Comments on: Top Tiger leaders killed in a major debacle for LTTE

By: Mangala Premaratne

Mangala Premaratne — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:10:21 +0000

Thisanayagam got 20 years. You DBS will get 40 years. Don’t ever thinking of going to Sri Lanka

By: Mangala Premarathne

Mangala Premarathne — Fri, 08 May 2009 10:10:13 +0000

I am Sinhala but I must admit that Army used poison gas to kill brave tiger fighters

By: PK Sirimal Indratissa

PK Sirimal Indratissa — Fri, 08 May 2009 10:07:12 +0000

I am Sinhala but I respect the tigers

By: Keatharan

Keatharan — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:59:44 +0000

Dear DBS J!

Most of the details are in your last article. When u writing about Kandawalai u wrote abt Kurdles . His details Major Kurdles(Mahalingam Thileepan) Died 14-02-1987.his brother Major Kandeepan (Mahalingam Kandeepan).Died 07-03-1990

Urs Keatharan

By: Keatharan

Keatharan — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 04:50:45 +0000

Dear DBS J!

I have sent some details about Theepan but not visible why.
Urs Keatharan

DBSJ responds: Sorry, we are having a minor technical problem and some postings are getting “lost”. Can you please re – send it ?

By: Prasad

Prasad — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:26:11 +0000

I am a neutral person with no locus standii on the ongoing dispute.

It is sad to notice the happenings back in SL. Look at the mad crap being perpetrated by the lunatic diaspora ..so myopic that they can not even read the writing on the wall…sitting in the plush comforts of civilized nations …and the very shameless and senseless crowd who ran away from sufferings like cowards …puttig up a buffonary infront of the whole world so unabshedly….and the same senseless do not want the innocents to suffer at a gun point…I can not comprehend what type of justice is this? If they have so much concern for their berthern back in SL..go to the scenario and fight ..but do not do this type of show …it is an utter insult to all the lives lost on both the sides…what are you trying to prove with all this? If you want to alleviate the suffering…please ask that sick megalomaniac who is hiding so shamelessly behind the childern, women and old…as I feel there is brave able young progeny left any more ..as all have been consumed by this VP monster..nationally and internationally…this person now wants to save his skin..and wants to live….What about all the life that is lost…who is responsible for all this mess? Why is his life so precious ..and why is he not swallowing that pill..which he made it appear like a candy for all those who have consumed it?

In a civilized society there is place for every one and there are way to achieve your goals..look at Gandhi, MLK, Mandela, Mother Theressa..the examples are countless…had he shown some balance of mind..some sensibility..the international community would have had enough reasons to intervene ..but he made the entire world an enemy…from freedom fighters , the LTTE is now a terrorist organization…from a father figure..now he is the most wanted TERRORIST in the world….what a degenaration ..and what an insult to all those who have sacrifised their lives so happily and so selflessly for the cause…This VP lives in plush air condioned comforts..his family is in alien lands…he has the human shields…and still claims that he is a great fighter….and all the front ends who die like birds…..there is no to even pay attention to the loss of life…the bodies rottening…bloating…and no one to take care of the ageing parents…entire families having come on to the roads…my thoughts are wandering every where at the plight of the sufferings of the innocents…..

PLEASE STOP ALL THIS SELFISH PROPAGANDA…SAPRE A MINUTE IN SILENCE TO PAY TRIBUTE THE LOSS OF LIFE…LET THE INNOCENT CIVILIANCE FREE…PLEASE FOR THE SAKE OF HUMANITY KILL THAT VP…

By: Canada

Canada — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:57:25 +0000

I feel sad when i read this article. This is a gratest loss to the tamil people.I Think, human value is very important.Every body needs to live more years with their freedom .Both sides need to get good decesion for the people.

By: Ratnam

Ratnam — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 15:24:06 +0000

For all these who made the comments about LTTE and dispora Tamils:

LTTE will never go down in the history and Tamils will free their land one day. Do not waste your time.

The Sinhala community is living under a dreem world under the current leadership and fail to realize these guys are thugs ruining the country.

By: velluprabhakaran

velluprabhakaran — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:16:34 +0000

Tamil Victim,

prabhakaran has done more damage to the tamils than all the sinhala governments combined. the sooner tamils face that stark reality the better for them.

joseph goebell’s theories don work in this day of mass information.

being in denial mode has lead to the certain degradation of the LTTE supporting tamils in the eyes of the world as criminals, liars & deceptors. the only achievement apart from the mass graves built lavishly. there seems to be no sense at all anymore in what they say or do.

don try to find external excuses for sponsoring and investing in a mass murderer in the name of liberation.

the tamil diaspora can correct that to a certain extent by appealing to prabhakaran to give himself up & release the human shield instead of blocking traffic & jumping into the thames river.

By: asangaw

asangaw — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 04:44:55 +0000

This is a tragedy for all Sri Lankans, as was the case when 1200 soldiers lost their lives when Elephant Pass was overrun, or when 800 policemen were massacred in the East. The incidents of human carnage are too numerous to mention. These are all Sri Lankans we have lost and for each death, there is a weeping mother, father, brother, and sister. A country gets its strength from its people and we (as a collective) have managed to wipe out an entire generation of youth who were full of promise, and as a secondary consequence, created thousands of orphans on both sides of the divide. The people who have gained from this are the merchants of war; the unscrupulous arms dealers, the corrupt politicians, foreign governments that needed field tests for their newly developed arson, and the misguided proselytizers of racial and state divide.

The need of the hour is a genuine effort by the government to listen (and not preach) to the grievances of the minorities and extensively devolve powers within an unitary framework. Everyone should have the right to live in dignity and peace throughout the island.
This should apply equally across the divide – a Tamil living in the South should be free to make a complaint at a police station in Tamil, while a Sinhalese living in the north should be able to do the same in Sinhala. Secondly, a national identity needs to be established. What does it mean to be Sri Lankan? Unsurprisingly, we have a lot more in common amongst all communities than we have different; the warm hospitality afforded to visitors-which is sometimes to a fault, respect for our elders, the value of education and appreciation of intellect, and many more. We have lost our sense of national identity and values. Maybe we never had one to begin with.

I hold hope for the nation but there is a lot of hard work ahead of u

By: Tamil Victim

Tamil Victim — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:22:06 +0000

Sinhalese are artful when it comes to Tamil politics. They seems to have very short memory. They have simply forgotten all the anti Tamil pogroms that was systematically implemented and alienated the Tamils from socio-political development. No money ever come to NE. Plus all the anti-Tamil riots unleashed on them, time to time and killed thousands of the Tamils. ALL were sponsored by the successive governments. Kept the whole world away from the Tamils by denying basic infrastructure to the region. Now they are changing the story as to all the problems are because of the LTTE and 100,000 people died are killed by LTTE. My salute the fallen Tamil heroes. I sincerely hope, the UN will soon get in to NE to protect the Tamils from the murderous south.

By: yours truly

yours truly — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:19:42 +0000

comment 171. Defeated Mind | April 9th, 2009 at 7:17 am
You said,”Though it is difficult to accept it is true Sinhalam has won.
I am prepared to carry the Sinhalam on my shoulder …”

No need to carry us.
Be equal and share the wealth with us.

We did not win over you.
We together won over the agressor who over time became your enemy.