Commonway Theories on War and Peace Sri Lanka Journal entries The Peace Meditation Background of Conflict Additional Photos Inclusivity means the recognition that all beings are inextricably linked to each other. Because of this linkage, all attempts to defeat the Other are ultimately self-defeating. Whether the island of Sri Lanka has one, two or ten political divisions does not necessarily determine inclusivity.
Ethnic war is unwinnable.
There is a difference between the will of the people versus the will of men with guns . Most conflict is maintained not because groups of people oppose each other, but because very small groups of men, backed up by guns, claim to speak for the people . This works only because the current political paradigm recognizes men with guns as legitimate national powers. This is true on both sides of the Sri Lanka conflict. This is in part due to the fact that many of the most virulent ethnic conflicts are a result of the West s history of colonization.