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		<title>By: Ananth</title>
		<link>http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/11/equal-rights-or-self-determination/#comment-60097</link>
		<dc:creator>Ananth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Right of self-determination of Ilankai Tamils 
by Dr. Vickramabahu Karunarathne 

http://www.antiimperialista.org/content/view/6127/50/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Right of self-determination of Ilankai Tamils<br />
by Dr. Vickramabahu Karunarathne </p>
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		<title>By: Ananth</title>
		<link>http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/11/equal-rights-or-self-determination/#comment-60096</link>
		<dc:creator>Ananth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am not the one who is saying the Tamils are oppressed and they need self-rule.........everyone else is except for the imperalists......</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am not the one who is saying the Tamils are oppressed and they need self-rule&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;everyone else is except for the imperalists&#8230;&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Ananth</title>
		<link>http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/11/equal-rights-or-self-determination/#comment-60095</link>
		<dc:creator>Ananth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Powers have to repent for what they are doing&quot; said Dr. Vickrmabahu Karunaratne, general secretary of the NSSP and the president of the Left Front in Sri Lanka, in his article.

http://www.nowpublic.com/world/sri-lanka-powers-have-repent-what-they-are-doing

&quot;The government, while discarding all appeals for a ceasefire is hell bent on finishing the LTTE. The LTTE cannot be finished as it is a movement in the hearts and minds of the Tamil people. It represents the strongest commitment to the Tamil right to self determination and Tamil freedom. Even those who disagree with the LTTE`s violent methods or with its political programme for Tamil liberation, still hail it as the most formidable opposition to Sinhala repression.&quot; - Dr. Vickrmabahu Karunaratne

&quot;the truth is that Tamil consciousness in the world has expanded due to the repressive war of the Mahinda regime. All global capitalist powers including India will be forced to repent in time to come for their aggressive participation in human suffering of this order. The LTTE cannot be blamed for not surrendering to the Sinhala army of the chauvinist regime. If thousands die due to the attacks of the army the blame will squarely fall on the government and its masters. America, India and others shed crocodile tears about the massive human tragedy after doing everything possible to repress the Tamil speaking people.&quot; - Dr. Vickrmabahu Karunaratne</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Powers have to repent for what they are doing&#8221; said Dr. Vickrmabahu Karunaratne, general secretary of the NSSP and the president of the Left Front in Sri Lanka, in his article.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/world/sri-lanka-powers-have-repent-what-they-are-doing" rel="nofollow">http://www.nowpublic.com/world/sri-lanka-powers-have-repent-what-they-are-doing</a></p>
<p>&#8220;The government, while discarding all appeals for a ceasefire is hell bent on finishing the LTTE. The LTTE cannot be finished as it is a movement in the hearts and minds of the Tamil people. It represents the strongest commitment to the Tamil right to self determination and Tamil freedom. Even those who disagree with the LTTE`s violent methods or with its political programme for Tamil liberation, still hail it as the most formidable opposition to Sinhala repression.&#8221; &#8211; Dr. Vickrmabahu Karunaratne</p>
<p>&#8220;the truth is that Tamil consciousness in the world has expanded due to the repressive war of the Mahinda regime. All global capitalist powers including India will be forced to repent in time to come for their aggressive participation in human suffering of this order. The LTTE cannot be blamed for not surrendering to the Sinhala army of the chauvinist regime. If thousands die due to the attacks of the army the blame will squarely fall on the government and its masters. America, India and others shed crocodile tears about the massive human tragedy after doing everything possible to repress the Tamil speaking people.&#8221; &#8211; Dr. Vickrmabahu Karunaratne</p>
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		<title>By: Suren</title>
		<link>http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/11/equal-rights-or-self-determination/#comment-59927</link>
		<dc:creator>Suren</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Shabnam,
Ellie Wiesel, really hit the bottom, when he said that the Tamils are being disenfranchised.  It shows, how much all these foreigners care and know about what is happening, before they come out with their big mouthed opininions and rumor spreadings.  Look at what is written in  this blog. Do they really want any intelligent person to take all this seriously? 

Thanks to people like this, and the Tamil fanatics, normal innocent Tamils have been silenced from many sides, for decades. If we spoke up against the govt to get justice for our nation, then we were stampled as terrorists, if we talked against the LTTE, then we were executed by the LTTE. Now, with the LTTE gone, we have to work together to get justice for all the peoples of Sri Lanka. We must stop thinking and dividing ourselves on ethnic lines. 

