In SL, people like Ponnambalam, etc, worked with Sinhala to gain independence. Unfortunately, after independence, my people disenfranchised a lot of tamils and brought in discriminatory measures against them. hopefully this war will be over but i fear that discrimination of my tamil brothers will continue.
I am sinhala but believe in equal rights for everyone.
The United States has strongly condemned the terrorist attacks on February 3 at the Fort Railway Station and at the Dehiwala Zoo in Colombo, and on February 2 on a bus in Dambulla.
The press statement released by the US Embassy in Colombo said, %u201CWe offer our condolences to the victims, and their families.%u201D
%u201CThese reprehensible acts, which bear all the hallmarks of the LTTE, clearly targeted innocent civilians to foster an atmosphere of fear prior to Sri Lanka%u2019s Independence Day celebrations,%u201D the Embassy statement said.
US Embassy urged, %u201CWe appeal urgently to all parties to the conflict to take every possible measure to avoid killing or injuring civilians.%u201D
RE:US SLAMS TAMILS
by Edwin Navaratnam on Feb 04, 2008 03:15 PM Permalink
Yes On we all know about the USA . They had stated many times that they are not neutral in this conflict and they etnd firmly behind the Sri Lankan Sinhlas government against its genocidal war against the Eelam Tamils. Why because they want to bulid a huge transmission station for Voice of America in Puttlam in the once Tamil North West. They have also eyed the Trincomalle harbour. USa marines are in south Sri Lanka training Sri Lankan armed forces. It is very cladestine. They USa marines were in teh Trincomalle harbour immediately after the 2004 Tsaunami but never lifted a finger to help the Eastern Tamils and Tamil Muslims who were the most affected. The USA is using Srl lanka and giving it weapons to use it as a testing ground on how tofight Islamic Jehadis in Iraq and Afghanistan. They dont care about Tamils . After al lthey are jsut a bunch of darkies who are expendabel for USA' strategic interestes. I have not seen USa condemnation of teh Sri Lankan government on it genocidal policies the large scale displacement and ethnic cleansing of the Tamil in the East ( unlike in CHristian Kenya). They did not condemn the Sri lankan government when they bombed and killed 63 Tamil orphan girls in teh Vanni, Where ws the USa condemnation when the Sri Lankan army detonated a claymore mine and killed 14 Tamil school children and al thoer teachers in a school bus three days ago. The Bishop of Mannar was interviewed regarding this in the BBC. The BBC and the Bishop were lying.
RE:RE:US SLAMS TAMILS
by Edwin Navaratnam on Feb 04, 2008 03:18 PM Permalink
The USA is a hypocrite and the world knwos it. Sadam Hussein was a good chap even when he used chemical weapons against teh Kurds and the Irannians until he invaded Kuwait. They have one rule for white European Kosovo, the white Zimbawean farmers Christian Kenya eat Timor and another for the Tamils. Palestenians etc.
The LTTE have been feeding the world with lies about discrimination against Tamils in Sri Lanka. They would make you think that Tamils cannot live among the Sinhalese and Muslims, but 52% of the Tamils live harmoniously among the Sinhalese and Muslims outside of the Northern and Eastern provinces the LTTE are claiming for their 'homeland'. As a percentage of the population, there are more Tamil Doctors, Lawyers, Government Officials and Top Civil Servants than any other ethnic group in Sri Lanka. Statistics show that the Tamil people in the country have always been among the most privileged minorities in the world.
RE:RE:Tamil lies
by kumar on Feb 03, 2008 08:13 PM Permalink
i am sinhalease with many tamil friends. I am quite liberal and believe in peace. What you said about is not true. Tamils are not hired by government at all. When it comes to government services, tamils do not get help. How can there be more tamils who are doctors when we do not allow too many tamils into universities. Unfortunately, we have a country where my people believe it belongs to them only and not to everyone.
RE:RE:RE:Tamil lies
by on Feb 03, 2008 08:36 PM Permalink
Funny how you claim to be Sinhalese but can't even spell it properly. You're just another Tamil pretending to be Sinhalese. That's how desperate Tamils are. LOL. Really sad.
