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Yeah. That "NOBODY" is surely NOBODY.Nobody wants to be an Indian anymore.
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Yeah. That "NOBODY" is surely NOBODY.Nobody wants to be an Indian anymore.
WrongAlso, the war in SL, was very much a Buddhist-Hindu conflict as much as it was a Sinhala-Tamil conflict.
Wrong againIt was the Buddhist monks who first insisted on oppressing the Tamils on the basis of their religion
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Are you denying that the seeds of the conflict were not sown by reminiscing the historical strife between Dhuttagamani and Elara?
Its Duhuttugamunu's duty to reclaim what rightfully belongs to him and unify Sri Lanka and chase away foreign invaders. Buddhist monks did not encourage him in anyway but played a role of mediator between Gamunu and his brother and also as some thing close to Chaplains in his army. Dhuttugamunu was always angry about his father's inaction to reclaim Sri Lanka since he was smallWasn't Dhuttagamani's war against Elara motivated by religion and encouraged by Buddhist monks?
Didn't the modern day monks glorify Dhuttagamani and were inspired by Mahavamsa?
Tamil nationalism and Hinduism are unrelated topics. One is nationalism another is religion.
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Hinduism and Tamil Nationalism
No. It was a national liberation movement. Independence war. Don't twist everything into your religious fanaticism
The war in Lanka had little to do with religion especially because anyone who has been to the island would know how intertwined Buddhism and Hinduism is practiced there
Yes. Bringing the Dhuttugamunu's liberation of Sri Lanka to the Eelam war is beyond ignorant and stupid. It has NOTHING to do with it. The LTTE used his name on one their units but the Navy also named a navy base after Elara thats all
@Gibbs @Saradiel
Its Duhuttugamunu's duty to reclaim what rightfully belongs to him and unify Sri Lanka and chase away foreign invaders. Buddhist monks did not encourage him in anyway but played a role of mediator between Gamunu and his brother and also as some thing close to Chaplains in his army. Dhuttugamunu was always angry about his father's inaction to reclaim Sri Lanka since he was small
Sinhala Buddhist nationalism did not exist before the European rule. Its a negative influence from the Colonial era
Not sure where you got this BS but its entirely your imagination
Mahavamsa also praises Elara for being just and modern sources consider him as a Sri Lankan king superior to King Vijaya
I have always deemed that to be a conspiracy theory propagated by some loonies. But when a Burgher like you is saying the same thing, I would expect some objectivism about all this, given how your are/were probably a Christian/Catholic . Can you point out to some real research? I would be glad to read about it.All i know is the LTTE was financed and backed by the Catholic church
I have always deemed that to be a conspiracy theory propagated by some loonies. But when a Burgher like you is saying the same thing, I would expect some objectivism about all this, given how your are/were probably a Christian/Catholic . Can you point out to some real research? I would be glad to read about it.
I asked you the first ever script in tamil language.Brahmi...The script in which Prakrit was written.
Sri Lankan conflict has nothing to do with religion.Also, the war in SL, was very much a Buddhist-Hindu conflict as much as it was a Sinhala-Tamil conflict. It was the Buddhist monks who first insisted on oppressing the Tamils on the basis of their religion. The language issue came after that. But that can be discussed later.
NO. The seeds of the conflict is Tamil political elite's opposition for democracy. In 1920s Tamil political elite held power more than their numerical strength. And when universal suffrage was introduced to Sri Lanka they feared they will lose the minority rule over majority they had. Hence they worked against granting universal suffrage to Sri Lankans.Are you denying that the seeds of the conflict were not sown by reminiscing the historical strife between Dhuttagamani and Elara? Wasn't Dhuttagamani's war against Elara motivated by religion and encouraged by Buddhist monks? Didn't the modern day monks glorify Dhuttagamani and were inspired by Mahavamsa?
Where I got this was from pro-Tiger Tamil nationalist writers who were critical of the Buddhist monks roles in fanning the flames of majoritarian supremacy. It doesn't have to be a legitimate grievance. But the fact that one of the parties in the conflict (or their propagandists) believed that there is a religious element to it, and your admission too that there indeed existed a Sinhala Buddhist Nationalism (yes, even if it did after European colonialism) does indicate there was a religious element to the conflict. It may or may not have gotten blurred later and evolved into a purely language-centric conflict, given how the LTTE leadership was mostly Marxist/atheist and SL govt., being a democratically elected secular govt., cannot have any religious affiliation. But are you denying that there never existed a Buddhist supremacist view promoted by the monks? What about Dharmapala's views?
And when you talk about how Mahavamsa praises Elara (or Ellalan), it also does justify the war on Tamils by Duttagamani, does it not? It isn't even about whether Mahavamsa was good or bad. But whether Mahavamsa used by Sinhalese nationalists to assume their superiority or not? And if they did, wasn't there a religious element to it?
Look here. I am not saying that the SL govt. was waging a crusade against the Tamil Tigers or that the Tamil Tigers fought for the supremacy of Hinduism. All I am saying is that some of the seeds of the conflict also included Buddhist supremacist beliefs. They could have fizzled out. But they were there.
from pro-Tiger Tamil nationalist writers
Religious elements started appearing years after the war started and there were many Christians in the LTTE and many Hindu Tamils supporting the government.Where I got this was from pro-Tiger Tamil nationalist writers who were critical of the Buddhist monks roles in fanning the flames of majoritarian supremacy. It doesn't have to be a legitimate grievance. But the fact that one of the parties in the conflict (or their propagandists) believed that there is a religious element to it, and your admission too that there indeed existed a Sinhala Buddhist Nationalism (yes, even if it did after European colonialism) does indicate there was a religious element to the conflict. It may or may not have gotten blurred later and evolved into a purely language-centric conflict, given how the LTTE leadership was mostly Marxist/atheist and SL govt., being a democratically elected secular govt., cannot have any religious affiliation. But are you denying that there never existed a Buddhist supremacist view promoted by the monks? What about Dharmapala's views?
And when you talk about how Mahavamsa praises Elara (or Ellalan), it also does justify the war on Tamils by Duttagamani, does it not? It isn't even about whether Mahavamsa was good or bad. But whether Mahavamsa used by Sinhalese nationalists to assume their superiority or not? And if they did, wasn't there a religious element to it?
Look here. I am not saying that the SL govt. was waging a crusade against the Tamil Tigers or that the Tamil Tigers fought for the supremacy of Hinduism. All I am saying is that some of the seeds of the conflict also included Buddhist supremacist beliefs. They could have fizzled out. But they were there.