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By Qrious

Despite the advances in science and technology, people still believe in age-old superstition. I am one of them.

For instance, if someone sneezes when I venture out, my instinct freezes my limbs and makes me instantly static. If the folks around me raise their eyebrows at my reaction, I will not hesitate to make the silliest excuse to stick to my guns - I will not move under any circumstances until I get the signal from my inner-meter to the contrary.

If we still rely on auspicious times to start our projects, there is nothing wrong in taking into account the negative aspects too.

I know folks who get upset if a black cat or dog gets in their way, when they venture out. The funny thing is that it is exactly the opposite of how Europeans see the same thing: they think the encounter with the same beast is a sign of prosperity. This is food for thought, anyway.

If we apply the law of superstition to our bloody tormentor for thirty years - Velupillai Prabhakaran - I see a very clear pattern; it is the pattern of impending defeat.

His attack on the army commander and the subsequent failure signalled the mission failure. Since then, his every move just created what I call the Soda Bottle Phenomenon - furore fizzled out leaving boring plain water.

The Soda Bottle Phenomenon took various forms, in the past, I must say:

There was the attack on the Anuradhapura base that created a lot of heat and sound until Tamilselvam was decimated; then came the nail biting vote on the budget which could have brought down the government that worked out in favour of the patriots; the UN Human Rights Commissioner started make noises with lots of warnings and they came to zero too; some folks started drawing paralles with Kosovo and that died down too; economic card was then played out in earnest, but since countries without wars are in the same predicament, that did not catch on either; Mano Ganeshan started making his silly dry jokes about the vaporization of citizens for being Tamils in Colombo which died down too; the arrival of an Indian defence team generated a bit of anxiety as the traitors took the opportunity to create the scene of them reading the riot act to the government.

So the list goes on and on. None of them had the desired effect.

Yes, it is true we were lagging behing in the war of propaganda. In a way it is good; at least, no one can point a finger at us for spinning. The Tigers and their supporters have been doing the spinning all the time.

Since the spinning did not win the international community over, we can draw comfort from the age-old dictum: the truth triumphs.

The catalogue of disasters experienced by the LTTE shows they have reached the point of no return. The terrorism that they spread in our little island will be over soon.

Let's salute our heroes.

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