RE:Tamil lies
by Chelvarajan Sethukavalar on Feb 03, 2008 08:26 PM Permalink
Yes bomb terrror ise and ethnicaly cleane the Tamils and empty the Tamil NOrth and East of tamils so that these lands can be colonised by more Sinhlas. Then all Tamil wil be living in harmony as you call but in reality in fear despair and as they have no where else to go . Tehn you can humliate them and the ones who are unable to escaoe this hell hole wil be forcibly assimilated like what yoy did to the Tamils In Negombo Chilaw and Puttalam soon after independence wihtth ehelp of the Sinhlas Catholic Church. Historicaly the Tamils who mainly lived amongs teh SInhals are the Tamil Muslims and the Tamils of recent Indian origin . the native Eelam tamils (70% )have alway s lived in teh North and East and the Balance 30% in Colombo for generation amanily workinf as professioansl businessmen trader and in white collar jobs. Historically Colombo had alway form ancient times had a Tamil presence. th eentire coast from Mannar to Colombo was tamil until it ws recently Sinhalisd , the Tamil in the Sinhla sareas have always come and bought property and proeperd by thoer own hard work. Unlike th SInhlas clonist =in the North adn east who go their with govet help and many of them are Criminals and thughs fully armed sne tby the givernment under guise as colinist to terrrise and chase the native Tamils away. and aslo to change the ethnice balnce in Tamil districts . If tHE LTTE atacks them the government misinforms the world and sates half truths like this half Sinhlas on that innocent S
RE:Tamil lies
by on Feb 03, 2008 08:35 PM Permalink
Tamils have been butchering and murdering non-Tamils for centuries. Tamils have ethnically cleansed the north of Sri Lanka of all Sinhalese, Moors, Burghers, Malays and claim it as Tamil-only terrority. This is racism that Tamils are proud of and is celebrated by people like you. More than 20 000 Muslims are still refugees after having being ethnically cleansed by Tamils from Jaffna, even though they speak the Tamil language. One can only imagine the Tamil hatred towards the Sinhalese then. The so called "native Tamils" are actaully low caste Tamils who came to Sri Lanka during the last two three centuries from Tamil Nadu. Only a very small minority of Sri Lankan Tamils have been living in the country after the invasions of the Cholas thousand years ago. Most of them are new comers who have been deluded into beliving that they have been living in the north for thousands of years. The entire island from north to south was populated by the Sinhalese before Tamils invaded and pushed the Sinhalese southwards. Tamils shouldn't try to steal the land of others, they should be happy with their Toilet Nadu.
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are waging a terrorist campaign in Sri Lanka in order to create a separate Tamil-only state. The LTTE, while masquerading as a liberation organisation, has for almost a quarter century spurned all efforts at securing peace and continued a sustained campaign of terrorism against successive democratically elected governments and civilians of Sri Lanka. People from all ethnic communities - Sinhalese, Tamils and Muslims - have been the victims of this terror. The LTTE is now banned in India, the United States of America, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Malaysia.
RE:Tamil Terrorism
by kumar on Feb 03, 2008 08:14 PM Permalink
The government of SL is on a campaign to create a sinhala only state. I am sinhala and my family has been woring for long to stop something like this from happening. unfortunately, successive government has discriminited against tamils.
RE:Tamil Terrorism
by on Feb 03, 2008 08:39 PM Permalink
Tamils have long discriminated against the Sinhalese during the colonial period. They didn't raise one voice for the discrimination faced by the Sinhalese majority. Only when this 12% minority lost their privileged position did they start screaming "discrimination."
Today Tamils can get into unversity with lower marks than all other Sri Lankans. Is this fair?
RE:Tamils are Terrorists
by deep dar on Feb 03, 2008 07:20 PM Permalink
Is there any historical link between Tamils and Muslims??? Both seem to take naturally to suicide bombings!
RE:Tamils are Terrorists
by on Feb 03, 2008 07:29 PM Permalink
There probably is. Tamils have carried out more suicide bombings than ALL the Muslim groups combined.
RE:Tamils are Terrorists
by on Feb 03, 2008 07:27 PM Permalink
Tamil terrorists should be carpet bombed and eliminated. Don't speak to me of hate, look below at the hate comments of Tamils, nothing about them from your sanctimonious mouth. Tamils need to be taught a good lesson, and I hope it is done soon.
Tamil culture = pregnant suicide bombers, child soldiers, suicide attacks on civilian buses, trains, planes, drug traficking, gang crime, prostitution, fatricidal killings.
