( A response to Gaja Lakshmi Paramasivam)
by Basil Fernando
(February 09, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka Guardian) It is sad that Gaja Lakshmi Paramasivam cannot see beyond her personal case. What happened to her has happened to thousand others, Tamils, Sinhalese , Budddists, Muslims, Christians, Atheists, all alike. It is not a Tamil problem only. This kind of narrow approach is of no use to any one. Such writings are understandable from some one who has justly aggrieved. However, inability to see a common problem and a claim “it happens only to us”, only shows that author is out of touch with reality or do not want to see the reality.
To the one case cited by her, I can cite thousand of such cases. Just last week, AHRC ( Asian Human Rights Commission) published 246 cases of torture, adding to 200 cases published not long ago. Most of these cases are from the South.
The claim that Sinhalese have favours from the justice system and only Tamils are unjustly treated is just non-sense. The system is unjust to all.
That is why a common struggle is needed to undo the unjust system. Division helps the unjust system to survive.
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