As for the Jewish people: At least they had their homeland there. Tamils do not have the Tamil homeland in Sri Lanka.  That&#039;s so absurd to even propose. Tamil homeland is Tamilakam, that is the present day Tamil Nadu.  It is a joke to say that Tamils are indigenous to Sri Lanka and that the Tamil homeland is in the North and East of Sri Lanka. The thing is they are distorting Tamil history to try to make a claim for their so called homeland.  If they tell this BS to Indians and the real Tamils of India, they will be beaten.  lol. 

Now, they are riding all the horses, left and right; liberal and conservative, whatever they can find. But their nonsense will not give any fruits.  Their unjust claims  and wild unfounded allegations will make the Gods curse them, and they WILL fall and really break their necks.  I truely believe it was the intervention of Shivam, that saved the Tamil people from the LTTE. They couldn&#039;t take it anymore, in the LTTE held areas. The despora Tamil fanatics who are shouting the loudest now, are the remenents of the LTTE money makers. They want to cling to the collected wealth and run their enterprise. 

The last thing the world needs is another mono-ethnic racist state like Isarel.  At least that is something which the whole world except the Zionists, agree on. 

These interested journalists, should take a trip to the British archives and read about how most of the Tamils got to Sri Lanka, and how especially the eastern province got populated with Tamils. 

These foreigners do not know any Sri Lankan or for that matter Tamil and Sinhala history and have not done any research. All of what Mr. Ron has written is just nonsense, copied from Tamil sites.  I never thought that people like Ron are so unreliable.  Even if he has done some own research, and taken the effort to write some of it on his own, it would have been more acceptable. Everything he has written here, is just directly from some Tamil fanatic&#039;s mouth. Look at the formulations.  

Just a joke on the side: If Mr. Ron does not watch out, soon he will be Mr. Ronai, like Kotte became Kottai and Yapapatuna became Yarlpanam ..... LOL.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Shabnam,<br />
Ellie Wiesel, really hit the bottom, when he said that the Tamils are being disenfranchised.  It shows, how much all these foreigners care and know about what is happening, before they come out with their big mouthed opininions and rumor spreadings.  Look at what is written in  this blog. Do they really want any intelligent person to take all this seriously? </p>
<p>Thanks to people like this, and the Tamil fanatics, normal innocent Tamils have been silenced from many sides, for decades. If we spoke up against the govt to get justice for our nation, then we were stampled as terrorists, if we talked against the LTTE, then we were executed by the LTTE. Now, with the LTTE gone, we have to work together to get justice for all the peoples of Sri Lanka. We must stop thinking and dividing ourselves on ethnic lines. </p>
<p>As for the Jewish people: At least they had their homeland there. Tamils do not have the Tamil homeland in Sri Lanka.  That&#8217;s so absurd to even propose. Tamil homeland is Tamilakam, that is the present day Tamil Nadu.  It is a joke to say that Tamils are indigenous to Sri Lanka and that the Tamil homeland is in the North and East of Sri Lanka. The thing is they are distorting Tamil history to try to make a claim for their so called homeland.  If they tell this BS to Indians and the real Tamils of India, they will be beaten.  lol. </p>
<p>Now, they are riding all the horses, left and right; liberal and conservative, whatever they can find. But their nonsense will not give any fruits.  Their unjust claims  and wild unfounded allegations will make the Gods curse them, and they WILL fall and really break their necks.  I truely believe it was the intervention of Shivam, that saved the Tamil people from the LTTE. They couldn&#8217;t take it anymore, in the LTTE held areas. The despora Tamil fanatics who are shouting the loudest now, are the remenents of the LTTE money makers. They want to cling to the collected wealth and run their enterprise. </p>
<p>The last thing the world needs is another mono-ethnic racist state like Isarel.  At least that is something which the whole world except the Zionists, agree on. </p>
<p>These interested journalists, should take a trip to the British archives and read about how most of the Tamils got to Sri Lanka, and how especially the eastern province got populated with Tamils. </p>
<p>These foreigners do not know any Sri Lankan or for that matter Tamil and Sinhala history and have not done any research. All of what Mr. Ron has written is just nonsense, copied from Tamil sites.  I never thought that people like Ron are so unreliable.  Even if he has done some own research, and taken the effort to write some of it on his own, it would have been more acceptable. Everything he has written here, is just directly from some Tamil fanatic&#8217;s mouth. Look at the formulations.  </p>
<p>Just a joke on the side: If Mr. Ron does not watch out, soon he will be Mr. Ronai, like Kotte became Kottai and Yapapatuna became Yarlpanam &#8230;.. LOL.</p>
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		<title>By: Suren</title>
		<link>http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/11/equal-rights-or-self-determination/#comment-59924</link>
		<dc:creator>Suren</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I wrote:  The Tamils have never been discriminated in Sri Lanka. I am a Tamil myself. You want to contact me, to verify this, please send an email.

