Instantaneous jokes, momentary rants and intermittent
rambling aside, seriously I do not think anything would change for the
minorities in that island unless the mentality of the people and rulers shift. The
minorities are the ruler makers from the given competing royals for the throne till
the coronation; then, the emperors, the empresses and even the empress dowagers
always bake and roast the minorities in ovens with the collaboration of the
people, who competed to be the kings, the queens, the princes, the princesses
and the ladies in waiting.
Until a genuine Sinhala Buddhist leader and his or her followers understand
that the Tamil speaking people and religious minorities have additional genuine
grievances than Sinhala Buddhists have as their loads nothing will change; a
perpetual vicious cycle.
Until the political oppression as a second class citizens, the
ballooned military harassment, the religious domination with a state religion
and the boundless power the priests liberally exercise, the demographic
alteration through consequent government sponsored Sinhala colonization of
Tamil speaking people's traditional lands and fishing seas, gerrymandering of
the political boundaries and Bantustans, and the humiliation of the minorities
with the victor's arrogant attitudes and activities cease I do not think
anything would get straight; mere wax and wane; short term fixings with myopic
mindsets for quick political gains. Pushing everything under the "We all
are sri lankans" carpet phrase is a diversion not a solution. Mirages are
not miracle solutions.
Right, left and middle or Adams and Marx, bring any set of ideologies
or any groups of philosophers; no use to clear the polluted air. No philosophy
nor theory can merely solve anything without practicing them in reality with
measurable outcomes and tangible solutions. One cannot sugarcoat these issues
as the result of one-dimensional class, caste, economic, terrorist or any ‘one’s_coined_word’
disparity beyond his or her political punchlines. However, he or she knows well
that these issues won't go away unless those who hold the power think and act
for the betterment of all including their peaceful existence.
As for minorities (especially, those live outside the country
and among them the very special non-participating ostrich diaspora section),
they can pretend and ignore the reality, but it would bite them regardless to
their physical proximity to that island. They use(d) these issues as excuses
for their betterment at least one time in their lives, I assume; thus, they owe
to their community, and have a moral responsibility whether they like it or
not. They can not wash it off and move on; one can not wash of the birthmark on
her back or behind his left ear.
Now, I would stop blabbing on the elections and its
consequences with an spectator's eagerness to see the domino effects and how
the baton holders of the presidential relay would act after the triumphs and
losses.
Lord! I am one hundred days away from tangible solutions!
Time to time, the cheerleaders of the new king would confirm or the
cheerleaders of the dethroned king would point out them to us, I wish. People
are ready to enjoy the feast after the coronation and expect to have a happy
life ever after (of course, after a hundred days)
Then, Pandora opened the box, and out came all the troubles
known to mortals.
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