Pro-LTTE Canadian MP detained at Sri Lanka

Anyone criticizing the Sri Lankan government becomes a LTTE or LTTE supporter.
This is the only lame excuse Sri Lankan government has to cover up their atrocities on Tamils.

I am sorry to say, but Bob Ray has an impeccable record when it comes to Human rights and justice. Sending Him back is a direct insult to Human rights and will erode all remaining sympathies for Sri Lanka.This Man has the World respect for what he stand for and achieved as well as for his work for Justice and ethics. I think Sri Lanka made a rather huge mistake and proved the world that it may be guilty after all. 

Thanks poke.

"I think of the possibilities of peace in the years after 2000 and I weep at the lost opportunity, the lost lives." - Bob Rae

Wow, does he not know that LTTE tripled its military power during this so-called "peace" time after 2000 and that LTTE went on its hunt of unarmed people during this "peace" period?

Does not Lakshman Kadirgamar's killing during "peace" make him weep?

Things that make people say with LTTE money and a few hundred/thousand votes is just incredible.

Now Hon. Bob Rae is also added to the white tiger list. Poor guy, he was critical of both LTTE and the government. He was talking purely on humanitarian basis.

He did not know that criticism of Sri Lankan government is a NO NO. You automatically become a terrorist.

You need to read his C.V. he was Prime Minister of Ontario under the NDP not the Liberals and joined the Liberals only after they where defeated in the National elections.

He is a Man with the out most integrity and high ethical values, well respected and well known internationally as a Politician and conflict negotiator.

Even the Liberal party was not pro LTTE, it remained neutral, not knowing what to think as many did remain neutral, even Japan and China did.

The Liberals did however support the vote at the UN to put the LTTE on the terrorist list wish seems to be forgotten now all of a sudden.

Canada as well as the EU are free countries and you can not hold against them that they allow all parties to voice there opinion, even LTTE supporters demonstrating in the streets is nothing but a democratic process and respect of the freedom of expression act.

Is democracy, Freedom of expression and justice not what Sri Lanka seeks to achive for it self and its people?

Hiranya, listen to your self, Have you lost all sense of Humanity, justice and compassion?

I grow up with a conflict very much like the one in SL and still going on. Yet, I do have to agree with Bob Ray and his blog post. 

There is no victory in war no matter the evil you may believe you defeated. Those that paid the price with their lives where for the most part innocent and victims of both sides.

Those that lost every thing had no say either way and still have no say.

Two wrong do not make it right!

    “Beggars can not be arrogant”

Whom are you calling beggars? Whole of Sri Lanka?

Rude! Foul! Unfair! – Don’t you feel that way in this instance? It was not too long ago that you had the audacity to censure.

“Beggars can’t be choosers” is an accepted idiom. But, “Beggars can not be arrogant”,

 This is priceless!

Just a bit of information, there is a short story written by one Yezierska Anzia called  ‘Arrogant Beggar’, way back in 1927. So, beggars can be arrogant, if necessary.

In your wisdom you state, “ It may have lost much of it with this foolish move.”

Let’s just wait and see.

Finally, not having the ability to read Japanese, I woudn’t know what the Japanese press wrote.

 

But, here is something said by Late Mr.JR Jayewardene, a past President of Sri Lanka, at the Peace Conference in San Francisco in September 1951,  on behalf of Japan, despite the opposing views expressed by the representative of the Soviet Union.

 

 Quote, “This treaty is as magnanimous as it is just to a defeated foe. We extend to Japan a hand of friendship, and trust that with the closing of this chapter in the history of man, the last page of which we write today, and with the beginning of the new one, the first page of which we dictate tomorrow, her people and ours may march together to enjoy the full dignity of human life in peace and prosperity.” unquote.

 

 

 

Do you actually realize what you are saying here?

You speak like a real Fascist and supremacist as some others do in this threat from Sri Lanka. 