Ananth wrote: You sound like the president of Sri Lanka who said there were no civilian death. Even his own followers called his bluff.

My qtn: Do you have a problem with what I wrote? How idiotic of you to make such comparisions? Are u people really stupid or what the hell is wrong with you? I can&#039;t lie about a people who have not done me any harm. All the violence and the war time problems were created by you Tamil whiners, and it is your fault. Even if the army killed me, I would not be angry with the Sinhalese, I&#039;ll blame you for creating this problem.  Sri Lanka didn&#039;t even have a proper army, before you people started your racist war. 

I don&#039;t care what Seneviratne says to settle family scores. He doesn&#039;t sound too convinced himself. He has also told that the Germans killed some 60 million Jews. So, I don&#039;t know what he says. I can only speak for myself, and my experience as a Tamil.  

Tell me, since you obviously are a Tamil whiner:
How exactly were you discriminated? 
What specific opportunities didn&#039;t you have compared to the   Sinhalese or other ethnic groups?  
What specific rights don&#039;t you have in Sri Lanka?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wrote:  The Tamils have never been discriminated in Sri Lanka. I am a Tamil myself. You want to contact me, to verify this, please send an email.</p>
<p>Ananth wrote: You sound like the president of Sri Lanka who said there were no civilian death. Even his own followers called his bluff.</p>
<p>My qtn: Do you have a problem with what I wrote? How idiotic of you to make such comparisions? Are u people really stupid or what the hell is wrong with you? I can&#8217;t lie about a people who have not done me any harm. All the violence and the war time problems were created by you Tamil whiners, and it is your fault. Even if the army killed me, I would not be angry with the Sinhalese, I&#8217;ll blame you for creating this problem.  Sri Lanka didn&#8217;t even have a proper army, before you people started your racist war. </p>
<p>I don&#8217;t care what Seneviratne says to settle family scores. He doesn&#8217;t sound too convinced himself. He has also told that the Germans killed some 60 million Jews. So, I don&#8217;t know what he says. I can only speak for myself, and my experience as a Tamil.  </p>
<p>Tell me, since you obviously are a Tamil whiner:<br />
How exactly were you discriminated?<br />
What specific opportunities didn&#8217;t you have compared to the   Sinhalese or other ethnic groups?<br />
What specific rights don&#8217;t you have in Sri Lanka?</p>
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		<title>By: Ananth</title>
		<link>http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/11/equal-rights-or-self-determination/#comment-59883</link>
		<dc:creator>Ananth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sri Lanka: Genocide of the Tamil minority

By Brian Senewiratne

January 23, 2009 — There is a humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka, where the Tamil minority in the island’s north and east are facing annihilation at the hands of the Sinhalese-dominated government. 

This article will deal with the current crisis, with the more fundamental problem of the legacy left by colonial British rule (1796-1948) dealt with in later articles. These colonial administrative structures will need to be reversed of there is ever to be peace or prosperity in Sri Lanka.

I am a Sinhalese, from the majority community, not from the brutalised Tamil minority. I quit Sri Lanka in 1976. 

Who runs that country is of no concern to me, as long as it is run without serious violations of human rights. Sri Lanka was tossed out of the UN Human Rights Council in May last year due to its human rights record, and the drift of a democracy to a fascist politico-military dictatorship, none of which have been publicised internationally. 

