Sinhala extremist attacking Tamil peace rally cars in Melbourne (sinhalese mob attacks tamil demonstrators in melbourne on yahoo! video.avi)

This is a sad, disgusting and horrific portrayal of the Sinhalese - Australian community living in Melbourne. How can we live side by side in peace with people who abuse us so? If this is what's happening in Melbourne (and New Zealand) can everyone just imagine what is happening to our Tamil brothers and sisters back in Sri Lanka at the hands of the Sri Lankan government? The Tamil community is in outrage.  

supid shit we dont need this shit in melbourne fukn grow up all of  use,im tamil and my best mate is singalese, stop being wanab thugs! its fuken pathetic!!!!!!!

this is not Tamil peace car, it was LTTE car. Tamils and LTTE are different, Tamil people innocent, but LTTE car animals. They kills people like butchers in Sri Lanka. They dont have any peace, they only have Suicide bombers. Please dont think Sinhalease tried to distroy tamil peace car. Did you see the car banner? it represents LTTE. Why they wanted disturb Sinhala peaceful relly? think about it.... We Love Tamils people, they are our brothers.....

I agree with B.S. Violence shouldn't be influenced in anyway anywhere. I'm Sinhalese and I have best mates Tamil and Sinhalese alike... and we get along perfectly well with each other with no differences.

I must say though... It was pretty stupid of the LTTE supporters to drive through a rally of about 2000 people carrying flags and banners of the very organisation the crowd were protesting against...

Sanjeewa: what you said about the LTTE may be true, but the people in that car were NOT LTTE, clearly from their banner, they believe that the LTTE are freedom fighters. THEY did not do the things you say the LTTE did. And they had every right to protest wht they believed in, and every right to drive down that street with their flags. Surely that doesnt warrant such a savage, animalistic bashing? It says alot about what kind of people they are. Furthermore, it PROMOTES the prejudice that is at the centre of all the violence back in sri lanka, that previously was not so evident here. Here, Tamils and Sinhalese get along, theres no tension, but after this? prob not the case

"but the people in that car were NOT LTTE, clearly from their banner, they believe that the LTTE are freedom fighters. THEY did not do the things you say the LTTE did."

Really...??

Then understand this. Sri Lankan's believe that LTTE are not freedom fighters, but the most wreached of all the species - the Terrorists with a capital T. They Sri Lankans were on a peace rally despite the number of loved ones they lost in this unnecessary war LTTE and the "diasporans" inflicted upon that small country - fighting back their emotions but still promoting peace. At the same time these LTTEs (YES LTTEs) tried to hit them in a car waving the flags of the Terrorist organization. Do you think that Sri Lankans are robots who doest not have eny emotions and feelings? Animals need animalistic bashing. But Sri Lankans are not aware that they will take the beating too for their advantages. There are people like you  - paid professionals - who can turn a goat into a dog.

TYPING IN CAPITAL LETTERS OR CREATING VOICE IN HIGH DECIBEL LEVELS DOES NOT MAKE WHATEVER YOU SAY IS TRUE.

.Agent.

Pitty to see this happening in melb, i have seen all this back in lanka, r they proposing another 83 here? sad to see these sory acts here, if they dont like to accept tamils and tamil freedom, fine, but they have no rights to tell tamils what they have to do or who to support, sorry thugies, its not colombo its melbourne people have right to tell what they want to tell, if you don't like it, go and  have a cry. i do have Sinhalese f riends, even family member. but this sort of acts are not acceptable here in AUS. Sinhalese community leaders should do something abt it, Ple educate these MOBS.

Whatever said and done... it is true that this sort of violence should not take place on the streets of Melbourne... this would have inconvenienced and affected people on the streets that had absolutely nothing to do with this issue. However, if people believe this is purely the fault of the 2000 people rallying against the LTTE... I don't think everybody will view it through the same eyes. The people that were in the other cars who actually witnessed it would scrutinise this as a deliberate provocation.

When the cricket matches were played here in Melbourne, there would be little incidents between the Sri Lankans and Australian spectators, they would provoke each other and in turn throw words at each other and sometimes resort to throwing food, beer or whatever... but this is viewed as harmless fun thanks to national passion. In these situations even the LTTE supporters would be in Sri Lankan cricket T-shirts united with the rest of the Sri Lankans in opposition to the Australians.

