Comments on: Geneva 2 and Democracy

by: N

Wed, 01 Nov 2006 07:49:47 +0000

If the GoSL was really after peace they would have opened the A9: this would have shown the world that the GOSL was sincere and also put the obligation for the next move on the LTTE (to show that they were not the agressor).
As it is the MR gang/GOSL spoke of grand ideas like democracy and human rights while completely missing the point that such things are only of use IF they support humanitarian concerns.

Also the GOSL is claiming Buddhism, but also real Buddhism is more concerned with the reality of the existant human situation and the way out of real suffering rather than with abstract ideas and false promises.

by: Banu

Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:16:15 +0000

The GOSL delegation to Geneva 2 was full of anti-tamil individuals and their main aim at the talks was to break away from Norwegian facilitation which was their basic intention. To that effect they are successfull. But Norway still thinks it is possible for peace through their facilitation. The GOSL wanted no-talks ,no Norway and many other agreed things were altogether denied in the Mahinda Chintana. So their modalities of approach of the IC insisted peace talks were vehemently opposed and the painting of LTTE as the bad guys and they being the good ones has failed to produce any good out of the talks. But the obvious has happened and that is their nasty ill feeling against the tamils and their resolve to not yeilding to any tamil demands has come to the open. So now talks with this brutal regime is of no use and the IC knows that for sure and they have to decide how tamils can be freed from the clutches of this sinhala brutality and they must force a solution to the GOSL without any further delay before starving the six hundred thousand tamils to death.

by: M.Thiru, South East Asia / Singapore

Mon, 30 Oct 2006 12:08:33 +0000

Thoughtful and timely article. I sincerely hope the message will prick the conscience of the ruling elites in SL ( the people of the island were given universal franchise in 1933, introduce free education in 1944 and had a head start in democracy & literacy in Asia well before India too.) .

Who has been ruling the Island since 1948 using democracy label ? To what position they have taken the country when compared to other Asian countries ?. Why can not they still realise and give a chance to the Tamils & Tamil speaking people to rule their habitats and homelands at least for 5 years under UN as guarantor?? With out giving a chance what right they have to discredit or ridicule the capabilitities of the Tamils and the Tamil speaking people practicing democracy & good governance in the NE of SL.

by: Kail T. Rajah - Canada

Sun, 29 Oct 2006 03:28:06 +0000

The measure of a good Democracy is how well the majority treats its minorities.

Democracy is normally referred to as the Will of The Majority.

With an overwhelming Majority, it could become a Tyranny of the Majority.

True Democracy ensures Freedom of thought, deed and expression.