{"id":58379,"date":"2016-09-06T13:25:02","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T19:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=58379"},"modified":"2016-09-04T15:51:27","modified_gmt":"2016-09-04T22:51:27","slug":"question-to-tamils-unic-give-examples-of-discrimination-to-only-tamils-tell-us-what-sinhalese-muslims-enjoy-which-is-not-legally-given-to-tamils-in-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2016\/09\/06\/question-to-tamils-unic-give-examples-of-discrimination-to-only-tamils-tell-us-what-sinhalese-muslims-enjoy-which-is-not-legally-given-to-tamils-in-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"Question to Tamils & UN\/IC: Give examples of discrimination to only Tamils. Tell us what Sinhalese & Muslims enjoy which is not legally given to Tamils in Sri Lanka?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shenali D Waduge<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

Question to Tamils & UN\/IC:<\/strong> Give examples of discrimination to only Tamils. Tell us what Sinhalese & Muslims enjoy which is not legally given to Tamils in Sri Lanka?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Discrimination is the basis on which the Tamil politicians are arguing he need for a separate state and to rule their own. The discrimination card is being quoted by UN, foreign envoys and aid ctivists and promoted by profit seeking media to promote a separation of Sri Lanka without asking the fundamental uestion \u2013 where is the discrimination taking place and is discrimination exclusive to Tamils? This question is posed to the inhalese politicians of all political parties to answer as well. We cannot simply accept political claims to divide the nation without being told what these discriminations are. Moreover, a handful of examples cannot warrant a country to be divided ethnically. Blacks in America and in other parts of the world have been historically discriminated, currently the Black Americans are facing tremendous discrimination issues. Are they seeking a separate state in the US?<\/strong> Hindu Dalits are similarly discriminated against, are they seeking a separate state to rule themselves too?<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is a comment by one Sellathurai Narenthiran<\/p>\n

Sinhalese never going to learn from the past. History is repeating here again as it happened many times since independence. I didn’t hear a single Sinhalese journalist or a single Sinhalese citizen said anything about the discrimination suffered by Tamils since independence. This is the curse for Ceylon.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

We all would seriously like to pin down what these discriminations we are being accused of committing are. So my response to Narenthiran was<\/p>\n

can you please name these discriminations – discriminations that legally and constitutionally apply to only Tamils and which is not suffered by fellow Sinhalese and Muslims.. name discriminations suffered by ONLY TAMILS which are legally and constitutionally denied them<\/em><\/strong>\u201d. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

A very polite question desiring to know what the discriminations are.<\/p>\n

The response I received from Sellathurai Narenthiran was<\/p>\n

I don’t reply to idiots <\/em><\/strong>\ud83d\ude0e<\/em><\/strong>\u201d <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ok so I am an idiot asking a simple question that is on the minds of over 18million people wanting to know what Tamils were suffering from that the rest of the Sri Lankan citizenry were not.<\/p>\n

My immediate response to Sellathurai Narenthiran was<\/p>\n

This is what happens when cornered to give examples… the best route taken is replies like yours…<\/em><\/strong>\u201d <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the same case when the question is posed to Tamil political leaders. They will not answer the question and will rebuke the person asking the question by namecalling. No one will give direct answers with valid examples.<\/p>\n

The few who do are quick to cite lack of development need to be reminded that LTTE was ruling a de facto state in the North. According to Janes Intelligence LTTE was making $300m profits annually but LTTE did not make a single road in the areas they ruled but they had enough money to make plush bunkers and air conditioned homes for themselves, LTTE did not spend on building a single school, LTTE did not allow children to study at least not low caste children \u2013 they were kidnapped and sent to LTTE orphanages where they were trained in armed combat. Areas in the deep Vanni did not have electricity because LTTE blew up the transformers. LTTE denied the people much but why is no one highlighting these?<\/p>\n

If you asked Black Americans in the US how they were discriminated they would immediately give these as examples.<\/p>\n