Blinded by hate and propaganda. This sort of hate and defamation is what has broth us the Holocaust and Rwanda. 

It seems some will never learn.

Good one Hiranya.

I think this editor has an 'Axe to Grind' somewhere.

There are so many comments with explicit language which come up on this site and it is sad to see that editors such as Paschen has the time to debate passionately to prove his point and yet not have time to correct/reprimand users of such language.

I was checked once for using the word 'retard' or something to that effect by an editor and I regret for making that comment.

What about 'Defamation Artist'? I would have been offended by being called that. Perhaps, the Sauce for the Goose....... stuff won't work when necessary.

At times I wonder whether there are double standards at NP.  As a citizen of ONEcountry - Sri Lanka, I am proud to be a Sri Lankan.

Here is another of Bob Rae's CVs I found on the web. Very convincing.

ANOTHER CV OF BOB RAE

You have any explanation on his one-way air ticket?

I have an explanation.

Buy a one way ticket to Sri Lanka to talk about the goodness of LTTE terrorists.

Get a return ticket free.(Courtesy LTTE).

Some more happenings during "peace" time (other than the killing of foreign minister Lakshman Kadirgamar) -

• Every single one of the Sri Lanka military intelligence personnel were gunned down by LTTE one by one.
• All road barricades were removed by Wikramasinghe Govt at the request of LTTE which allowed the transportation of all military equipment LTTE needed to get inside the Wanni jungles.
  
• The few Zlin air craft were also brought to Wanni during this period.
  
• Suicide bomb attack on the Defence Secretary.
• Suicide bomb attack on the Army Commander.

Those stated above are the major ones only, the list is endless.

You need to read the text of the Japanese statement made and the Japanese press. It is not as gold as SL press makes it sound, there are a couple of strings attached.

Bob Ray is an Icon when it comes to pacifism, objectivity and fairness. This will not go over to well. He never supported the Tigers nor Terrorism and he is well respected in China and Japan as well as in Europe.

You kicked the wrong guy. Look, I wish SL all the best and for peace to take roots as well as for justice and a national reconciliation. 

Bob Ray was one of the best tickets to help SL in the long run. He is however a very critical man to deal with, however a just and respected one all the same.

Beggars can not be arrogant, and SL needs all the help it can get. It may have lost much of it with this foolish move.

He may not be pro-LTTE. However, his assumptions are incorrect.

"it should be a celebration marked with sadness as well. " - Does he not know how many individuals, how many organizations in the south have been organizing relief campaigns, aid to be given for the IDPs non-stop? This began even before the war was over and is still continuing. All people from all walks of life are joining in these relief efforts. The number of emails circulating asking for aid and the number of collection centers in the south are countless and it's happening at a steady pace.

Neither Bob Rae nor any of you have any idea about what's happening in SL except for the tit bits the media chooses to publish about Sri Lanka. They would have so many articles about people celebrating, yet there is not a single article about how the people are trying to help the IDPs. Celebrating on the streets happened during a period of 2-3 days... yet that is highlighted so much and everything else that's done by our people for over weeks and months is grossly neglected. When I say our people, remember that it's not only Sinhalese. Muslims, Tamils and Sinhalese are working together to help the IDPs.

"there will be no pictures on state controlled television of the dead and wounded"

Incorrect. This was shown over and over, you can even find videos of this on the net.

About his comment on the Peace period after 2000, I find it as a Sri Lankan citizen highly offensive considering what actually went on during this so-called "peace" period. He cannot be unaware of it. Find a prev comment of mine abt the "peace" period on this article for details.

I don't understand...Why did Bob Rae, having an impeccable record, being a world renowned figure, an esteemed person; just drop in without any prior notification or arrangement, and on a one-way ticket at that?

Sri Lanka celebrated the end of a horrendous war...'No More War' means No More Killings...so that is indeed something to be celebrated.

It is sad that nobody thought of mentioning the fact that while Sri Lankans were waving their flags high in the air in jubilation, they were also collecting food, water and other essential items, to be sent to their brothers and sisters in the North.