No wonder India, US, UK, EU, Canada, Australia have all banned the Tamil Tigers.
RE:Tamils are Terrorists
by mn on Feb 03, 2008 07:31 PM Permalink
Hey *AS*SH*ole ..first identify u and ur culture and talk about our great culture..U dont have an identy?? or ur mum is a *C*oncubine??B*As*tard
RE:Tamils are Terrorists
by on Feb 03, 2008 07:32 PM Permalink
Dont' get too angry, dear Tamil terrorist. India has slapped you and pissed on your face.
Sri Lanka should carpet bomb the north and wipe out these Tamil terrorists. Tamils create problems wherever they go, a wall should be built all around Tamil Nadu to prevent these primitive and backward people from spreading terror both in India and Sri Lanka.
RE:What should be done
by mn on Feb 03, 2008 07:32 PM Permalink
Hey *AS*SH*ole ..first identify u and ur culture and talk about our great culture..U dont have an identy?? or ur mum is a *C*oncubine??B*As*tard
Only way for peace in the whole of SL, is to bring the war to the south. Just as the SL government, thinks that they will bring peace through war and genocide in the nortn of SL.
RE:Bring the war to the souuth of SL
by on Feb 03, 2008 07:00 PM Permalink
The best way for peace is to carpet bomb northern Sri Lanka and elimate the LTTE vermin. Tamils have been getting away with murder and terrorism for too long, they need to be taught a good lesson on how to behave like civilised human beings.
RE:RE:Bring the war to the souuth of SL
by mn on Feb 03, 2008 07:32 PM Permalink
Hey *AS*SH*ole ..first identify u and ur culture and talk about our great culture..U dont have an identy?? or ur mum is a *C*oncubine??B*As*tard
this is what happens if, the minority is excluded brutally from society. ethnic indians, are by a large peaceful people, witness the state of singapore, where, a tiny tamil minority lives amicably, in fact even giving a president to them malaysia, is still better, some events nothwithstanding. only this lanka has a running prob with the tamils. tamils are only asking for equality not dominance. the singalese just want to screw them out of the country. this is sad but true. i am not defending the violence there, but facts have to be faced by the srilankan govt.
RE:srilanka
by on Feb 03, 2008 07:01 PM Permalink
Tamils enjoyed all the privileged positions under the colonials. They licked the boots of the British in India and in Sri Lanka and did nothing for independence. In Sri LAnka they ran an apartheid state and couldn't handle the fact when the native Sinhalese finally got power.
RE:srilanka
by Samira Khan on Feb 03, 2008 07:29 PM Permalink
yes, I agree with you. how many tamils fought for indias freedom can you name at least one?
RE:srilanka
by jaya sm on Feb 03, 2008 11:00 PM Permalink
Dear fellow indian,
If you dont know about tamil freedom fighting, please search the net. It has tons of information about freedom fighting from tamilnadu, ur history books didnt teach. I am not supporting LTTE. but as you are speaking about indian freedom fighting, i just wanted to tell you something.
To name a few, in 18th Century Veerapandiya kattabomman, refused to pay tax to british and fought the war for years.
Vanjinathan, shot a british collector in a train . There is a Salt Sathyagrah in Tuticorin,
In 1906 the great freedom fighter of India, V.O. Chidambaram Pillai launched the first Swadeshi ship in British India.
you please dont spread such wrong information about tamils and your fellow indian brothers..
RE:RE:srilanka
by jaya sm on Feb 03, 2008 10:53 PM Permalink
Dear fellow indian,
If you dont know about tamil freedom fighting, please search the net. It has tons of information about freedom fighting from tamilnadu, ur history books didnt teach. I am not supporting LTTE. but as you are speaking about indian freedom fighting, i just wanted to tell you something.
To name a few, in 18th Century Veerapandiya kattabomman, refused to pay tax to british and fought the war for years.
Vanjinathan, shot a british collector in a train . There is a Salt Sathyagrah in Tuticorin,
In 1906 the great freedom fighter of India, V.O. Chidambaram Pillai launched the first Swadeshi ship in British India.
you please dont spread such wrong information about tamils and your fellow indian brothers..
