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They were arrested for drinking at public places,
driving on roads, keeping restaurants open,
for unruly behaviour after drinking and selling
merchandise during the curfew the Colombo Page
quoted police spokesman S P Jaliya Senaratne
as saying. Senarante I congratulate you.
Your diction is pithy, succinct, commendable
on all counts. And how sweeping you are
in documenting reasons for the arrests.
Sri Lankans are unruly, some of us, unwilling
to have their arrack prohibited, thosai kaddais
closed, and for good reason. Who wants income
stopped, not to mention news of the day, tit for tat
with customers, the social in society? Yes, I know
government is asking for a sacrifice to help
stave off a potential humanitarian disaster,
but we understand natural skepticism about
humanitarian operations in the context of recent
island history. Hint. Hint. Wink. Wink. There
he goes again, that bloody eater of turmeric,
lover of Armenia, still remembering
Indran Amirthanayagam, (c) March 22, 2020