From: nish@cv1.chem.purdue.edu (Nishantha I.)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
Subject: Re: <None>
Date: 1 Oct 92 01:35:55 GMT
Organization: Purdue University

Unread news in soc.culture.tamil                          83 articles +   74 oldIn article <Uelzz0m00WB_1EIklx@andrew.cmu.edu>, rs6x+@andrew.cmu.edu (Ranjith Ravindiran Suresh writes
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|> Yes, the Tigers have killed many Sinhalase. Many in Sinhala settlements in Tamil areas while others who abett in any way agression against Tamils.
	Again the callous tiger propagandist admits what they have been doing
	for the last 9 years.Killing civilians !According to this defender
	of the tamil race ( of course while sitting at his cushy chair in 
	Pitsburgh!! while the real tigers do the battle!!)any sinhalese found
	in "his" tamil area is fair game for the murderers of the LTTE.So the
	sinhalese cannot live in the so called tamil areas while the tamils
	can live work and own property.DO I HEAR THE TERM ETHNIC CLEANSING 
	here?
		For your information buster any person of any community has
	the right to live work and own property in any part of Sri Lanka.How
	would any of you feel if people from TN are barred from living,working
	or owning property in New Delhi or any other city for that matter?
	This is exactly what the gutless propagandist is saying here.
		As far as the Sri Lankans are concerned any person of any
	ethnic origin should be allowed to live anywhere he wants to.This 
	is true for the most part since MORE THAN HALF THE TAMIL POPULATION
	IN SRI LANKA live and prosper among the SINHALESE, MUSLIMS and
	other Minorities.Of course this has not been without problems
	(as you might jump up to point out) as we all know of the racial
	riots that took place after independence.These incidences have 
	been shameful and should never be allowed to repeat under any
	circumstance.But deeds of a minority among the majority should
	not be used to generalise any community to be racist.What ever
	the results of the riots  half the tamils of Sri Lanka have
	chosen to forsake Ranjith Ravindran Suresh's Elam.(Given a chance
	a considerble number of  tamils in Jaffna would do the same except 
	for the imposition of "VISA" regulations and ransom money  by 
	the LTTE).Whether the LTTE or the  sinhala extremists 
	would like to admit or not the lives of Tamils and sinhalese are inter-
	twined.I do admit that the two communities have drifted away
	from each other to a certain extent but the bonds have not been
	severed ireconicibly yet.This infact is anethma to extermists on
	both sides.Hence the riots on the part of some of the sinhalese
	and attcks on Civilians on the part of the Tigers.
		The argument that Mr Suresh has the right to kill Sinhala
        settlers because they are in Tamil areas is  ridiculous and 
	stupid at best.It is like a motorist confessing that he ran over
	a pedestrian since he (the motorist!) had the right of way!!

	
 When Tamils
|> were forced to leaev their homes and lands to make way for 'settlements,' where
|> were you? Where were you when the SL air force was raining 'barrel bombs' and rockets on Tamil areas? Or when(still does) random naval shelling was going on?
		Exactly my point.This is what I have being trying to make you
	realise since the day of my first poster.I have again and again 
	stressed the fact that this war is a never ending fiasco in which
	more and more of the brunt will be borne by the ordinary Jaffna 
	people.I have been trying to explain the futility of this war where
	no one will emerge victorius.The problem is when you try to accuse
	me or any others who wish for a peaceful solution 
	of having ultirear(sp?) motives.If people are unable to realise this may
	be it's just that God created men with thicker craniums than they 
	ought to have been.The whole point of my previous posting with regards
	to the atrocities carried out by the LTTE is to show you that there 
	is no monopoly when it comes to crimes against civilians!As you say
	if the death toll at Kalawanchikuddy was 90 so be it.The fact of the 
	matter is 90 people(according to you) died for nothing.In what way
	did it serve the cause of your liberation movement?If you insist
	on the sources that nail the LTTE on this I have only to direct you
	to nearest public library that carries Asiaweek. 
		
|> Why are many Sinhalase still in Tamil areas protected by army bases doting ourland?
		Again you are letting the cat out of the bag!!Stop for a while and
	THINK!! why they need army protection?Any idiot with an ounce of brain
	knows that the army is there because YOUR MURDERERS OF THE LTTE will
	slit their throats in the night if those hamlets are not given any
	protection.This has happened countless times and I don't think those
	people should depend on the good will of the LTTE to live their
	normal lives!
|> They are not wanted.

	Sir Just who the hell are you to decide whether they can live there or
	not?Does the city of Pitssburgh decide where you have to live?	
|> Because they came in without knocking first.
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|> Do you think that LTTE is such an unpopular organization, it can still exist in
|> this state?
	 Yes that popularity was gained with the barrel of a gun!!
	If it is so popular why does it have to imprison so many people in
	Jaffna?Read the University teachers report that describes life under
	both the SL army and the Tigers.Of course according to you (who lives
	in Pitsburgh for crying out loud!)they must be all traitors and anti
	social elements.The UTHR report was written by respectable academics
	who live under the LTTE and have a first hand experience than anyone
	from Pitssburgh.Why do they have to eliminate all signs of dissent
	if they are so secure about their popularity?Why did it assassinate
	all "moderate" elements of the Tamil society?Of course they were
	all traitors according to the warped minds of your bosses.Well Stalin
	and Hitler had the same story layed out when it came to dealing
	with dissent.Why did they have to kidnap that University student
	who won the PEN award this year?And she wasn't even against the 
	Tigers!!!Her only crime was that she had the  ability to THINK for her
	self.If you want the sources for this just go back to the posting 
	that appeared here sometimes back.
	
|> You're such a fool when it comes to us.
		Well speak for your self Mister.The only fool I see is the 
	fool who venerates a bunch of murders and thugs who have become the 
	scrouge to their own people.Perhaps looking at the mirror early in
	the morning may just do the trick.

|> I don't like some of thir deeds either.
	OH OH here comes the standered disclaimer.Tell us what you do and don't
	like about them and may be that help you  gain some credibilty.
 But, I have to think about our survival. Afterall, only a tiger can keep in ch|> eck a hungry lion. I myself have experienced some deeds by this
|> 'lion.' Ans lost many relatives(in addition our home) to this 'lion.'
		Well I can certainly understand your bitterness especially
	with your personal loses.But please don't let your bitterness
	cloud your perception of an entire group of people.
		
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|> thambi
			sincerely
			Nishantha
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