Do you have any evidence that the VHP has committed terrorist attacks or are you buying into Congress propaganda

Babu Bajrangi

(Not to mention their brothers-in-butchery, terrorists everywhere, Islamic, Irish, Israeli, & the VHP). Who are the worst:a) the perps?b) the politicians (behind Colombo/Godhra/WestBank)?c) the “diaspora” (i.e. the lucky few who fled to Staten Island, Missisauga, etc) and pump money and, dare I say, hatred, into the coffers of the Tigers?d) all of the above?

Do you have any evidence that the VHP has committed terrorist attacks or are you buying into Congress propaganda? The LTTE folks, on occasion, congregate at the Hindu temple in Staten Island (surprisingly there’s a sizable Tamil Christian population contributing to their nonsense).

Nayagan: I work in Sri Lanka, including in the Northeast. Do/Have you? Not everyone here has abandoned ship.

are you asking the polite question are are you asking whether i “jumped ship” ?(hard as it would be to make a conscious decision about my location, given the fact I was surrounded by womb).

Australia – Gallipoli. Commemoration of our greatest defeat. ANZAC day etc. Must be the only country around that celebrates a loss rather than a victory

If nothing else, I think time will solve this. I don’t think it’s the younger generation perpetuating this conflict. When the old die, they can take their conflict with them.

When you refer to “abandoning ship,” are you talking about people who emigrated? (If not, what do you mean?) If so, that seems awfully harsh, considering what some of those people went through. I’m not saying those who have stayed haven’t been through anything—they obviously have—but I don’t know that those who left can be so easily and generally dismissed. And unless I much misunderstand you, it’s not the leaving you’re objecting to here—it’s what happens after, how the diaspora addresses the war. I think you raise some good points there about responsibility. Anyway, your comments are greatly appreciated.

Sincere thanks also to Nayagan, Preston, kettikili, pro mixalot, sahasamvada, ak, pedagogy and demagogy… and the others I must be missing at this thread grows ever longer (!).

Chandare, I will read the study to which you refer, but I must agree with AVIAF re: NGOs and Nayagan re: the call for a candid TV interview.

Nayagan: I work in Sri Lanka, including in the Northeast. Do/Have you? Not everyone here has abandoned ship.

chandare: What NGO, except for Sarvodaya, is not seen as pro-LTTE by Sinhala hardliners? Even UNICEF has been charged of that same crime. CPA is an independent think tank that has on occasion produced good work.

V.V.: Your post is appreciated.

meant what I wrote. “candid” and “on the ground” means TV (without the fear of Mahinda machan’s henchmen questioning them after the fact). But since you live with the ugly people who had to abandon their home country due to their good salt-of-the-earth neighbors who thought it a great idea to get drunk, caress them with machetes and invite themselves in for a spot of gasoline and matches, i guess your ability to read and comprehend has tragically gone for a six.

On the other hand Including “machan ” in a sentence and saying “gone for a six” makes you an expert on Sinhalese or Sri Lankans !