Mia is right that there is a genocide going on in Sri Lanka, but its certainly not that of the Tamils! Sinhalese maybe a majority in the island country, but if you look just over 25 miles to the North of the island, there is no doubt that Sinhalese are the minority in the geographic region. Sinhalese have systematically been eradicated by the LTTE to the tune of the rabbit and the porcupine story.
The civil war in Sri Lanka has been fought because the of the LTTE's selfish desire to divide up a country that has been called the "melting pot of Asia" out of nothing but self serving greed. LTTE wanted a large part of the country and about 70% of the coastal part of the island for less than 15% of the island's population. If the African Americans or Mexicans in the USA started a similar stunt, I dont think the rest of the country would stand by idly. Sri Lanka has been doing just that; trying to make a UNITED COUNTRY FOR THE GOOD OF ALL ITS CITIZENS; nothing less, nothing more.
MIA is "fighting" with a self centered ulterior motive for her people who doesn't need any help; she is the daughter of an LTTE activist (EROS) and merely self glorifying herself through the lie that has been told by her father and propagated by the LTTE to the western media throughout its campaign.
I am not claiming that everything has been well. It took a modern country such as The United States a long time to over come racial tension and social equalty. The Tamils of Sri Lanka has fared much better; as living proof of this, the Sri Lankan economy is mostly controlled by the minorities, not the natives of the country. We are a small country less than the size of West Virgina, and we have to learn to get along with each other. However, this is not a reality untill we stand united as one nation.
It is the life and culture of the Sinhalese that has been under attack throughout the centuries. It has even been mentioned in the age old Indian religious epic story Ramayana, which describes a war between Sri Lanka and India.
It is sad that Mia has to propagate and extend the lies of her father, while proclaiming that she thinks for her own. It is the one who knows, yet stands idly by, or worse, promotes the wrong doers, that is the worst kind of offender of his own self conscience and that of human justice. Mia's interview, which I listend to, has convinced me that she is trully Missing In Action in mind and soul. While Mia goes on trying to divide a country in self interest, intolerance and hatred, we will build a nation that stands united.
Congratulation on your nomination and I hope you win it.
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After having written this, I also came to the realization that Mia is stuck between a rock and a hard place. As a Tamil that has achieved international fame, members of her community look to her for propagating and validating their message about an issue that they feel is justified looking thru their own self centered views. As I see it, from Mia's point of view, she has to validate her father, who is an LTTE activist, and validate those who are trying to divide up Sri Lanka or be ostracized by members of her community that supports LTTE. Sadly , Mia has chosen the lower path of continuing to propagate the lie.
I have created a blog to expose the lies of the LTTE, its supporters and symhpthasiers. What Sri Lanka needs is unity not division, peace not terrorism, communication not propaganda. Let us stand united as Sri Lankans, not be divided to be conquered by the power hungry megalomaniacs who want to divide this beautiful island for their own benefit. We need the world to know the true face of LTTE, that is the teacher of terrorist techniques to Al-Qaeda which has become the imitator and the mass producer of the techniques mastered by the LTTE.
