முள்ளிவாய்க்காலின் அரசியல் உண்மை - ஒரு சிங்கள புத்திசீவியின் வேறுபட்ட பார்வை

முள்ளிவாய்க்காலின் அரசியல் உண்மை - ஒரு சிங்கள புத்திசீவியின் வேறுபட்ட பார்வை

"ஆப்கானிஸ்த்தானிலும், ஈராக்கிலும், பாலஸ்த்தீனத்திலும் தமது
ஆக்கிரமிப்புக்களை நியாயம் என்று மேற்குலகம் வாதிப்பது போலவே சிங்களமும்
முள்ளிவாய்க்கால் படுகொலையைச் செய்தது, வாதித்தும் வருகிறது. தமிழர்கள்
முள்ளிவாய்க்காலிலும், வான்னிக்காடுகளின் ஏனைய பகுதிகளிலும்
ஆயிரக்கணக்கில் நரபலி வேட்டையாடப்பட்டது இந்த மேற்குலகிற்கும் , ஐ.நா
வுக்கும் நன்கே தெரிந்திருந்தது, ஆனாலும் தாம் விரும்பிய முடிவொன்று
வரும்வரை காத்திருந்த அவர்கள் இப்போது போர்க்குற்றம் பற்றியும்,
மனிதவுரிமை மீறல்கள் பற்றியும் பேசுகிறார்கள்".......

டப்லின் நகரைச் சேர்ந்த சிங்கள கலாநிதியொருவர் தனது நாடும் இனமும் இன்னொரு
சகோதர இனமான தமிழுக்குச் செய்த அநியாயங்களைச் சொல்லிப் பட்டியலிட்டு, தான்
அந்த இனத்தில் பிறந்ததற்காக வெட்கப்படுவதாகக் கூறுகிறார். ம்மிதியை
நீங்களும் வாசித்துப் பாருங்கள்.

மூலம் தமிழ்நெட்


Political truth of Mu’l’livaaykkaal
[TamilNet, Friday, 27 May 2011, 05:24 GMT]
The Sinhala nation is aware of the massacres, but they justify it the
way the USA argues for its invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan and Israel
argues for invasion of Palestine. For the UN and IC, it was not a
mistake but a deliberate action taken by them to protect the Sri Lankan
state. The same IC now says there are war crimes and Tamils are
victims. Why? They want a group of helpless victims who begin to depend
on them to find answers. Tamils had to face the first genocidal
massacre of the 21st century, but this should not lead to a sense of
helpless victimhood where the very forces who are responsible are seen
to be saviours by the Tamils. It is the Tamil people who should decide
what their future course of action should be, said Dr. Jude Lal
Fernando, post doctoral scholar on International Peace Studies in
Trinity College, Dublin, while delivering a speech on 18 May.

Full tex of the address by Dr. Jude Lal Fernando, a lectuerer at the
Irish School of Ecumenics of the Trinity College and a member of the
Irish Forum for Peace in Sri Lanka (IFPSL), follows:

Mullivaikal: The moment of deep sorrow and courage

Today, we mourn from the very depths of our hearts the deaths of
thousands of Tamils who were killed in Mullivaikal as well as in other
places. Who are they? They are our beautiful children, our courageous
young sons and daughters, beloved parents and grandparents whose burial
grounds we do not know.

On this day, as a Sinhalese, let me remember not only the physical
deaths of thousands of Tamils, but also the moral and spiritual death
of the Sinhala nation to which I belong, a nation that has been built
on the unknown graveyards of many thousands of my Tamil sisters and
brothers.

As Martin Luther King lamented over his own American nation during the
war against the people of Vietnam; a nation which spends on warfare and
not on healthcare, welfare and education of its people is spiritually
and morally doomed.

Mullivaikal does not mark the end of Tamil aspiration for nationhood,
homeland and self-determination, but it marks another defeat of
humanity.

Anybody who has a conscience among the Sinhalese and in the
international community needs to know that Vanni massacre of Tamils
questions our humanity rather than the project of Tamil Eelam.

Therefore, Mullivaikal is a historical moment in the dawn of the
twentyfirst century that highly questions the humanity of this so
called global village.

This is the fundamental moral truth about Vanni massacre of Tamils.

What is the political truth about Mullivaikal?

