rapa
05-24-2006, 11:32 AM
Myth No.10:
All this is the fault of the Sinhalese themselves : Sinhalese live in a Mahavansa mentality believing that they own Sri Lanka.
This is another favourite line of those who lost the colonial privileges and would love to pass the blame on to the Sinhalese civilization.
This problem didn’t start because the politico thugs went on a rampage in July 1983. This problem didn’t start because some arrogant and oppressive militarymen and policemen who were trained to be butchers by the politicians and foreign agents kicked, baton-charged and in some cases murdered some Tamil civilians.
It is important to remember that these butchers have killed more Sinhalese than Tamils. More than 60,000 Sinhalese young men and women who mostly spoke against the injustices and the oppression in Sri Lanka, were massacred without mercy by these butchers during 1988 and 1989. This was done under the cover of destroying the JVP, which was a Marxist political party that tried to topple the government in 1988. JVP was largely an unarmed organization having less than 30 youths who had some kind of weapon training. Yet over 60,000 Sinhalese young men and women were murdered on lists supplied by political henchmen and religious extremists. The gravity of this conspiracy to kill as many Sinhalese youth as possible under the cover of suppressing the JVP becomes apparent when compared to the total number of Tamils killed during the last 20 years. For every Tamil killed, three Sinhalese have been killed by the selfish, corrupt elements from the ruling class during the last 20 years. Only 17,000 Tamil tigers have been killed since 1980. Even in a guerilla war that went horribly wrong due to the wrong strategy adopted, only 23,000 soldiers have lost their lives. These figures alone would show the magnitude of the massacre the Sinhalese were subjected to.
While making Sinhala the official language within 24 hours overnight in 1956 made life difficult for many of those who had been alienated from the Sinhala language for 500 years, this problem didn’t start because of the Sinhala language becoming the official language.
This problem didn’t start because Tamil racist political parties failed to obtain their rebel kingdoms for the north in the post-1948 era. This problem didn’t start because Jaffna had the best educational system in Lanka under the British. This problem didn’t start because that great education system produced a great percentage of Tamil educated elite in Sri Lankan society who badly wanted to maintain their artificial positions in the society.
This problem started in 796 AD when some selfish, greedy regional families got together to defy the central government when the government was weakened by the invaders. These selfish corrupt families refused to remit the taxes collected from the area to the central government. And this hunger for power was not limited to selfish rich families of the Jaffna peninsula. Many other families from Kandy, Colombo, Kalutara, and many areas of Ruhuna have rebelled against the central government whenever the central government was weak. In all these cases, the central government did what any other government in this world would have done, and would do. That was to free those areas from the rebel rule and to make sure all Sri Lankans, including the Sinhalese, can live, and work in those areas without fear and racism.
Sinhalese are only doing what any other native civilization would do when their rights and the survival are threatened and stolen by conspirators. Sinhalese concerns are not racism. A good analysis would show that Sinhalese have reacted with far better patience and tolerance, thanks to Buddhism, than how most of other native communities would behave in such circumstances.
Sinhalese do have the Mahavansa mentality without which the Sinhalese are not Sinhalese. Sinhalese are one of the few native majority communities in the world who maintained a genuine multi-cultural society where everyone could live, and benefit under their good philosophy. This ensured the continuity of the nation. Sinhalese culture, philosophy and the civilisation are unique to Sri Lanka. Their history is as old as 900,000 years. Their written history alone, which matches perfectly well with foreign records and archaeological findings, goes back to 2500 years. The Sinhalese culture is one of the World’s oldest, continuous, unchanged cultures in existence. Their written history in Mahavansa is regarded as the Second-most remarkable history in existence of an ancient and cultured civilization and their dynasty. It is second only to the records maintained by the Shu Chinese emperors. Yet Sinhalese remain one of the most discriminated communities in the world. Their survival has been threatened because of the predictable Buddhist tolerance, patience, understanding and the principles of life, which they tend to practice as Buddhists.
