Defence.lk Gobilas show their true racist colours
Posted by Ajith on June 18, 2008
Should a Ministry website that runs by the tax payers’ money act racist? (NB. The tax payers in Sri Lanka are not just Sinhalese)
Should a ministry website that does not recognize it as a general news site run stories not relevant to its mandate?
Defence.lk Gobilas try their best to demonstrate their intention is only to present defence related news (Please note, in Sri Lanka ‘DEFENCE’ is synonymous with ‘WAR’) but unfortunately their true racist slip sometimes becomes too evident.
Can Defence.lk Gobilas tell us what the news story ‘Tamil Gangsters to be sentenced for murdering youth by stabbing – London’ has to do with the mandate of Defence Ministry?
There is no mention in the story the accused are Tamils of Sri Lankan origin. (Contrary to the loaded ‘news story’ in Defence.lk implies they are not yet ’sentenced’.) Perhaps the Defence.lk Gobilas do not know there are other countries from which Tamils migrate to UK. Even if they were Sri Lankan Tamils there is no evidence they are linked to LTTE. So how does the story of four Tamils in South London killing another of their own becomes a security concern for Sri Lanka?
So one of the following messages can be what Defence.lk wants to imply either intentionally or not.
1. All Tamils abroad are gangsters. They also collect money for LTTE and kill those who don’t contribute
2. Tamil abroad brings ‘bad name’ to Sri Lanka. They live dubious lives abroad.
3. All Tamils are gangsters/terrorists. So the only way to attack terrorism is to attack Tamils.
However, I do not blame only the blind government for this. This is also the fault of Sri Lankan Tamils. As they have indicated in 2005 Presidential Election, the majority of Tamils of Sri Lankan origin does not want to be in the democratic arena. When they avoid voting they lose their influencing power. Ruling party knows that too well, and subjects Tamils to humiliation, knowing well they will not vote against.
That is why we see government websites like Defence.lk acting racist at the drop of hat. They aim for Sinhalese vote banks. They do not care for Tamil votes – which, in reality do not exist.
Unless we can bring all communities in Sri Lanka within the democratic framework, this will continue.
(PS. The term ‘Gobilas’ is used as the plural to connote the character of Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels, Minister for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945, from who the Defence.lk guys have learnt their first lessons.)
Acromantula said
Wikipedia’s Racicism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Snake_gang
Chan said
What are you trying to achieve by criticizing our defence forces who are protecting this country from terrorists for us and our children.
shame on you!!
kamal said
mr. Ajith
it is sad to see that you use this web site to criticize the Defence forces.
Nuwan Perera said
How could you become a lawyer if you cant understand a simple logic. wherever an LTTE related thing appears its related to defence.lk.But you have the ‘brain’ to understand the logic between Anarkali Araksha and Mahinda Chinthanaya, are you sitting on it (Your Brain)
mahasona said
what you want from criticizing our soldiers?
i agree with you nuwan. he is siting on his brain.
Ajith said
As long as it is a political war, anything is open for critisism. For your kind information, defence.lk is nothing but a political site which is used only to create a disinformation campaign for political purposes. The above post, which had nothing to do with security situation in Sri Lanka, is the best example.
eddy said
Hey Guys,Our country is down for the last 30 years because we keep at each other throats and the Tamils took us for a ride.And are we all going to be taken for another ride for another 30 years.Machang wake up or be cannon fodder.We should be united in our thoughts and stand against the ltte, even though we have our differences politically. Dont you all know the lies and propaganda by the ltte through out the whole world condemning the Sinhalese/ Sri Lankans.Give a lifeline to a terrorist and you will be one of them. TRAITOR.The ltte issue is OVER. Because of us being united and defeating the terrorist,others are coming to our side.Unity is strength.Please think carefully for the future generations survival.Not Oneself.
Deshaputhra said
It is up to the tax payers to decide whether the http://www.defence.lk is racist or not. Ajith alone cannot do it even though he can express his views on it. What I can suggest is that since Ajith is contesting this time he tell these things to the people and see whether tax payers subscribe to his viewpoint.
In my opinion The Ministry of Defence is doing a fantastic job for the nation. If the not for officers of the MoD (including the commander-in-chief Mahinda Rajapaksha and the Secretary of Defence Gotabhaya Rajapaksha there is no other way for us to defeat the LTTE and ensure that there are areas in this island where everybody (be it Sinhala, Tamil or Muslim) can move freely.
Ajith you can tell your ideas to the people at the election and see how you and your party perform. Please do not restrict yourself to the rising cost of living, etc. alone. I hope you would clearly explain what you stand for with respect to the war against the LTTE, etc. also to the people in your campaign.