THREACHERY
RACISM AND VIOLENCE
Daya Hewapathirane
The Leadership of Sri Lanka should not overlook the fact that Tamil
Treachery, Racism and Violence are the Real Reasons for Sri Lanka's
National Security Problems and the most gruesome and deceitful attitude
of most Tamils and their support base.
RACIST INCLINATION OF TAMILS
It is the commonly held view that the large majority of Tamils are
supportive of the terrorist LTTE, wherever they may be living and
whatever may be their occupation. The reasons they cite for this inclination
are unfounded, being based on false information that cannot be backed
with concrete evidence. The real reason for this attitude is nothing
but racism on the part of most Tamils. This has been the case all
along in the past. This racist inclination continues today, much like
their strong caste system and associated brutal discrimination. It
is only a small handful of Tamils, in the last couple of years, who
have had the courage and have taken the initiative to declare their
opposition to the racist terrorist LTTE. This again is for selfish
reasons, because their family, friends or political party members
have been massacred ruthlessly by the LTTE.
The deep seated interests of most Tamils are in any case focused narrowly
and exclusively on the welfare of their own kind, their own interests,
and not on the general welfare of the people of the nation as a whole.
They have never supported the idea of nation building in our country,
but more concerned on separation from the rest of the country with
a false claim of an imagined “Tamil Homeland” in the North
and East of the country.
BRAINWASHED AGAINST SINHELA
The racist Tamil terrorists have been brainwashed, invariably by some
foreign ruling elite and their social, religious and business institutions,
to ask for Tamilnadu National rights in the motherland of the indigenous
Sinhela people. And this, by resorting to the most ruthless terrorist
means, killing our people, disrupting the functioning of our institutions,
and systematically destroying and causing disrepute to everything
that gives us pride and identity as a nation. They are destroying
the good image of our country with an international campaign of false
propaganda, misleading the international community, using crude and
most deceitful means which civilized people would not resort to.
Most of the young Tamils, especially those who grew up in the North,
have been severely brainwashed from childhood, with utterly false
and delusional information about the country and its majority Sinhela
people. The degree of brainwashing has been so extreme, that these
people are unable to think beyond the beliefs that they are blinded
with. They have been most deceitfully brainwashed that the Sinhela
people are their enemies and are criminals who are out to get the
Tamils. They have been made to believe that the land belongs to them
and it is their traditional homeland.
TAMILS HAVE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
It is a fact that more than half of the country’s Tamil population
live in and are employed in predominantly Sinhela areas, among the
Sinhela and other people without any harassment or discrimination.
For that matter the number living in Sinhela areas shows a strikingly
increasing trend in recent times. This is in opposition to the predominantly
Tamil areas in the North and East where no one other than Tamils are
permitted.
Most Tamils are either businessmen or professionals, some working
for the government and others lucratively self employed with the Sinhela
majority being their growing clientele and patrons. Most Tamil businesses,
big and small are dependent on the Sinhela market for success in their
businesses and professions. In other words, they earn their living
using the Sinhela hospitality, the Sinhela market, the Sinhela clients,
and the Sinhela people. In spite of this, it is peculiar of them,
in that they rarely if at all, employ Sinhela or non-Tamil people
in their establishments. Some of the largest wholesale and retail
businesses in Colombo are owned and run by Tamils. Most jewelry establishments,
travel agencies, telecommunications outlets are owned and operated
by them. The rich Tamils in Colombo and other urban areas in Sinhela
areas are owners of high-priced property including land and houses
and expensive vehicles and other luxuries. They are constantly involved
international travel.
They have their own food outlets such as ‘thoosa kade’,
their Tamil newspapers, magazines, videos, music audios, films and
are free to intermingle with others in Sinhela neighborhoods without
being harassed. They have their ‘kovils’ and religious and
cultural organizations and related activities with no restriction
placed on them by the Sinhela community. Kovils in fact are patronized
by some Sinhela people. In these kovils and on city streets they freely
organize festivals, ‘poojas’, processions and “theru”
festivities with no hindrance from the Sinhela people.
However, it is important to note that Tamils rarely if at all participate
in Sinhela, Buddhist or for that matter national festivals and functions.
This applies even to their political leaders.
FREEDOM FROM VIOLENCE AND INSECURITY
During the past three decades, these non-indigenous racist Tamil terrorists
have taken away from the indigenous Sinhela majority, what they have
valued and cherished most as a nation – their freedom and peaceful
life. Owing to the racist attitude and activities of Tamils and their
leaders, today, the indigenous Sinhela nationals are faced with a
severe struggle for peace, freedom and justice.
Our people will never be free from violence and insecurity, as long
as we foolishly abide by the illusion of peace and security through
the so called “peace talks” with these racist Tamil terrorists.
