Bucking the obvious, we have learned constitutional lawyers telling us that the 'protection of the majority is unnecessary and superfluous'. This is, of course, an apocalyptic instance of what happens when the determined and blood-thirsty clash with those who believe in the security of numbers and the fair play of the Gods. Today the sword has been replaced by other instruments of extermination that do not entail the horrific blood- letting of earlier centuries. Ancient cultures wither away by a kind of internal parasitization, - the Trojan Horse approach that is all too familiar to the hapless citizens of the Third World. Rampaging monotheism that rides piggy-back on what is euphemistically called 'globalization' is the outstanding example of this phenomenon.
Nations rot from within.
The transformation is all the more galling because it is propelled by a hidebound and intolerant evangelism that cleverly exploits the hegemony of the global market. It is not for us to be judgmental on what is happening in Capitalist South Korea but the extraordinary scenario of Religious Darwinism' in this once staunchly-Buddhist country has a morbid fascination for us in Lanka. We have here a proud majority with centuries of splendid achievement based on adherence to the sublime doctrine of the Enlightened One being stripped overnight of a cherished heritage. Vanquished, it is not unfair to say, by brokers of power, money and sham religion. These historic cameos are both salutary and didactic.