Comments on: Going for the Kill in More Ways than One http://www.groundviews.org/2008/07/02/going-for-the-kill-in-more-ways-than-one/ groundviews is an award winning Sri Lankan citizen journalism initiative Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:51:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: ordinary lankan http://www.groundviews.org/2008/07/02/going-for-the-kill-in-more-ways-than-one/#comment-2957 ordinary lankan Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:06:54 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/?p=897#comment-2957 My sincere apologies if I have "killed" this discussion. But since there may be more out there who look for something deeper let me reproduce a para from the ordinary lankan's declaration of independence - this is dated Dec 2005 so the ordinary lankan is already free ..... what's more even the "extraordinary" lankans have it in them to become simple, sane and intelligent again ..... ------- In short we must be what we are – ordinary lankans. Ordinariness, humanness and our fundamental need to give and receive compassion unites us. Everything else divides us. To realize our true nature we need to ask ourselves the questions – what is the function of religion and race in human society? What must we do to transform our present situation? What is the best place to start this transformation? If we can stay on this path of basic sanity we shall be citizens of the world – grounded, at home and in place everywhere. If not we will, in the name of peace, freedom, justice or independence simply exchange one kind of prison for another and continue to be subject to domination – without liberating ourselves. We need to believe in ourselves and light the torch of freedom within so that one day – many years from now it will shine brightly in every part of this glorious land. Let us connect with the spirit of one young refugee woman who returned from India and said. "We lost everything except our lives, but many people kissed the land when we reached Sri Lanka." My sincere apologies if I have “killed” this discussion. But since there may be more out there who look for something deeper let me reproduce a para from the ordinary lankan’s declaration of independence - this is dated Dec 2005 so the ordinary lankan is already free ….. what’s more even the “extraordinary” lankans have it in them to become simple, sane and intelligent again …..

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In short we must be what we are – ordinary lankans. Ordinariness, humanness and our fundamental need to give and receive compassion unites us. Everything else divides us. To realize our true nature we need to ask ourselves the questions – what is the function of religion and race in human society? What must we do to transform our present situation? What is the best place to start this transformation? If we can stay on this path of basic sanity we shall be citizens of the world – grounded, at home and in place everywhere. If not we will, in the name of peace, freedom, justice or independence simply exchange one kind of prison for another and continue to be subject to domination – without liberating ourselves. We need to believe in ourselves and light the torch of freedom within so that one day – many years from now it will shine brightly in every part of this glorious land. Let us connect with the spirit of one young refugee woman who returned from India and said.

“We lost everything except our lives, but many people kissed the land when we reached Sri Lanka.”

]]> By: Shanil http://www.groundviews.org/2008/07/02/going-for-the-kill-in-more-ways-than-one/#comment-2940 Shanil Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:20:05 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/?p=897#comment-2940 Your sentiments strike a chord with mine "Ordinary Lankan". If only you were in fact ordinary...what deep irony. yet there is a lot of truth in what you say. Your sentiments strike a chord with mine “Ordinary Lankan”. If only you were in fact ordinary…what deep irony. yet there is a lot of truth in what you say.

]]> By: ordinary lankan http://www.groundviews.org/2008/07/02/going-for-the-kill-in-more-ways-than-one/#comment-2938 ordinary lankan Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:09:05 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/?p=897#comment-2938 Dear friends all this falls on deaf ears let us not waste these beautiful words - they are like pearls for the swine I suppose it is now obvious for most of us that there are no quick fixes you see the point is the lack of resistance we are weak - not strong realizing this is the first step to becoming strong how can we - ordinary lankans become strong? by seeing the many ways in which we as individuals are ALREADY COMPROMISED we are really not free because our institutions - our jobs and our ego's our personal weaknesses bind us so take that first step towards individual freedom I am not offering you much but this is all there is Dear friends
all this falls on deaf ears
let us not waste these beautiful words -
they are like pearls for the swine
I suppose it is now obvious
for most of us
that there are no quick fixes

you see the point is the lack of resistance
we are weak - not strong
realizing this is the first step to becoming strong

how can we - ordinary lankans
become strong?
by seeing the many ways in which we as individuals
are ALREADY COMPROMISED

we are really not free
because our institutions - our jobs and our ego’s
our personal weaknesses
bind us

so take that first step towards individual freedom
I am not offering you much
but this is
all there is

]]> By: k.Anaga http://www.groundviews.org/2008/07/02/going-for-the-kill-in-more-ways-than-one/#comment-2935 k.Anaga Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:19:57 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/?p=897#comment-2935 Enough has been said about,press freedom,human rigts etc. but the situation is getting worse by the day. I would suggest that as a mark of protest, all the news papers dedicate their first page in full on (the same DAY DATE) ,to those press people who have been killed,abducted and Injured. The page should be in black background and the names in white. Not that it will change the position much ,but at least it will penetrate the minds of the public.and bring back the memories. Enough has been said about,press freedom,human rigts etc. but the situation is getting worse by the day.

I would suggest that as a mark of protest, all the news papers dedicate their first page in full on (the same DAY DATE) ,to those press people who have been killed,abducted and Injured. The page should be in black background and the names in white. Not that it will change the position much ,but at least it will penetrate the minds of the public.and bring back the memories.

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