Ban Ki Moon warned Sri Lanka against celebrating. Bob Rae wanted celebrations to be marked with sadness, the LTTe Diaspora speculated a repetition of 1983...

Sorry to disappoint the one-track minded terrorist supporters/sympathisers...Sri Lanka will not be bullied any more...Sri Lanka will celebrate the end of a heinous serial killer of sorts, who not only killed innocent people but used the very people he promised to liberate as his shield. Thus, putting their lives in jeopardy, simply to save his neck. 

Dear Ban Ki Moon, Bob Rae and everyone else who is so sad about the Sri Lankans in the North, Please remember that thousands of innocents were killed in the South too by that late maniac.

I would say, "Try having some illiterate bullying your country for a couple or more of decades and see whether you will not be celebrating the end of him and his halucinations!"

 

I found an interesting Canadian Blog:

http://www.freedominion.com.pa/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=119433&sid=1a233a13f2dd21ffbbb2277a4099a96f

The title of this piece is mis-leading..I believe that the word Pro-LTTE should either be removed or put inside a quotation.

To describe me as “an LTTE supporter”, as an Army spokesman has done today, is a lie, pure and simple.- Hon. Rae

As Paschen said, Bob Rae has an impeccable record when it comes to Human Rights and Justice. The Sri Lankan government's usual trick of calling names like 'white tiger' or 'terrorist supporter' won't work with him.

I guess Sri Lankan government thinks people will be scared of their name calling.

This is not the first time they have done this to respectable Canadians:

Louise Arbour -  former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, a former justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and a former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.

Allan Rock - A lawyer, former ambassador to the United Nations, former Canadian politician, diplomat and now the President of University of Ottawa.

"You peak like a real Fascist and supremacist as some others do in this threat from Sri Lanka."

Paschen,

I hope you realize you are insulting members of NP by saying "as some others from Sri Lanka" - Previously you called me a "defamation artist" which I ignored.

We from Sri Lanka also have the right to voice our opinion just like you have here. You cannot call it "hate and propaganda" when others do not agree with you.

I ask you to point out the "hate" in any of the Sri Lankan NP members' comments on this thread.

"You speak like a real Fascist and supremacist as some others do in this threat from Sri Lanka."

Don't you think that was aimed at the rest of us in this thread from Sri Lanka?

"can still be identified by there IP address"

I know that. Yet you ask me if I am also CL? What is that supposed to mean?

In the Indian state of Rajastan, if a wealthy person passes away (simple term=die), the relatives some times hire professional mourners.

I don't know why I suddenly remembered this custom.

.Agent.

 

I have to agree with Paschen and sivakaran on this one.  Bob Rae is not pro LTTE.  He was in support of ending the war through peaceful means.  This now makes him Pro LTTE?

From Bob Rae's blog:

Yet again, the Sri Lankan government insults Canada.

I can't agree more. Thank you Paschen.

Paschen,

My sense of humanity, justice or compassion does not come into this. It is not relevant is it? Call me the worst human being on earth if you like, it is of no importance to me.

I pointed out the unfairness of Bob Rae's accusations without really knowing what people here have done and are still doing out of compassion.

Do not think the picture given in foreign media about the people of Sri Lanka is any more correct than the state media Rae talks of.

"You are a defamation artist ..."

Not a rude statement, is it?

"... the money raised was under the cover of Humanitarian relief not for arm." 

I wonder whether you know, under cover means, 'CLANDESTINE'. That does not sound good!

"The problem was to prove this and people that gave money for the most part did so in good faith believing it went to help people in need not for guns."

What insight! He knows! he knows, how and why the money was collected.

A visionary! or is it prior knowledge?

Therefore, none of it went to the LTTE funders, such as those presently indicted by the US judiciary.

 

Blue Crush, Thank you for posting the formal objection from the Canadian government.