rapa
08-02-2007, 11:54 PM
A large number of events were organized recently, to commemorate the Black July 1983. It is said to be the darkest incident in Sinhala Tamil relationship in this country, and many people cite it as the "nearest" reason for the ongoing Eelam war.
If it is the darkest incident in Sinhala Tamil relationship, what can we (Sinhalese and Tamils) gain by commemorating such a dark incident? How can the anniversary "celebrations" help to rebuild the trust between two communities?
I don't see a logical reasoning behind these "celebrations". In India, we have heard of a huge number of Hindu/Muslim riots. But do we hear anything about them (Indians) commemorating these riots every year? No. With the given political and religious environment in India at any given point of history, these riots took place. But, after everything cool down, the Hindus and Muslims live their daily life as usual.
But, ever since that ugly, dark incident (Powered by few power hungry politicians) took place in Sri Lanka, some organized set of people are rubbing these old wounds every year. What do they expect from these “celebrations” ?
One thing they are taking a message to the world that, Sri Lanka hasn’t change much from the situation in 1983. It’s a complete lie. By saying this lie to the world, these NGO dollar hunters beg for more donations for their “businesses”.
Other thing they do is, renewing the hatred in the heart of Tamils, against the Sinhalese. They don’t want to heal the pain in the hearts of the Tamils. They want to pinch it, renew it, and keep on chanting the same Mantra as in 1983. By doing so, they justify the existence of LTTE. Ultimately, these NGO mafias are empowering the terrorism more and more.
And as a matter of fact, we know that the 1983 anti Tamil riots was a pure political movement lead by the then government, and the minister Cyril Mathew (Who said to be a hard core Sinhalese racist) in particular. But, these NGO dumb asses are putting the entire blame of 83 riots, on the “Sinhalese as a community”. But, when talk about the Kandy Temple of Tooth attack, Pettah car bomb, Kebelithigollawa attack, these NGO idiots simply slip out from the problem saying “Those are just brutal attacks by a terrorist organization. But 83 was different”.
What is this double standard? If 83 riots was an injustice towards Tamils, from the Sinhalese majority (according to these people), why don’t they interpret the Dalada Maligawa attack, and Pettah car bomb attack as “Violence by TAMILS against Sinhalese” ?
On the other hand if these people interpret those attacks (Dalada mailgawa etc) were carried out on political reasons by LTTE, not on a racial basis, why don’t they apply the same logic for the 83 riots? Why don’t they accept the 1983 anti Tamil riots were simply a political movement by the then government?
In summary, I can see a huge bias in the way these people interpret the history of Tamil/Sinhala relationship in this country. These people are clearly trying to mislead the current and future young generation of this country, by projecting a wrong picture about the Sinhala Tamil clashes in the past. They simply discount the political motivations of these riots (Political motivations of both Sinhalese and Tamil politicians, including Bandaranayake, Chelva, Amirthalingam, JR, and Prabhakaran) and try to project a picture that the ongoing war is a result of only a racial grievances towards the Tamil by the Sinhalese majority.
If it is the darkest incident in Sinhala Tamil relationship, what can we (Sinhalese and Tamils) gain by commemorating such a dark incident? How can the anniversary "celebrations" help to rebuild the trust between two communities?
I don't see a logical reasoning behind these "celebrations". In India, we have heard of a huge number of Hindu/Muslim riots. But do we hear anything about them (Indians) commemorating these riots every year? No. With the given political and religious environment in India at any given point of history, these riots took place. But, after everything cool down, the Hindus and Muslims live their daily life as usual.
But, ever since that ugly, dark incident (Powered by few power hungry politicians) took place in Sri Lanka, some organized set of people are rubbing these old wounds every year. What do they expect from these “celebrations” ?
One thing they are taking a message to the world that, Sri Lanka hasn’t change much from the situation in 1983. It’s a complete lie. By saying this lie to the world, these NGO dollar hunters beg for more donations for their “businesses”.
Other thing they do is, renewing the hatred in the heart of Tamils, against the Sinhalese. They don’t want to heal the pain in the hearts of the Tamils. They want to pinch it, renew it, and keep on chanting the same Mantra as in 1983. By doing so, they justify the existence of LTTE. Ultimately, these NGO mafias are empowering the terrorism more and more.
And as a matter of fact, we know that the 1983 anti Tamil riots was a pure political movement lead by the then government, and the minister Cyril Mathew (Who said to be a hard core Sinhalese racist) in particular. But, these NGO dumb asses are putting the entire blame of 83 riots, on the “Sinhalese as a community”. But, when talk about the Kandy Temple of Tooth attack, Pettah car bomb, Kebelithigollawa attack, these NGO idiots simply slip out from the problem saying “Those are just brutal attacks by a terrorist organization. But 83 was different”.
What is this double standard? If 83 riots was an injustice towards Tamils, from the Sinhalese majority (according to these people), why don’t they interpret the Dalada Maligawa attack, and Pettah car bomb attack as “Violence by TAMILS against Sinhalese” ?
On the other hand if these people interpret those attacks (Dalada mailgawa etc) were carried out on political reasons by LTTE, not on a racial basis, why don’t they apply the same logic for the 83 riots? Why don’t they accept the 1983 anti Tamil riots were simply a political movement by the then government?
In summary, I can see a huge bias in the way these people interpret the history of Tamil/Sinhala relationship in this country. These people are clearly trying to mislead the current and future young generation of this country, by projecting a wrong picture about the Sinhala Tamil clashes in the past. They simply discount the political motivations of these riots (Political motivations of both Sinhalese and Tamil politicians, including Bandaranayake, Chelva, Amirthalingam, JR, and Prabhakaran) and try to project a picture that the ongoing war is a result of only a racial grievances towards the Tamil by the Sinhalese majority.