http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2009/07/12/the-13th-amendment-deadly-to-sri-lanka-leading-to-disaster/ Lankaweb.com Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:08:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2009/07/12/the-13th-amendment-deadly-to-sri-lanka-leading-to-disaster/comment-page-1/#comment-258 cassandra Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:39:45 +0000 http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/?p=2078#comment-258 We need to redress the 'legitimate grievances' of the Tamils but not necessarily their so-called 'aspirations'. These 'aspirations' are rarely defined and can include wishing to have a separate state. If these 'aspirations' are not consistent with a unitary state and are not justified, no way can they be granted. We need to redress the ‘legitimate grievances’ of the Tamils but not necessarily their so-called ‘aspirations’. These ‘aspirations’ are rarely defined and can include wishing to have a separate state. If these ‘aspirations’ are not consistent with a unitary state and are not justified, no way can they be granted.

]]> http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2009/07/12/the-13th-amendment-deadly-to-sri-lanka-leading-to-disaster/comment-page-1/#comment-256 PRIYAN WIJEYERATNE Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:21:02 +0000 http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/?p=2078#comment-256 Tamils are extremely anxious on carrying out their own affairs and to achieve this they will do anything and everything in the North and East by force or any other means. If we and our politicians including our Presidenet and the family have not yet realised this then we are Sinhalese and the Sri Lankan Family are heading for a slow but real extinction. Tamils say that they are disadvantaged but it is hard to estimate its extent as there are very many poor peasants of Sinhalese origin who are living much below poverty levels by any standard. Tamils since independence were planning to separate and its in their flesh and blood and more seriously in their culture. Rich Tamils will continue to buy out the best real estate of anywhere in Sri Lanka at a pace the poor Sri Lankans can not even think of. With all this on to Tamils' advantage if you provide them with a legitimate means of separation like power devolution they would only laugh at us and say "Sinhalaya modaya kaun kanna Yodaya". So pl.....ease, pl.....ease, pl.....ease, say no to devolution. What we need is “equal rights and opportunity” legislation and speedy development of North and East. Tamils are extremely anxious on carrying out their own affairs and to achieve this they will do anything and everything in the North and East by force or any other means. If we and our politicians including our Presidenet and the family have not yet realised this then we are Sinhalese and the Sri Lankan Family are heading for a slow but real extinction. Tamils say that they are disadvantaged but it is hard to estimate its extent as there are very many poor peasants of Sinhalese origin who are living much below poverty levels by any standard. Tamils since independence were planning to separate and its in their flesh and blood and more seriously in their culture. Rich Tamils will continue to buy out the best real estate of anywhere in Sri Lanka at a pace the poor Sri Lankans can not even think of. With all this on to Tamils’ advantage if you provide them with a legitimate means of separation like power devolution they would only laugh at us and say “Sinhalaya modaya kaun kanna Yodaya”. So pl…..ease, pl…..ease, pl…..ease, say no to devolution. What we need is “equal rights and opportunity” legislation and speedy development of North and East.

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