It was the minorities who got to enjoy the unique qualities and the national philosophy more than the Sinhalese. Unfortunately the same foreigners, who benefited from the Sinhalese tolerance, had been taking advantage of these qualities with ingratitude and disrespect.
As one of world’s important and exemplary cultures in existence, Sinhalese do have their traditional and historical right to the country as a civilization unique to Sri Lanka alone. That doesn’t mean that others do not have communal, civil and human rights. It is the current ruling class that sometimes violates the human and civil rights of the rest of the Sri Lankans. This current ruling class is influenced and controlled by the local agents hired by foreign organizations. This makes the politicians and the state officials unable to react promptly to implement what is right. This inaction, or late, ineffective action leads to communal or civil clashes at the grass root levels. Though over 70% of the Sri Lankan population are Buddhists, only about 30% of the ruling class consists of true Buddhists. There are more non-Sinhalese in the ruling class than the non-Sinhalese ethnic and religious ratios of the total population of Sri Lanka. Therefore, ruling class is not Sinhalese alone. Many Muslims, Hindu Tamils, Tamil Christians, and Sinhalese Christians dominate the ruling class. How the current ruling class governs the country is not the beautiful and fair multi-cultural society created by that great national philosophy of the Sinhalese.
Sinhalese shouldn’t be blamed for such failures of democracy or the bad governance.
Sinhalese are the only native majority in the world with a philosophy that allows the minorities the biggest possible opportunities available. The problem is that the minorities, led and brainwashed by power-hungry racists, are NOT aware of the true history. These selfish minority leaders refuse to recognize the rights of the Sinhalese. That is the basic root cause of this problem in Sri Lanka.
The importance of the Sinhalese civilization can best be described in the words of the Tamil philosopher Ananda Kumaraswamy who, while testifying at the Manning Commission under the British invaders in 1906, said
“Take anything from this country. But please don’t corrupt or destroy that beautiful Sinhalese culture that survives in villages. Because someday when you, with your greedy and selfish policies, destroy this world both materially and spiritually, the answer to rebuild that ruined world can only be found in that beautiful Sinhalese philosophy.”
That is what the poor Sinhalese are trying to protect for future generations whether they are Sinhalese or not. They are branded as racists, chauvinists, and warmongers by, if you do a close analysis, no one else but real racists, actual chauvinists, and genuine warmongers with thug and militant mentality…….!
Brave Sinhalese never accept injustice or the fraudsters who cause that, just because they are STRONG……!!!!
How such lies were made acceptable to the whole world ?
There are several media consultancy firms in this world that have been set up either by OR with strong connections to political, multi-national business and religious institutions that truly rules the world. One need only to hand them cash and tell them what opinion the international public should have on an issue. As long as this new opinion doesn’t clash with the policies or the national interests of the world superpowers, these media consultancy firms are able to establish that opinion in the hearts and minds of the international community.
These International media consultants can control, manipulate or simply buy the international media to achieve their goal. This is why the very obvious South Indian racist separatism in Sri Lanka has been portrayed as a Sinhala-Tamil ethnic problem by the international media.
In addition to this, many Eelamists have joined, or have formed associations with international aid, human rights, civic, and religious organizations. Through these personal contacts, they influence and brainwash the foreigners who work in these organizations. They also use these foreigners and these organizations to the advantage of the Eelam cause. Sri Lankan Government institutions such as foreign missions and media units who are supposed to be countering these conspiracies have been neutralized by the appointment of well-paid and looked after selfish or corrupt traitors and enemy agents. Power-hungry politicians with their highest priority political goals don’t dare to challenge them.
That is how these ten main myths and many other misconceptions have been established in the hearts and minds of the people around us.
Thus the fraud continues, almost unchallenged and unopposed.
