{"id":41185,"date":"2015-02-01T17:45:57","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T00:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=41185"},"modified":"2015-02-01T17:45:57","modified_gmt":"2015-02-02T00:45:57","slug":"helping-sri-lankas-new-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2015\/02\/01\/helping-sri-lankas-new-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Helping Sri Lanka’s New Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ira de Silva\u00a0London, Canada<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

The Editor
\nNew York Times
\nNew York,N.Y.
\nU.S.A<\/p>\n

Dear Sir:<\/p>\n

I am writing to you regarding this disgusting exhibition of U.S. ignorance, arrogance and hypocrisy.<\/p>\n

To write of Sri Lanka’s “new democracy” shows how ignorant the writer and your paper is regarding Sri Lanka. It is a country that has had democracy for sixty years and the country has an educated electorate which takes it’s responsibility to vote seriously, which is more than can be said of the U.S. The percentage that voted in the last election was over 80%. You are aware of the low voter \u00a0participation at your elections, which indicates that though the U.S. preaches democracy in other countries even if it means killing people and destroying them for purely selfish U.S. political gain, democracy is very much more present in Sri Lanka than in the U.S.<\/p>\n

U.S. ignorance and arrogance is personified in the picture accompanying this article. The U.S. has various “rituals” as to how to treat your own flag and will not hesitate to bomb, murder and otherwise attack other countries if the U.S. flag is considered to have been desecrated because it is a symbol of the United States. This picture shows complete disregard for another country’s flag. If the U.S. flag is a symbol of the U.S. so are the flags of other nations to the citizens of those countries. The fact that you have chosen to publish this disgusting picture merely illustrates your low mentality and an appalling ignorance.<\/p>\n

Regarding “war crimes” and prosecuting perpetrators, while there is agreement that such people should be brought to justice, it would be better if you would champion prosecution of those in the United States who have committed \u00a0such crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan for which there is ample documented proof and confirmed in the recently published U.S. Senate report, before calling for action in other countries on mere allegations. This is the embodiment of U.S. hypocrisy, to commit war crimes without any accountability but not hesitate to condemn other countries without any proof.<\/p>\n

Sri Lanka is capable of looking after it’s own matters and the U.S. would do well to stay out of attempting to interfere in the internal matters of Sri Lanka until and unless it sets it’s own house in order. The people of Sri Lanka are well aware of the destabilization promoted by the U.S. in the name helping democracy. As Sri Lanka has a well established working democracy, it does not need help from the U.S. in this regard so you would be better advised to concentrate on promoting democracy in the U.S. and to educate yourself on basic principles of democracy and respect for other countries.<\/p>\n

Yours truly,<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Ira de Silva<\/p>\n

London, Canada<\/p>\n

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