Mullivaikal is the climax of the brutality of the Sri Lankan state
which was first created by the British colonial rule and rebuilt again
and again by every Sinhala ruling party after the so called
independence in 1948.

Are the Sinhalese unaware of the massacre of the Tamils for the last 60 years?

Are they unaware of the massacre of the Tamils in 1983 and 2009?

In 1983, the massacre was carried out by the unofficial thugs of the
Sri Lankan state. In 2009, it was carried out by the official military
of the same state with the full support of every major power in the
international community.

The Sinhala nation is aware of the massacres. If so as human beings how
do they justify such brutality of the state? They justify it by playing
the role of victimhood saying that it is they who were attacked and
that they have a right to defend themselves as a state. Is that all?
No, they go further claiming a moral obligation to conduct a
humanitarian war to protect the Tamils from the LTTE. The same
arguments can be seen when the USA argues for its invasion of Iraq and
Afghanistan and when Israel argues for invasion of Palestine.

Therefore, it is not right to say that the Sinhala nation does not know
the massacres, but they cannot know because they have justified the
massacres wholeheartedly in the name of the Sri Lankan state.

Didn’t the UN and the international community know about? Is it a
mistake from their part not to reveal the truth about the massacres?
No, it is not a mistake, it is a deliberate action taken by them to
protect the Sri Lankan state. Therefore, their omission is not an error
or a mistake, but a part of the crime against the Tamil people.

Therefore, to say that it was a war without witnesses is untrue. The
whole diplomatic community knew about the crimes. Even wikileaks cables
alone provide unbreakable evidence to prove that every powerful nation
knew how the slaughtering progressed.

It is the same international community that says now ‘yes, there are
war crimes and crimes against humanity... and the Tamils are the
victims’. Has any new discovery been made? No discovery has been newly
made. There is no problem in saying this, this is what has to be said
and what should be said, but what does the international community led
by the major powers in the world want now by saying this? They want a
group of helpless victims who begin to depend on them to find answers.
These so called ‘ helpless victims’, the Tamils, resisted as a people
to domination of the Sri Lankan state without depending on any major
power for sixty years. It was their great resistance that brought about
the 2002 peace process which was internationally recognised. By siding
with the Sri Lankan state and working politically, diplomatically and
militarily to destroy the Tamil resistance, and the 2002 peace process,
now the international community says, ‘Tamils are the victims’!

Let me say one thing. It is true that the Tamils had to face the first
genocidal massacre of the 21st century, but this should not lead to a
sense of helpless victimhood where the very forces who are responsible
are seen to be saviours by the Tamils.

It is the Tamil people who should decide what their future course of
action should be. Let me echo the words of Martin Luther King, Nelson
Mandela and many others who led the oppressed peoples. The path to
justice can never be stopped as long as people are determined to walk
the long walk to freedom...

It is the paradox in the Sri Lankan history, that while the Sinhala
nation celebrates the 2600 anniversary of Lord Buddha’s Enlightenment
the Tamils also have to remember the massacre of their loved ones on
the 18th of May this year. The most nonviolent preaching of Lord Buddha
expressed compassion not only to every human being on earth but also to
every creature, this preaching radically challenged and transformed
kingdoms and societies promoting justice and peaceful coexistence in
Asia. Could the Sinhala nation celebrate that Great Human Being’s
Enlightenment by lighting millions of lamps while the Sri Lankan state
does not permit the Tamil people to light a single candle in the Tamil
homeland remembering their dear ones who were killed in Vanni?

This paradox or irony is a shame on every human, moral and religious
value we cherish. It is against the eternal dharma of Lord Buddha and
every other founder of great ethical and religious traditions.

By allowing the Sri Lankan state to oppress the Tamil people the
Sinhala society has established a regime that destroys every form of
democratic dissent. By building a prison for the Tamils, the Sinhalese
have made their own chains. Let those who have ears listen, eyes see,
tongues speak out!

Finally, this day is not only a day of mourning for the Tamil people,
but it is also a day of remembrance of courage of so many thousands of
my Tamil brothers and sisters who upheld the dream of a dignified life
until the last breath of their lives.

Let that courage be our inspiration, so that our mourning will not end
in a sense of helpless victimhood, but reinvigorate us to walk the
journey towards the goal of justice, dignity and freedom as a people.