Read more at: http://links.org.au/node/885</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sri Lanka: Genocide of the Tamil minority</p>
<p>By Brian Senewiratne</p>
<p>January 23, 2009 — There is a humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka, where the Tamil minority in the island’s north and east are facing annihilation at the hands of the Sinhalese-dominated government. </p>
<p>This article will deal with the current crisis, with the more fundamental problem of the legacy left by colonial British rule (1796-1948) dealt with in later articles. These colonial administrative structures will need to be reversed of there is ever to be peace or prosperity in Sri Lanka.</p>
<p>I am a Sinhalese, from the majority community, not from the brutalised Tamil minority. I quit Sri Lanka in 1976. </p>
<p>Who runs that country is of no concern to me, as long as it is run without serious violations of human rights. Sri Lanka was tossed out of the UN Human Rights Council in May last year due to its human rights record, and the drift of a democracy to a fascist politico-military dictatorship, none of which have been publicised internationally. </p>
<p>Read more at: <a href="http://links.org.au/node/885" rel="nofollow">http://links.org.au/node/885</a></p>
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		<title>By: Ananth</title>
		<link>http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/11/equal-rights-or-self-determination/#comment-59874</link>
		<dc:creator>Ananth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;The Tamils have never been discriminated in Sri Lanka. I am a Tamil myself. You want to contact me, to verify this, please send an email.&quot;

You sound like the president of Sri Lanka who said there were no civilian death.  Even his own followers called his bluff.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;The Tamils have never been discriminated in Sri Lanka. I am a Tamil myself. You want to contact me, to verify this, please send an email.&#8221;</p>
<p>You sound like the president of Sri Lanka who said there were no civilian death.  Even his own followers called his bluff.</p>
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		<title>By: bozh</title>
		<link>http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/11/equal-rights-or-self-determination/#comment-59859</link>
		<dc:creator>bozh</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:16:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good to hear from suren. And if west and &#039;jews&#039; support tamils, i am inclined to believe suren. Tnx</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good to hear from suren. And if west and &#8216;jews&#8217; support tamils, i am inclined to believe suren. Tnx</p>
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		<title>By: Shabnam</title>
		<link>http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/11/equal-rights-or-self-determination/#comment-59853</link>
		<dc:creator>Shabnam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:46:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Suren:

Thank you for your contribution.  I trust you and believe  what you have written here.  No wonder   pro Zionist war crime activists such as Elie Wiesel and Payman Akhavan, a Zionist propagandist, support Tamil secessionist activity.  The same pro Zionist liars support and encourage secessionist activity of tribe of  Kurds to create non-Arab, non-Muslim puppet to help the Zionist project, &#039;greater Israel&#039; in the Middle East.  

All people in the region are against Kurdish terrorist   activities on behalf of Israel expansionist policy and have encouraged them to work with the population of the region and not with the war criminals in occupied land.

Do you know why Tamils are trying to paint their history as &#039;Jews&#039;? The kurds have tried the same BS.

http://nandhivarman.wordpress.com/2009/03/25/plea-to-hillary-clinton-to-support-tamil-eelam/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Suren:</p>
<p>Thank you for your contribution.  I trust you and believe  what you have written here.  No wonder   pro Zionist war crime activists such as Elie Wiesel and Payman Akhavan, a Zionist propagandist, support Tamil secessionist activity.  The same pro Zionist liars support and encourage secessionist activity of tribe of  Kurds to create non-Arab, non-Muslim puppet to help the Zionist project, &#8216;greater Israel&#8217; in the Middle East.  </p>
<p>All people in the region are against Kurdish terrorist   activities on behalf of Israel expansionist policy and have encouraged them to work with the population of the region and not with the war criminals in occupied land.</p>
<p>Do you know why Tamils are trying to paint their history as &#8216;Jews&#8217;? The kurds have tried the same BS.</p>
<p><a href="http://nandhivarman.wordpress.com/2009/03/25/plea-to-hillary-clinton-to-support-tamil-eelam/" rel="nofollow">http://nandhivarman.wordpress.com/2009/03/25/plea-to-hillary-clinton-to-support-tamil-eelam/</a></p>
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		<title>By: Suren</title>
		<link>http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/11/equal-rights-or-self-determination/#comment-59840</link>
		<dc:creator>Suren</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:04:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is totally a one sided presentation.  Go to Sri Lanka, and do some research of your own, Mr. Ron. The Tamils have never been discriminated in Sri Lanka. I am a Tamil myself. You want to contact me, to verify this, please send an email.