The accuracy of your opinion depends on how much facts you have gathered. This is why there are so many opinions while there is only one truth
All this is the fault of the Sinhalese themselves : Sinhalese live in a Mahavansa mentality believing that they own Sri Lanka.
This is another favourite line of those who lost the colonial privileges and would love to pass the blame on to the Sinhalese civilization.
This problem didn’t start because the politico thugs went on a rampage in July 1983. This problem didn’t start because some arrogant and oppressive militarymen and policemen who were trained to be butchers by the politicians and foreign agents kicked, baton-charged and in some cases murdered some Tamil civilians.
It is important to remember that these butchers have killed more Sinhalese than Tamils. More than 60,000 Sinhalese young men and women who mostly spoke against the injustices and the oppression in Sri Lanka, were massacred without mercy by these butchers during 1988 and 1989. This was done under the cover of destroying the JVP, which was a Marxist political party that tried to topple the government in 1988. JVP was largely an unarmed organization having less than 30 youths who had some kind of weapon training. Yet over 60,000 Sinhalese young men and women were murdered on lists supplied by political henchmen and religious extremists. The gravity of this conspiracy to kill as many Sinhalese youth as possible under the cover of suppressing the JVP becomes apparent when compared to the total number of Tamils killed during the last 20 years. For every Tamil killed, three Sinhalese have been killed by the selfish, corrupt elements from the ruling class during the last 20 years. Only 17,000 Tamil tigers have been killed since 1980. Even in a guerilla war that went horribly wrong due to the wrong strategy adopted, only 23,000 soldiers have lost their lives. These figures alone would show the magnitude of the massacre the Sinhalese were subjected to.
While making Sinhala the official language within 24 hours overnight in 1956 made life difficult for many of those who had been alienated from the Sinhala language for 500 years, this problem didn’t start because of the Sinhala language becoming the official language.
This problem didn’t start because Tamil racist political parties failed to obtain their rebel kingdoms for the north in the post-1948 era. This problem didn’t start because Jaffna had the best educational system in Lanka under the British. This problem didn’t start because that great education system produced a great percentage of Tamil educated elite in Sri Lankan society who badly wanted to maintain their artificial positions in the society.
This problem started in 796 AD when some selfish, greedy regional families got together to defy the central government when the government was weakened by the invaders. These selfish corrupt families refused to remit the taxes collected from the area to the central government. And this hunger for power was not limited to selfish rich families of the Jaffna peninsula. Many other families from Kandy, Colombo, Kalutara, and many areas of Ruhuna have rebelled against the central government whenever the central government was weak. In all these cases, the central government did what any other government in this world would have done, and would do. That was to free those areas from the rebel rule and to make sure all Sri Lankans, including the Sinhalese, can live, and work in those areas without fear and racism.
Sinhalese are only doing what any other native civilization would do when their rights and the survival are threatened and stolen by conspirators. Sinhalese concerns are not racism. A good analysis would show that Sinhalese have reacted with far better patience and tolerance, thanks to Buddhism, than how most of other native communities would behave in such circumstances.
Sinhalese do have the Mahavansa mentality without which the Sinhalese are not Sinhalese. Sinhalese are one of the few native majority communities in the world who maintained a genuine multi-cultural society where everyone could live, and benefit under their good philosophy. This ensured the continuity of the nation. Sinhalese culture, philosophy and the civilisation are unique to Sri Lanka. Their history is as old as 900,000 years. Their written history alone, which matches perfectly well with foreign records and archaeological findings, goes back to 2500 years. The Sinhalese culture is one of the World’s oldest, continuous, unchanged cultures in existence. Their written history in Mahavansa is regarded as the Second-most remarkable history in existence of an ancient and cultured civilization and their dynasty. It is second only to the records maintained by the Shu Chinese emperors. Yet Sinhalese remain one of the most discriminated communities in the world. Their survival has been threatened because of the predictable Buddhist tolerance, patience, understanding and the principles of life, which they tend to practice as Buddhists.
