<!--QuoteBegin-ramana+Oct 28 2008, 02:18 AM-->QUOTE(ramana @ Oct 28 2008, 02:18 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Man-eaters turn tail in Sri Lanka
Sandhya Jain
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Misplaced sympathy for Sri Lanka's Tamil minority should not mislead India to pander to the separatist and murderous Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam at the cost of the island's Sinhala-Buddhist majority. As Buddhism belongs to India's religio-cultural spectrum, a more rewarding initiative would be to foster dialogue and amity between the two groups, shunning the ethnic divide that is a colonial legacy. The Tamil and Sinhala religious and political leaderships have a responsibility in this regard, and the forthcoming eclipse of the LTTE is the best time to unite the ravaged nation.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->[right][snapback]89539[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->While I agree with the rest of this paragraph by Sandhya Jain, I disagree with the use of the first two words. It's not "misplaced sympathy". Hindus in SL are put upon from both directions:
- by the LTTE and
- by the Sinhala govt that is retaliating on the Hindu population instead of the LTTE.
SL Hindus have every right to live peacefully in what is after all just as much their land.
Sri Lanka should oust LTTE <i>and</i> the rest of christianism from their island. Their common enemy (christianism) is the one that is intent on keeping their issues unresolvable, even while it makes converts from both SL Hindus and Buddhists. Isn't it curious that - where everyone else in the island is only losing repeatedly - christianism is the only thing that is making gains. <- I wonder what great bloodthirsty 'miracle' is effecting that.
Sandhya Jain
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Misplaced sympathy for Sri Lanka's Tamil minority should not mislead India to pander to the separatist and murderous Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam at the cost of the island's Sinhala-Buddhist majority. As Buddhism belongs to India's religio-cultural spectrum, a more rewarding initiative would be to foster dialogue and amity between the two groups, shunning the ethnic divide that is a colonial legacy. The Tamil and Sinhala religious and political leaderships have a responsibility in this regard, and the forthcoming eclipse of the LTTE is the best time to unite the ravaged nation.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->[right][snapback]89539[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->While I agree with the rest of this paragraph by Sandhya Jain, I disagree with the use of the first two words. It's not "misplaced sympathy". Hindus in SL are put upon from both directions:
- by the LTTE and
- by the Sinhala govt that is retaliating on the Hindu population instead of the LTTE.
SL Hindus have every right to live peacefully in what is after all just as much their land.
Sri Lanka should oust LTTE <i>and</i> the rest of christianism from their island. Their common enemy (christianism) is the one that is intent on keeping their issues unresolvable, even while it makes converts from both SL Hindus and Buddhists. Isn't it curious that - where everyone else in the island is only losing repeatedly - christianism is the only thing that is making gains. <- I wonder what great bloodthirsty 'miracle' is effecting that.
Death to traitors.