Our leaders continue to be misled and fail to realize that these Tamil
terrorists are a gang of uncompromising racist murderers, bent on
terrorism as a means to achieve their illegitimate, unwarranted and
selfish ends. We have had enough of this meaningless “peace-
talks” promoted by the modern version of “white Christian
imperialists”. The white Christian imperialists hypocritically
talk a lot on democracy and human rights, but fail to acknowledge
that terrorism is a total rejection of the democratic method, and
that is what the racist Tamil terrorist LTTE is all about.
THE NATIONS EMANCIPATION
For our nation’s emancipation, there can be no compromise with
racist terrorists. The territorial integrity and sovereignty of our
motherland is of fundamental importance to us. During the past few
decades Sri Lanka's territorial integrity has been threatened by these
racist Tamil terrorists. Our present political leaders have vouched
that they will not allow our sovereignty as a nation to be undermined
or sacrificed, and the territorial integrity of our country destroyed.
This policy has the overflowing support of the nationalistic forces.
It is time that we initiated necessary action to eliminate the threats
to the revival of our nation and start reinstating our nation, and
restoring its wholesome culture and values. From historic times the
Sinhela community has not objected to, but accommodated all non-indigenous
communities and religious groups that wished to establish themselves
in our country. We did that and lived together as a single integrated
and cohesive nation.
Thousands of our true sons of the soil have sacrificed their precious
lives while serving with dedication to protect the majority interest
of our country. They joined the struggle that cost them their youthful
lives. Many have died and many more have gone missing in this national
calamity. The nation will for ever be grateful to them for the sacrifice
they have made in the name of our country, in order to preserve national
harmony and peace.
OBLIGATION OF LEADERS
Our leaders need to realize that they have an obligation by the nation
and most importantly by the people who provided them with the opportunity
and have placed them in those leadership positions.
Our leaders at all levels and capacities – political, defense
and security services, professional, religious, cultural and social,
have an obligation by our people, by our future generations, to come
to the forefront to save the nation from this evil Tamil terrorists.
Our Buddhist Maha-sangha, our doctors, our lawyers, our university
professors, our teachers, our leaders in other professions including
our business leaders, our community leaders and youth leaders, ALL
concerned Sinhela and other concerned non-indigenous minority settler
community members, should break their silence, should become vociferous
and make it a joint venture to subdue the nations cruel enemy, the
enemy of our future generations. It is everyone’s national and
moral obligation to see that justice is done, that justice prevails
and freedom restored to the large mass of people of this nation. The
racist LTTE terrorists should be eliminated if a lasting peace is
to be achieved. Those who cause social disarray destroy the well-being
of others and sow seeds of chaos should not be tolerated should be
taken to task.
MISSION OF NATIONALISTS
There has to be a new loyalty to our country’s freedom. Our Hela
armed forces should be made to focus directly and forcefully on our
country’s freedom. Our armed forces should pave the way to the
liberation of our nation by destroying Tamil terrorists, their abodes,
their installations and everything that forms their terrorist infrastructure.
Our armed forces require the complete support of our people in order
to do what is expected of them in the most efficient manner.
The sense of mission of the Hela nationals should be the salvation
of our motherland from terrorism and its evil consequences. We should
not admit any compromises and reservations but work jointly with dedication,
to eradicate racist Tamil terrorism which is the cause of all the
misery and instability in our nation. The whole idea is to help prevent
violence. This should be perceived as a most worthy, commendable and
meritorious act by everybody.
No “Chinthanaya” for overall development of our country is
possible or will succeed by allowing this menace to continue in our
country.
Our country needs the support and co-operation of people on a continuous
basis, in order to contain and manage terrorism and its aftermath effectively.
The large majority of the nation’s intelligentsia, rural masses
and youth of our country are behind the mission for eliminating whatever
forces that undermine peace and cultural revival in our nation, for
the common good of all those who value this land as their motherland.
UNDUE FOREIGN INTERFERENCE
The fact remains, that ours is a sovereign and independent country with
its own indigenous culture integrating most harmoniously with pluralism
both in terms of ethnicity and religion. Like any other country, there
are some issues of concern that need to be sorted out in time. However,
the issue with our country is that some foreign interests have incited
and virtually misled some extremist local elements to capitalize on
some of these issues by magnifying them as colossal problems. The strength
of our majority race and religion has become an eyesore to many foreign
countries who are hell bent on destroying this fabric through distortions,
wide international publicity through media channels and other devious
means.
DEARTH OF STRONG LEADERS
Under the circumstances, our leaders and the government need to stand
strong, committed and forthright to defend our country. We need sensible,
bold and sincere leaders who can withstand the many pressures that they
will be subject to from foreign countries, at the cost of our national
security, peace and harmony. We need our leaders to realize the fact
that no foreign power will "help us" or "sympathize with
us" without an ulterior motive. What could be the plausible explanation
as to why these so called “international community” is so
concerned about a small island such as ours, except for her strategic
location and real and potential resources which are of strategic and
geopolitical value for foreign powers who are hunting for targets to
achieve their own agendas?