RE:RE:srilanka
by jaya sm on Feb 03, 2008 10:58 PM Permalink
Dear fellow indian,
If you dont know about tamil freedom fighting, please search the net. It has tons of information about freedom fighting from tamilnadu, ur history books didnt teach. I am not supporting LTTE. but as you are speaking about indian freedom fighting, i just wanted to tell you something.
To name a few, in 18th Century Veerapandiya kattabomman, refused to pay tax to british and fought the war for years.
Vanjinathan, shot a british collector in a train . There is a Salt Sathyagrah in Tuticorin,
In 1906 the great freedom fighter of India, V.O. Chidambaram Pillai launched the first Swadeshi ship in British India.
you please dont spread such wrong information about tamils and your fellow indian brothers..
RE:RE:srilanka
by jaya sm on Feb 03, 2008 10:57 PM Permalink
Dear fellow indian,
If you dont know about tamil freedom fighting, please search the net. It has tons of information about freedom fighting from tamilnadu, ur history books didnt teach. I am not supporting LTTE. but as you are speaking about indian freedom fighting, i just wanted to tell you something.
To name a few, in 18th Century Veerapandiya kattabomman, refused to pay tax to british and fought the war for years.
Vanjinathan, shot a british collector in a train . There is a Salt Sathyagrah in Tuticorin,
In 1906 the great freedom fighter of India, V.O. Chidambaram Pillai launched the first Swadeshi ship in British India.
you please dont spread such wrong information about tamils and your fellow indian brothers..
RE:RE:srilanka
by Demo-crazy on Feb 04, 2008 12:01 AM Permalink
Ignorance is bliss. half knowledge in the times of internet, too dangerous! Research before you pose a question, Samira!
I got some info from Wikipedia... check it out.
Veeran Alagumuthu Kone,Irunakattukottai,The first freedom fighter in TamilNadu Dheeran Chinnamalai (1756%u20131805), One of the first Freedom Fighter from Kongu Nadu. Kattabomman (1760%u20131799), One of the first Freedom Fighter from Thirunelveli. Maruthu Pandiyar, One of the first Freedom Fighter. V.O. Chidambaram Pillai (1872%u20131936), Freedom Fighter, who launched the first Indian ship on Indian waters under British Rule. Subramanya Bharathy (1882%u20131921), Revolutionary poet and Freedom Fighter. V. Kalyanasundaram (1883%u20131953), Scholar and Freedom Fighter. Subramanya Siva, Freedom Fighter. Sathyamoorthy, Freedom Fighter and Indian National Congress Leader. Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar (1908%u20131965), Freedom Fighter and All India Forward Bloc Leader. Thiruppur Kumaran, Freedom Fighter. Champakaraman Pillai, Freedom Fighter. QUID-E-Milath Mohamed Ismail, Freedom Fighter, Member of Parliament and was the President of Indian Muslim League. Lakshmi Sahgal, A Colonel in the Indian National Army. (she is a tamilian, her father's name is D. Swaminathan). Vanchinathan, A freedom fighter from Thirunelveli.
------ I am not a Tamilian but am proud of all those Indians who stood up for our nation. The minimum you can do is have respect for your fellow Indians.
RE:srilanka
by on Feb 03, 2008 07:34 PM Permalink
NONE in India and NONE in Sri Lanka. In Sri Lanka Tamils licked and polished the boots of the British while the majority Sinhalese shed their blood for their country. Tamils ruled the roost and didn't care tuppence for the discriminated majority. Then when independence came they started screaming "discrimination" when they (12% minority) dominated everything for more than 100 years.
RE:RE:srilanka
by jaya sm on Feb 03, 2008 10:56 PM Permalink
Dear fellow indian,
If you dont know about tamil freedom fighting, please search the net. It has tons of information about freedom fighting from tamilnadu, ur history books didnt teach. I am not supporting LTTE. but as you are speaking about indian freedom fighting, i just wanted to tell you something.
To name a few, in 18th Century Veerapandiya kattabomman, refused to pay tax to british and fought the war for years.
Vanjinathan, shot a british collector in a train . There is a Salt Sathyagrah in Tuticorin,
In 1906 the great freedom fighter of India, V.O. Chidambaram Pillai launched the first Swadeshi ship in British India.
you please dont spread such wrong information about tamils and your fellow indian brothers..