The problem has always been that Tamil leaders and fanatics (here after refered to as just Tamils for simplicity) wanted power, and never saw unity. They wanted power for themselves, they never cared about the normal Tamils. Tamils, ie the Sri Lankan Tamils constituted only about 11% of the population, that too was made up of a lot of Indian Tamils who declared themselves as Sri Lankan Tamils. Anyway the so called discrimination and oppression never happened. 

The Tamils collaborated with the British all throughout and the English education facilities was almost entirely concerntrated in the Jaffna penninsula. The British established 32 English schools in Sri Lanka, out of that 25 was in Jaffna. English was the language of the civil service. therefore the Tamils got most of the govt jobs and access to higher education. I don&#039;t have statistics here and now for  the whole period, but 22 years after independence, in 1970 the Tamils were 52% in the medical faculty and 50% in the engineering faculty.  Yet, they presented this as discrimination, because earlier it was much higher. Tamils being 11% of the population!! Even today they attribute this to their so called genius in comparision to other groups in the Island, and say they are discriminated. This is total BS. 

The Sinhalese were really held down by the British, because they didn&#039;t collaborate with the imperialistists, and often rebelled against the the British rule. In the 1818 rebellion alone over 10,000 Sinhalese were massacred by the British. 

The Tamils want to have over 35% of the Island exclusively to themselves. I am born in Jaffna, but was raised in Colombo.  Today over 60% of the Tamil people live outside the socalled Tamil areas. 

Justice has to be colour blind and blind to race and ethnicity. The Tamils always talk of Tamil rights. I can&#039;t understand what these rights are. How can any govt give already existing rights? The Tamils who made this problem in Sri Lanka will be cursed for ever by all Gods. The Sinhalese are also to be blamed, but theirs was always a reaction to the Tamil claims, which were unjust and selfish all through out. 

While the Tamils today do not even mention the caste oppression which was going on in the Tamil community, and is still going on, they readily talk about the socalled state discrimination. The Vellalas who dominate the Tamil community did their very best to hold the Tamil youth from lower castes out of any education opportunity.  When the govt implemented policies to prevent this, the Sinhalese were again accused of trying to interfer with the internal Tamil affairs, and accused of trying to discriminate the Hindu values. They filed even a court case in the Supreme court to try and stop the law against caste discrimination. 

