Comments on: The Nihilism Of The LTTE http://indi.ca/2009/02/the-nihilism-of-the-ltte/ I'm a Sri Lankan American Canadian graduate trying to make something of myself in Colombo Thu, 24 May 2012 19:04:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Groan http://indi.ca/2009/02/the-nihilism-of-the-ltte/comment-page-1/#comment-245674 Groan Mon, 27 Dec 2010 15:16:37 +0000 http://www.indi.ca/2009/02/the-nihilism-of-the-ltte/#comment-245674 Isn't it nice to have had the LTTE routed? Isn’t it nice to have had the LTTE routed?

]]> By: Comment http://indi.ca/2009/02/the-nihilism-of-the-ltte/comment-page-1/#comment-232380 Comment Mon, 16 Feb 2009 03:34:10 +0000 http://www.indi.ca/2009/02/the-nihilism-of-the-ltte/#comment-232380 Just to make it clear...I am afraid anon's comment is far from being a hysterical rant. Just to make it clear…I am afraid anon’s comment is far from being a hysterical rant.

]]> By: Comment http://indi.ca/2009/02/the-nihilism-of-the-ltte/comment-page-1/#comment-232379 Comment Mon, 16 Feb 2009 03:28:31 +0000 http://www.indi.ca/2009/02/the-nihilism-of-the-ltte/#comment-232379 Its funny, you find it hard to believe...as a Tamil...I find it harder to believe. As I sip my latte, and get a bit nostalgic look through pictures of paradise....this is too far from my reality and too unbearable to even imagine. A sinhalese friend with connections in the north and east is beyond frustrated that even Tamils are not willing to face the reality that some of these reports are not far from the truth. Today I am waking up to this reality as news from independent sources trickle through into cyberspace. Its funny, you find it hard to believe…as a Tamil…I find it harder to believe. As I sip my latte, and get a bit nostalgic look through pictures of paradise….this is too far from my reality and too unbearable to even imagine. A sinhalese friend with connections in the north and east is beyond frustrated that even Tamils are not willing to face the reality that some of these reports are not far from the truth. Today I am waking up to this reality as news from independent sources trickle through into cyberspace.

]]> By: Comment http://indi.ca/2009/02/the-nihilism-of-the-ltte/comment-page-1/#comment-232378 Comment Mon, 16 Feb 2009 03:17:30 +0000 http://www.indi.ca/2009/02/the-nihilism-of-the-ltte/#comment-232378 The Sri Lankan people are in dreamland. While people focus on the LTTE...the demolition of the Sri Lankan state and what it was supposed to stand for in the minds of its people is being conducted by its own government. Further more with this bloody millitary campaign, Sri Lanka is on its way to becoming a fertile ground for arms dealers and extreme, right-wing sectarian groups that could be far worse than a secular group such as the LTTE. The people of India are about to elect an extreme right-wing hindu government and flames of right-wing hindu sentiment and muslim sentiment are about to be re-kindled. You cannot assume that this will not spill over into neighbouring countries. The Sri Lankan people are in dreamland. While people focus on the LTTE…the demolition of the Sri Lankan state and what it was supposed to stand for in the minds of its people is being conducted by its own government. Further more with this bloody millitary campaign, Sri Lanka is on its way to becoming a fertile ground for arms dealers and extreme, right-wing sectarian groups that could be far worse than a secular group such as the LTTE. The people of India are about to elect an extreme right-wing hindu government and flames of right-wing hindu sentiment and muslim sentiment are about to be re-kindled. You cannot assume that this will not spill over into neighbouring countries.

]]> By: N http://indi.ca/2009/02/the-nihilism-of-the-ltte/comment-page-1/#comment-232349 N Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:40:52 +0000 http://www.indi.ca/2009/02/the-nihilism-of-the-ltte/#comment-232349 Way to go on trivializing the term genocide. Way to go on trivializing the term genocide.

]]> By: anon http://indi.ca/2009/02/the-nihilism-of-the-ltte/comment-page-1/#comment-232314 anon Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:22:51 +0000 http://www.indi.ca/2009/02/the-nihilism-of-the-ltte/#comment-232314 There's a genocide on you know. Look forward to a post on that in a few years time, when the world wakes up to the horrors it permitted, in the age of universal human rights. Or maybe not. The Armenian genocide has been conveniently forgotten, and given that there is no chance of journos allowed to take pictures in the wards of the Vavuniya hospital where women who are being systematically raped are being kept and forced to sign forms saying that the LTTE cadres raped them, and given that there are no pictures or reports even on the conditions of those in the camps set up for those who have been 'liberated', and given that we will never know the exact numbers of those who will have been killed in those camps because no one is being let in, not even the relatives of the 'liberated', and given that no journos are allowed into the Vanni jungles where hospitals are being targetted, perhaps this edition of the Sri Lankan genocide will also be conveniently forgotten. Yes, the LTTE are really fucked up. No doubt about that. There’s a genocide on you know. Look forward to a post on that in a few years time, when the world wakes up to the horrors it permitted, in the age of universal human rights. Or maybe not. The Armenian genocide has been conveniently forgotten, and given that there is no chance of journos allowed to take pictures in the wards of the Vavuniya hospital where women who are being systematically raped are being kept and forced to sign forms saying that the LTTE cadres raped them, and given that there are no pictures or reports even on the conditions of those in the camps set up for those who have been ‘liberated’, and given that we will never know the exact numbers of those who will have been killed in those camps because no one is being let in, not even the relatives of the ‘liberated’, and given that no journos are allowed into the Vanni jungles where hospitals are being targetted, perhaps this edition of the Sri Lankan genocide will also be conveniently forgotten.

Yes, the LTTE are really fucked up. No doubt about that.

]]> By: Ravana http://indi.ca/2009/02/the-nihilism-of-the-ltte/comment-page-1/#comment-232309 Ravana Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:33:37 +0000 http://www.indi.ca/2009/02/the-nihilism-of-the-ltte/#comment-232309 Good post. Agree with pretty much everything. It can be argued that the LTTE really hasn't achieved anything at all in its 30 year history. A counter point might be to say that the 13th amendment and the provincial council system was a response to their fight, but they rejected it and it seems unlikely that they are going to be around to even enjoy that limited degree of regional autonomy. Good post. Agree with pretty much everything.

It can be argued that the LTTE really hasn’t achieved anything at all in its 30 year history. A counter point might be to say that the 13th amendment and the provincial council system was a response to their fight, but they rejected it and it seems unlikely that they are going to be around to even enjoy that limited degree of regional autonomy.

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