The lack of bold, honest and enlightened leadership in our country which
is plagued by economic miseries, corruption and divisive tendencies
and attitudes, provide foreign powers such as the USA and India in particular,
the ability to indirectly but effectively enforce their will, their
own approaches to the definition, interpretation and resolution of our
national problems. This is the sad truth of the matter.
The majority of this country has elected a government and politicians
to responsible positions through elections to safeguard and protect
our country from every manner of danger. It is the bounden duty of this
government to show their commitment to those who elected them, and to
ensure that they do what is right for the country and not what foreign
powers want them to do. For whatever reasons, our politicians appear
to be lacking in the strength of character to do that.
HYPOCRICY OF THE WEST
It has become clear to those who have carefully observed the events
that have been unfolding in the international scene in recent years
that the world will never be truly free from the threat of terrorism
so long as we are promised the illusion of peace and security dressed
in the language of war. Isn’t this what the leaders of the Western
world are doing? They are not interested in seeking out the root causes
of terrorism because that means something that they do not want –
which is a change in their policy towards the rest of the world - the
impoverished and exploited mass of humanity.
As far as the “international community” headed by the USA
is concerned, their sheer definition of our national problem is flawed.
When evidence to the contrary is unambiguously clear, it is nothing
but hypocritical for these countries with double standards, to continue
defining our problem as an ethnic problem. No serious attempt has been
made by the government or the previous governments, to focus on this
incorrect view and forcefully establish facts connected with our problem.
It is the government’s responsibility to show the world citing
the overwhelming evidence readily available, that what we have is a
terrorist problem and not an ethnic problem.
NOT ETHNIC BUT A TERRORIST PROBLEM
The large preponderance of the Sinhela, Tamil and Muslim communities
is living together peacefully. Tamil terrorists have created a problem
of violence and atrocities in the country. Our governments, then and
now have failed to show the world community that our problem was brought
about by a small group of racist Tamil fanatics, initially trained and
nurtured in India, with the full knowledge and support of the Indian
government which boasts as the world’s biggest democracy. Also,
it is a fact that these racist Tamil terrorists have been strengthened
by direct and indirect assistance from Western countries, ironically,
including those considered today as the “international community”.
Our governments have failed to prove to the world community, that it
is deceitful propaganda and false information publicized by a group
of terrorists, which has led to a dissolute and wanton misinterpretation
of the reasons for the problem. The international community has been
grossly misled by the Tamil terrorists who are not supported by the
majority of Tamils living among the other communities.
This misguided interpretation of the problem and the resultant false
attitude towards our government on the part of the so called international
community headed by the USA, and the Co-Chairs of the ‘peace process’,
are in no way helpful in finding a realistic solution to the problem
the country.
As long as we bow down to these invalid perceptions and interpretations,
we will fail to have peace in our country or to solve the terrorist
problem the country is confronted with. How can ours be an ethnic problem
when the majority of Tamils and other minorities live peacefully among
the Sinhela majority in a good part of the country? It is a fact that
all terrorists of the country are Tamils, but all Tamils are not involved
in terrorism.
HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND DEMOCRATIC APPROACH
One of the most discouraging aspects of the approach of the “international
community” is its sheer disregard for the historical context of
the problem or in other words, the clear lack of weight accorded to
the historic circumstances surrounding the terrorist problem.
Also, a most discouraging aspect of their approach is ironically, its
lack of respect for the democratic approach of seeking majority view
and thereby national consensus on this national problem. Unlike most
developing countries, we have a politically mature and enlightened electorate
of educated electors, whose perceptions deserve recognition in this
equation.
The attitude of the so called international community and their approach
to the resolution of this problem are definite deterrents to finding
a solution that is acceptable to the large mass of people of the country.
Their attitude in a way is high-handed because it disregards public
opinion in our country. The will of the majority of people is definitely
the elimination of terrorism from our country.
The attitude of the International community pays no attention to the
need to obtain the views of our people at large who are directly faced
with and suffer the consequences of this lingering national problem.
The general public in our country has clearly expressed democratically
their objection to LTTE terrorism. They were supportive of the Mahinda
Chinthanaya proposal to eradicate terrorism from the face of the country,
at the last Presidential elections.
The so called international community appears to be holding a wrong
perception of how our people define our problem and perceive the reasons
for the problem. They appear to be unaware of or to disregard the approaches
and strategies identified and supported by the majority of people as
ways of resolving the problem. Our leaders appear to be scared of the
so called “International Community". We are burdened by a
state whose only function is to subsidize capital. We are constrained
and bounded by the IMF, the ADB, the LTTE and by our lack of vision,
our own ignorance, stupidity and arrogance.
Racist Tamil terrorists and those supportive of them should share a
greater part of the blame for the lack of progress in the country, in
areas such as national peace and security, observance of democratic
principles in governance, lack of overall development and improved quality
of life of people. It is time the country’s leadership used the
power available to it in a firm and positive manner for the overall
benefit of the nation and not for its individual political gains.
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