. All humans have one colour and that is red, because everybody’s blood is red. Divsions of colour, caste and and all discriminatory factors are dissmissable when human suffering is felt. So lets all as Sri Lankans unite as one nation as human beings without thinking ourselves as Sinhalese, Tamils, Muslims, Burghers and so forth. Justice and peace will prevail only if we unite as humans and not as dividees.

]]> By: Dilkusha https://groundviews.org/2010/09/02/synthesis-of-personal-reflections-reconciliation-sri-lanka-unites-and-me/#comment-22645 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:51:47 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/?p=3954#comment-22645 Thanks for taking the time to pen your thoughts and views, Elijah Hoole. I caught a bit of your optimism and hope and felt refreshed.

]]> By: Sri Lankan https://groundviews.org/2010/09/02/synthesis-of-personal-reflections-reconciliation-sri-lanka-unites-and-me/#comment-22643 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:19:28 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/?p=3954#comment-22643 I think what this author has to say is absolutely right. A job well done. If Sri Lanka Unites is behind this kind if thinking all those at SLU deserve a pat on their backs

]]> By: Ajit https://groundviews.org/2010/09/02/synthesis-of-personal-reflections-reconciliation-sri-lanka-unites-and-me/#comment-22621 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:50:54 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/?p=3954#comment-22621 Yo, dude – thanks for this. A few more persons like you and those in SLU Sri Lanka can reconcile in truth!! Pessimism is an act of cowardice and self pity. Optimism that has feet to it will strive for the result that “seems” elusive and illusive. May the initiative of SLU prosper!!

]]> By: eeurekaa https://groundviews.org/2010/09/02/synthesis-of-personal-reflections-reconciliation-sri-lanka-unites-and-me/#comment-22561 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:07:45 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/?p=3954#comment-22561 mmmhhh….. truth…. young minds must be left to see the truth ….. they will see the truth …….. man’s tendency to love and respect one another takes over if given a chance …….. (throw away the hate-mongering textbooks).

Elijah, there must be many readers whose eyes are watery now.

]]> By: shakya https://groundviews.org/2010/09/02/synthesis-of-personal-reflections-reconciliation-sri-lanka-unites-and-me/#comment-22559 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:29:18 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/?p=3954#comment-22559 Elijah, I very much enjoyed reading your article, I think you have managed to capture what SLU is about. I was at meeting recently where Prashan spoke of SLU initiatives that are being carried out on reconciliation. It was very well received by the audience, though, soon after he left some people questioned his “optimism”. They may have thread the same line your father has. But, there is always hope and your absolutely right in saying reconciliation starts with all of us. We must look to the future and take personal responsibility. To quote the words of Mahathma Ghandi “be the change you want to see in the world”

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