{"id":41655,"date":"2015-02-19T22:18:19","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T04:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=41655"},"modified":"2015-02-19T15:06:39","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T22:06:39","slug":"journalistic-privilege-over-rides-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2015\/02\/19\/journalistic-privilege-over-rides-request\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalistic Privilege Over-rides Request"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prof. Hudson McLean<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

Dear Contributors & Readers of LankaWeb<\/p>\n

A few of you have requested my details a couple of times, which I chose to ignore.<\/p>\n

Once again the interest arises!<\/p>\n

I have been a contributor\u00a0 to LankaWeb, almost since its inception, supporting always the Unified Sovereignty of Sri Lanka and the Rights of Sinhala as the predominant citizens.<\/p>\n

This is a Non-negotiable Condition, in my book!<\/p>\n

As a non-Sri Lankan citizen, Political Parties are Secondary. However, the leadership of the Party and the immediate affiliates are Primary Players, whom I follow.<\/p>\n

Some of those who contribute, and specially those who request my details, have not published any verifiable background details of themselves.<\/p>\n

Since I am not selling any services or insurances or offer investment or\u00a0 loans, or invite any readers to participate in any of my corporate activity, I see no reason, or obligation whatsoever to disclose any details of my personal self. I have not accused any member of the community or requested any favours or made demands. Furthermore, I have no intentions to participate in such acts in the future.<\/p>\n

As a private citizen, my voluntary or unpaid Mission here is to generate interactive civilised dialogue to promote respectfully, the well-being of the Sri Lankan citizens in general, and the Sinhala community, which I respect, in particular. I am not affiliated with any Sri Lankan Political Party, or hold any assets in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n

I am indebted to LankaWeb for giving me an opportunity to express my independent (somewhat biased) opinion. Most opinions are biased!<\/p>\n

The readers may exercise their own considerations whether to read and\/or to participate in my expressions, without any obligation.<\/p>\n

Maintaining my current position, I do not wish to compromise the safety and privacy of\u00a0 my colleagues, employees, investors and others who have contributed support and information from Sri Lanka, UK, Australia, USA, Norway, Singapore and many other countries.<\/p>\n

I have received dozens of\u00a0 bouquets & brickbats, including communications specific, with threats to me and my family. And therefore, I remain, by personal choice,in my current position.<\/p>\n

\u00a0You may Love Me or Leave Me!\u00a0 Thank you<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Express Your Opinion – Read What Others Say!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The Independent Interactive Voice of Sri Lanka on the Internet.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Please visit -:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Prof. Hudson McLean Dear Contributors & Readers of LankaWeb A few of you have requested my details a couple of times, which I chose to ignore. Once again the interest arises! I have been a contributor\u00a0 to LankaWeb, almost since its inception, supporting always the Unified Sovereignty of Sri Lanka and the Rights of Sinhala […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hudson-mclean"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41655\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}