It was the minorities who got to enjoy the unique qualities and the national philosophy more than the Sinhalese. Unfortunately the same foreigners, who benefited from the Sinhalese tolerance, had been taking advantage of these qualities with ingratitude and disrespect.
As one of world’s important and exemplary cultures in existence, Sinhalese do have their traditional and historical right to the country as a civilization unique to Sri Lanka alone. That doesn’t mean that others do not have communal, civil and human rights. It is the current ruling class that sometimes violates the human and civil rights of the rest of the Sri Lankans. This current ruling class is influenced and controlled by the local agents hired by foreign organizations. This makes the politicians and the state officials unable to react promptly to implement what is right. This inaction, or late, ineffective action leads to communal or civil clashes at the grass root levels. Though over 70% of the Sri Lankan population are Buddhists, only about 30% of the ruling class consists of true Buddhists. There are more non-Sinhalese in the ruling class than the non-Sinhalese ethnic and religious ratios of the total population of Sri Lanka. Therefore, ruling class is not Sinhalese alone. Many Muslims, Hindu Tamils, Tamil Christians, and Sinhalese Christians dominate the ruling class. How the current ruling class governs the country is not the beautiful and fair multi-cultural society created by that great national philosophy of the Sinhalese.
Sinhalese shouldn’t be blamed for such failures of democracy or the bad governance.
Sinhalese are the only native majority in the world with a philosophy that allows the minorities the biggest possible opportunities available. The problem is that the minorities, led and brainwashed by power-hungry racists, are NOT aware of the true history. These selfish minority leaders refuse to recognize the rights of the Sinhalese. That is the basic root cause of this problem in Sri Lanka.
The importance of the Sinhalese civilization can best be described in the words of the Tamil philosopher Ananda Kumaraswamy who, while testifying at the Manning Commission under the British invaders in 1906, said
“Take anything from this country. But please don’t corrupt or destroy that beautiful Sinhalese culture that survives in villages. Because someday when you, with your greedy and selfish policies, destroy this world both materially and spiritually, the answer to rebuild that ruined world can only be found in that beautiful Sinhalese philosophy.”
That is what the poor Sinhalese are trying to protect for future generations whether they are Sinhalese or not. They are branded as racists, chauvinists, and warmongers by, if you do a close analysis, no one else but real racists, actual chauvinists, and genuine warmongers with thug and militant mentality…….!
Brave Sinhalese never accept injustice or the fraudsters who cause that, just because they are STRONG……!!!!
How such lies were made acceptable to the whole world ?
There are several media consultancy firms in this world that have been set up either by OR with strong connections to political, multi-national business and religious institutions that truly rules the world. One need only to hand them cash and tell them what opinion the international public should have on an issue. As long as this new opinion doesn’t clash with the policies or the national interests of the world superpowers, these media consultancy firms are able to establish that opinion in the hearts and minds of the international community.
These International media consultants can control, manipulate or simply buy the international media to achieve their goal. This is why the very obvious South Indian racist separatism in Sri Lanka has been portrayed as a Sinhala-Tamil ethnic problem by the international media.
In addition to this, many Eelamists have joined, or have formed associations with international aid, human rights, civic, and religious organizations. Through these personal contacts, they influence and brainwash the foreigners who work in these organizations. They also use these foreigners and these organizations to the advantage of the Eelam cause. Sri Lankan Government institutions such as foreign missions and media units who are supposed to be countering these conspiracies have been neutralized by the appointment of well-paid and looked after selfish or corrupt traitors and enemy agents. Power-hungry politicians with their highest priority political goals don’t dare to challenge them.
That is how these ten main myths and many other misconceptions have been established in the hearts and minds of the people around us.
Thus the fraud continues, almost unchallenged and unopposed.
The accuracy of your opinion depends on how much facts you have gathered. This is why there are so many opinions while there is only one truth