http://asiantribune.com/07/18/sri-lanka-…
Excerpts from the above link continues.....
"The scenario that has developed long before the demise of the LTTE was the focus on intentional discrimination against a whole (Tamil) race – “disparate treatment’ – in the legal jargon. It has attracted serious international attention – Western attention – since the May 2009 internal annihilation of the Tamil Tigers bringing pressure on the GSL to formulate a ‘political solution’ that will solely address the “disparate treatment”. In the Western mind and their understanding addressing the “disparate treatment” is the panacea for all ills of Sri Lanka.
To the Western nations and international bodies associated with it, not forgetting the United Nations and its affiliated bodies, the successful resolution of Sri Lanka’s national problems greatly wrest in her ability to address the ‘ethnic Tamil issue’ and aspirations and grievances associated with it, which means addressing the “disparate treatment”.
Now the Sri Lankan polity influenced by the ‘historical injustice’ theory that has led to the ‘guilt feeling’ has focused attention, under internal and external pressure, to the issue of “disparate treatment”. There is a consensus in the Western World that it is the 12% ethnic minority Tamils that were subjected to this “disparate treatment”. A section of the ‘Sinhalese-dominated’ government (the US and Western official documents love to use this term to describe the GSL) too has been influenced by this sentiment creating a ‘sense of guilt’ while giving serious thought to the ‘historical injustice’.
Strangely, unable to do a proper analyzes and interpretation of the inter-connection and inter-relation between demographic factors and ethnicity, prevailing economic factors in rural (which is 72%), urban (which is 20%) and plantation (which is 8%) in relation to ethnicity, education and employment opportunities, the lack of comprehension of the social status of the privileged and under-privileged ethnic communities in these three sectors, and unable to understand how all the above factors had contributed to the current national problems which affected all ethnic communities the GSL’s search for a ‘political solution’ through the devolution of power targeting to redress the grievances of the Tamil minority may lead to produce “disparate impact” on the majority ethnic group in Sri Lanka the Sinhalese.
While the sole focus is on ‘disparate treatment’ of the 12% Tamils the Sri Lankan polity is dragged, by choice or influence, to develop seemingly neutral policy planks underscoring Tamil ethnic grievances and aspirations that may result in the emergence of a ‘disparate impact’ on the 74% Sinhalese majority whose bulk of the population is concentrated in economically/socially/educationally handicapped most disadvantageous rural sector (which is 72% of the land mass of the country). One needs to realize that a greater proportion of that 12% Tamils too are in the similar plight living in this rural sector which was blindly ignored for progressive development during the past several decades.
And in the northern and eastern regions of the country a bulk of Tamils live in the most neglected rural sector.
To score a debating point against the LTTE many often declare that 54% of Tamils are domiciled outside the predominantly Tamil regions of the north and east among the Sinhalese in the southern regions. To formulate a national agenda one of the policy planks clearly wrests on to which sector, urban or rural, this 54% Tamils now belong.
We have not highlighted the utter plight of the 5% plantation Tamils of Indian origin that live in the plantation sector which is 8% of Sri Lanka’s land mass.
Now the dilemma the GSL faces today is whether to take the path, by choice or pressure, to produce policy decisions that will solely focus on redressing the grievances of the Tamil minority (disparate treatment) to address the ‘historical injustice’ associated with the ‘guilt feeling’ which they are aware will meantime produce ‘disparate impact’ on another racial groups in this case the Sinhalese".Sri Lanka Solution: Avoiding ‘disparate treatment’ of Tamils.......PART 4. Can you read it?
Tamils are hindoos and they are perceived more vulnerable to 'conversion to christian/islamic religions' by the constant,instant and historic influences of the West through interference in the names of human rights, ethnicity,political solution etc., imposing grave danger to Buddhism and Sinhala , both seen as the more unifying forces in Srilanka of srilankan polity.
So, Srilanka is justified in protecting itself against its perceived dangers both from within (tamils) and outside(converters).
No,I don't want to read those crap...
I think you know the fact that the Sri Lankan IDP situation is "not bad".But your hatred with Sri Lanka drives you to ask these useless questions.Isn't it?
Hey,look at this article. http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/07/18/news0…
Now what do you say?
Sinhalese people in Sri Lanka do their best to help the Tamil IDP's by sending basic needs collected at mass campaigns.What have you done for those people? NOTHING.........???????????
Are tamils orphaned? No,they are not.
Are you orphaned? Yeah,definitely.Sri Lanka Solution: Avoiding ‘disparate treatment’ of Tamils.......PART 4. Can you read it?
i feel you are abusing the hospitality extended to you by the Y!A fraternity.
this is your 113th question.
Your obsession has now begun eating into your vitals.As I had stated earlier,the cause of the Tamils is being addressed by many world bodies and governments including the Indian government.Do you think that your raising the issue here in Yahoo! Answers is going to speed up matters and that the problems of the Tamils there in SL will be solved overnight?Monotony is nettlesome.Anyway,Good Luck in your endeavor.
Incidentally,why present your points in bits and pieces and serialize them?You could give them all in one go.
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