RE:RE:srilanka
by on Feb 03, 2008 07:38 PM Permalink
The Sinhalese are the native people of Sri Lanka. Tamils are invaders from Tamil Nadu who pushed the Sinhalese southwards. That's why they are found predominantly in the north of the country. Tamils arrived in Sri Lanka because of Chola INVASIONS and they butchered the Sinhalese and stole thier land. Even the place names of Jaffna are of Sinhalese origin. The oldest artefact found in Jaffna - the Buddha statue of Vallipuram has its inscription in Sinhalese. Tamils are just invaders in Sri Lanka trying to steal Sinhalese land and claim it as theirs. They are greedy, self-centred and ethnic conscious, never caring for the country but only for themselves. They have trouble co-existing with people who speak another language and follow another religion. They dominated the country during the colonials and started lying about "discrimination" when they began to lose their apartheid powers.
Nothing justifies sending pregnant suicide bombers to kill civilians but that's what Tamils do.
RE:srilanka
by Chelvarajan Sethukavalar on Feb 04, 2008 09:38 AM Permalink
Tghe SInhlas are a mixturs of teh Indo european spekin gmigrants the Native Eelam Tamils Pandyans and Cholas. They also have Veddah and other indegenous tribal blood like Naas Yakkas. Aroudn 50% of teh modern day Sinhlas are descended from recent South Indian Tamil migrant s who only migrated to Sri Lanka around 600 to 10 0years ago. They make up the Sihlas castes of Karawe, Salagama . Durawe, Hunu Berawayo Demalgedera etc . teh Sinhlas arsitocraats both low country and Kandyan are South Indian Tamil arsitocracy. so aroudn 90 % of SInhalas are eventualy descended from Tamils eiother native or Indian got it . you can see it in teh Sinhlas loos thoer cuture food habbits dances etc.GO read teh net and teh Encyclopedias. Instead of listening to the Sri Lankan state priopaganda.
RE:srilanka
by on Feb 03, 2008 08:08 PM Permalink
If it was Tamil then the inscription should have been in Tamil, but it is in Sinhalese. Tamils are the enemies of Buddhists. The biggest massacre of Buddhists took place at the hands of Tamils in Tamil Nadu. Tamils continue to attack Buddhists and Buddhist places of worship in Sri Lanka, the latest is the bus bombing killing more than 20 Buddhist pilgrims. So please don't preach this crap about Tamils following Buddhism and respecting it. It's a whole load of bull and you know it. All the Buddhist monuments in Sri Lanka were built by the Sinhalese. They were destroyed and attacked when Tamils invaded the island. Hilarious now you are claiming that Theravada Buddhism is a corruption of the word "Dravidian." LOL! Learn Pali my friend and get an education instead of following these silly little Tamil dream stories like a fool. This why I say Tamils are so insecure they have a desire to claim everything as theirs because they have no tradition of history and no one looks up to them. Theravada Buddhism is the closet form to original Buddhism and follows the Pali Tipitaka. It has nothing to do with Tamils. Your Tamil fantasy stories are utterly laughable, everyone can see how idiotic you are with your silly grandiose Tamil claims.
RE:RE:srilanka
by jaya sm on Feb 03, 2008 11:01 PM Permalink
Dear fellow indian,
If you dont know about tamil freedom fighting, please search the net. It has tons of information about freedom fighting from tamilnadu, ur history books didnt teach. I am not supporting LTTE. but as you are speaking about indian freedom fighting, i just wanted to tell you something.
To name a few, in 18th Century Veerapandiya kattabomman, refused to pay tax to british and fought the war for years.
Vanjinathan, shot a british collector in a train . There is a Salt Sathyagrah in Tuticorin,
In 1906 the great freedom fighter of India, V.O. Chidambaram Pillai launched the first Swadeshi ship in British India.
you please dont spread such wrong information about tamils and your fellow indian brothers..
RE:Gear for 4th February 2008.
by on Feb 03, 2008 07:03 PM Permalink
4th of February 2008 should be a day that all Sri Lankan Tamils should remember. A day where their blood fertilisers Sri Lankan soil. They must be carpet bombed, and chased away from their homes and taught a good lesson for killing civilians in this manner. This folks are worse than Muslim terrorists, bombing Buddhist shrines and Buddhist pilgrims and sending suicide bombers to blow up civilian trains.
The re emergence of stronger LTTE is not far away. LTTE are consolidating and very soon the sinhalese will be repaid for all their chauvinistic policies.
