The youths felt that their leaders have failed to think of a similar solution for the Tamils in Ceylon. This thought led to the birth of Tamil militancy and the armed struggle for Thamil Eelam , a separate state for the Tamils in Ceylon. Their idea of a Tamil State called Thamil Eelam and a Singhalese State called Sri Lanka coexisting in the island of Ceylon, they knew is not going to be given in a plate by someone. Therefore, Britain owes the second Meaculpa to the Tamils for creating all this as a result of the Soulbury Commission recommendations. The Sinhalese government insists on calling this Tamil uprising as terrorism .
Some international observers see in it, a battle .
Others prefer to call it a civil war . The Tamils prefer to call it a fight for freedom and to call the LTTE freedom fighters . It has become a fashion in the modern world for those who are in power, and therefore in enjoyment of the benefits of liberty, to advise others who are struggling and fighting, to settle differences by dialogue and negotiation. Because they are in power, it never occurs to them that they too at one time have had to carry on a fight for their own freedom. In this line, the LTTE has been subjected to tremendous pressure from international friends, to sit down to talks and settle by negotiations, a solution to their problem.