Comments on: Shanthi Sachithanandan on July 1983 http://www.groundviews.org/2008/07/28/shanthi-sachithanandan-on-july-1983/ groundviews is an award winning Sri Lankan citizen journalism initiative Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:25:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: sahasamvada http://www.groundviews.org/2008/07/28/shanthi-sachithanandan-on-july-1983/#comment-3101 sahasamvada Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:28:51 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/?p=934#comment-3101 In the interview titled Prabakaran's Role in the Tamil National Struggle Shanthi says that 'Prabakaran is the single most dedicated leader who gave voice and form to the demands that were put by the leaders of the Tamil political movement in the 1950’s, 60’s and 70’s'. She also puts him on a pedestal saying that he is single minded in his commitment to the cause...but here in the interview regarding the Black July pogroms she talks about people needing to be 'civilised in dealing with any differences in a manner that befits human beings'...Its surprising how she can say this without giving much thought to the atrocities that this great leader Prabakaran has been committing in the name of the 'cause'!!! Black July is a terrible moment in the history of Sri Lanka but when we speak out in condemnation of the rights and dignity of humans we must be 'humane' enough to stand neutral ground and condemn ALL perpetrators and violators... In the interview titled Prabakaran’s Role in the Tamil National Struggle Shanthi says that ‘Prabakaran is the single most dedicated leader who gave voice and form to the demands that were put by the leaders of the Tamil political movement in the 1950’s, 60’s and 70’s’. She also puts him on a pedestal saying that he is single minded in his commitment to the cause…but here in the interview regarding the Black July pogroms she talks about people needing to be ‘civilised in dealing with any differences in a manner that befits human beings’…Its surprising how she can say this without giving much thought to the atrocities that this great leader Prabakaran has been committing in the name of the ’cause’!!!

Black July is a terrible moment in the history of Sri Lanka but when we speak out in condemnation of the rights and dignity of humans we must be ‘humane’ enough to stand neutral ground and condemn ALL perpetrators and violators…

]]> By: Ekcol http://www.groundviews.org/2008/07/28/shanthi-sachithanandan-on-july-1983/#comment-3095 Ekcol Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:58:53 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/?p=934#comment-3095 Hello Shanthi, I am sad to hear of your ordeal in July 1983 and happy to hear your humane approach to search for a solution. You said you were asked whether you are a Tamil. Did you say you were or did you say you were Sinhala? If you had said you were a Tamil then what did the attackers say or do? Apparently you and the other occupants in the ca was spared. If you had said you were Sinhala, thus denying your origin, how did you feel then, later and now. As you were not beaten up and they let you go it will be educational for other innocent civilian Tamils in the future to follow your strategy if it is something they can adopt. Hello Shanthi,
I am sad to hear of your ordeal in July 1983 and happy to hear your humane approach to search for a solution. You said you were asked whether you are a Tamil. Did you say you were or did you say you were Sinhala? If you had said you were a Tamil then what did the attackers say or do? Apparently you and the other occupants in the ca was spared. If you had said you were Sinhala, thus denying your origin, how did you feel then, later and now. As you were not beaten up and they let you go it will be educational for other innocent civilian Tamils in the future to follow your strategy if it is something they can adopt.

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