Every respectable journalist or scholar who touches this issue in the totally one sided way you have done, loose credibilty.  Please go to Sri Lanka and study the issues carefully. You will change your mind. I am a great admirer of your work, and John Pilger too. Don&#039;t spoil your name by spitting out unfound and undocumented nonsense like the ones you have written here.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is totally a one sided presentation.  Go to Sri Lanka, and do some research of your own, Mr. Ron. The Tamils have never been discriminated in Sri Lanka. I am a Tamil myself. You want to contact me, to verify this, please send an email.</p>
<p>The problem has always been that Tamil leaders and fanatics (here after refered to as just Tamils for simplicity) wanted power, and never saw unity. They wanted power for themselves, they never cared about the normal Tamils. Tamils, ie the Sri Lankan Tamils constituted only about 11% of the population, that too was made up of a lot of Indian Tamils who declared themselves as Sri Lankan Tamils. Anyway the so called discrimination and oppression never happened. </p>
<p>The Tamils collaborated with the British all throughout and the English education facilities was almost entirely concerntrated in the Jaffna penninsula. The British established 32 English schools in Sri Lanka, out of that 25 was in Jaffna. English was the language of the civil service. therefore the Tamils got most of the govt jobs and access to higher education. I don&#8217;t have statistics here and now for  the whole period, but 22 years after independence, in 1970 the Tamils were 52% in the medical faculty and 50% in the engineering faculty.  Yet, they presented this as discrimination, because earlier it was much higher. Tamils being 11% of the population!! Even today they attribute this to their so called genius in comparision to other groups in the Island, and say they are discriminated. This is total BS. </p>
<p>The Sinhalese were really held down by the British, because they didn&#8217;t collaborate with the imperialistists, and often rebelled against the the British rule. In the 1818 rebellion alone over 10,000 Sinhalese were massacred by the British. </p>
<p>The Tamils want to have over 35% of the Island exclusively to themselves. I am born in Jaffna, but was raised in Colombo.  Today over 60% of the Tamil people live outside the socalled Tamil areas. </p>
<p>Justice has to be colour blind and blind to race and ethnicity. The Tamils always talk of Tamil rights. I can&#8217;t understand what these rights are. How can any govt give already existing rights? The Tamils who made this problem in Sri Lanka will be cursed for ever by all Gods. The Sinhalese are also to be blamed, but theirs was always a reaction to the Tamil claims, which were unjust and selfish all through out. </p>
<p>While the Tamils today do not even mention the caste oppression which was going on in the Tamil community, and is still going on, they readily talk about the socalled state discrimination. The Vellalas who dominate the Tamil community did their very best to hold the Tamil youth from lower castes out of any education opportunity.  When the govt implemented policies to prevent this, the Sinhalese were again accused of trying to interfer with the internal Tamil affairs, and accused of trying to discriminate the Hindu values. They filed even a court case in the Supreme court to try and stop the law against caste discrimination. </p>
<p>Every respectable journalist or scholar who touches this issue in the totally one sided way you have done, loose credibilty.  Please go to Sri Lanka and study the issues carefully. You will change your mind. I am a great admirer of your work, and John Pilger too. Don&#8217;t spoil your name by spitting out unfound and undocumented nonsense like the ones you have written here.</p>
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		<title>By: Ananth</title>
		<link>http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/11/equal-rights-or-self-determination/#comment-59750</link>
		<dc:creator>Ananth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Who attacked you? Sinhalese. Who protected you? Sinhalese. It is we who can attack and protect you. They are bringing an army from India. It will take fourteen hours to come from India. In fourteen minutes the blood of every Tamil in the country can be sacrificed to the land, by us. It is not written on anyone&#039;s forehead that he is an Indian Tamil or a Jaffna Tamil, a Batticaloa Tamil or up country Tamil&#039; Hindu Tamil or Christian Tamil. All are Tamils. We have decided to colonise four districts including Mannar with Sinhalese people by destroying forests. A majority of Sinhalese will be settled there. If you like you also can migrate there.&quot; - Gamini Dissanayake, Senior Sinhala Buddhist Minister in President J.R.Jayawardene&#039;s Cabinet (later Presidential Candidate in 1995), addressing members of a Tamil Estate Workers Trade Union in the aftermath of Genocide&#039;83 - October 1983</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Who attacked you? Sinhalese. Who protected you? Sinhalese. It is we who can attack and protect you. They are bringing an army from India. It will take fourteen hours to come from India. In fourteen minutes the blood of every Tamil in the country can be sacrificed to the land, by us. It is not written on anyone&#8217;s forehead that he is an Indian Tamil or a Jaffna Tamil, a Batticaloa Tamil or up country Tamil&#8217; Hindu Tamil or Christian Tamil. All are Tamils. We have decided to colonise four districts including Mannar with Sinhalese people by destroying forests. A majority of Sinhalese will be settled there. If you like you also can migrate there.&#8221; &#8211; Gamini Dissanayake, Senior Sinhala Buddhist Minister in President J.R.Jayawardene&#8217;s Cabinet (later Presidential Candidate in 1995), addressing members of a Tamil Estate Workers Trade Union in the aftermath of Genocide&#8217;83 &#8211; October 1983</p>
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		<title>By: Ananth</title>
		<link>http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/11/equal-rights-or-self-determination/#comment-59749</link>
		<dc:creator>Ananth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:11:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is what the Sinhalese President of Sri Lanka had to say when the Tamils were being slaughtered in July 1983:

&quot;I am not worried about the opinion of the Tamil people... now we cannot think of them, not about their lives or their opinion... the more you put pressure in the north, the happier the Sinhala people will be here... Really if I starve the Tamils out, the Sinhala people will be happy.&quot;  - J.R.Jayawardene, Sinhala Buddhist President of Sri Lanka  - Daily Telegraph, 11th July 1983</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is what the Sinhalese President of Sri Lanka had to say when the Tamils were being slaughtered in July 1983:</p>
<p>&#8220;I am not worried about the opinion of the Tamil people&#8230; now we cannot think of them, not about their lives or their opinion&#8230; the more you put pressure in the north, the happier the Sinhala people will be here&#8230; Really if I starve the Tamils out, the Sinhala people will be happy.&#8221;  &#8211; J.R.Jayawardene, Sinhala Buddhist President of Sri Lanka  &#8211; Daily Telegraph, 11th July 1983</p>
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