To think that purely based on this incident, the world will view the Sinhalese as oppressors, is a mistaken judgment. And to think that yesterday's episode reflects even remotely to what went on in the 80s between the Tamils and Sinhalese is even a bigger blunder. Yesterday's street fight wasn't Sinhalese vs. Tamils... It was solely 'LTTE haters vs. LTTE supporters'.

Just my 2 cents...

Greetings all.

The matters to be addressed here are the Principles in the Freedom of Speech, the Breach of Domestic Australian Law and lastly The furtherance of an informing and efficient educative system. These will be elaborated below.

According to our Australian Constitution, there is no specific section, which entrenches the doctrine of free speech, instead we have then common law right and implied freedom of political communication, whereby matters of political interest are able to be voiced by the public without prosecution. The ability to protest on the steps of the government for a specific cause, is equally permitted as the ability to voice an opinion opposing that cause. The issue here is not one of racial vilification, but instead the disreputable and rather abhorrent result that arose from the pro-SL government mob. Why pro SL Government you query? Well on the basis of their anti LTTE stance, they have upheld the SL government's stance on labelling them as a terrorist organisation. Whether or not they validly are or not, is not the issue here. Also, the attackers on Exhibition street in Melbourne are not only breaching the principles of Australia's freedom to speak, they are soiling it with violence. It is imperative to remember that 'a cause', regardless of the contention, is able to be VOICED BY EITHER SIDE, as everyone is entitled to speak on behalf of their cause.

Secondly, offences of property damage were carried out on the car, and perhaps even assault; as the occupants may have been under the impression of having to "immediately apprehend a personally violent act". Both these can be found under the Victorian Crimes Act in their relevant sections. This is what strikes me as the most disgraceful aspect of what took place. The sheer lack of respect that the mob had for Domestic Australian law. Fair enough, the questions of Human Rights violations that have been arising in Sri Lanka is a question of International law; but when people are incapable of respecting domestic law; how are they expected to reasonably abide by International ones? The precedent set by theis event in Melbourne, should open the public eyes to the horrors and breaches of Human Rights that are taking place in Sri Lanka, by both The Government and the LTTE. Further, that it is not something that seems far fetched or fanciful; but instead something that is debilitatingly degrading, vile and attrocious.

Conclusively, public displays such as what took place in Melbourne are only in turn going to impede the effective and efficient educative means and methods in place to inform our future generations in this great country of Australia. To inform the young of their rights and liabilities is utterly crucial in today's age; especially in a time where political wars are seen to be racial. Where the education needs to convey to the public, that the people of Sri Lanka are in turmoil because of Militant Extremist Monks in power (who don't represent what buddhism actually represents) who have constantly oppressed the minority Tamil population iin Sri Lanka. Perhaps, if change were to occur within their people; the government will also change in accordance to its public representation. I've always advocated that the people of a nation depict their nation's government. As after all, a nation's government has responsibility and accountability to its people. It is afterall the people who form the government; a MAJORITY census.

So instead of protesting on the streets, why don't the sinhalese majority population deliberate and take positive pro active steps (pressure groups and government MP's) to halt the violence between the Government and the Tamil civilian minority, which in turn will render the LTTE redundant and eventually extinguish their existence and proclaimed cause of equality for the Tamils.

Because the violence will only cease, when we are all equally educated and informed of the relevant issues and resolutions at hand. So that the people may induce a change, start a reform.

Peace,

Esan aka PaPPa E

U know what the funny thing is...

U say the singalese people of melbourne were protesting against the LTTE..but not the tamils?..but at the end of the day ur govnment is oppressing the Tamils which is why the LTTE started in the first place?..

propoganda has been ur strongest point over the last 25 years...n 2 honest i didnt hear a daym thing come out of the tamil car.. - u saw the car, saw the flag and all of a sudden thought u were back on the streets of colombo...that was the furthest thing from a PEACEFUL rally...

at the end of the day..singalese are never gonna HELP the tamils..n its the freedoms fighters of tamil eelam that are the only ones who can create any sort of justice in the country.

these ppl attacked a terrorist car with a LTTE flag not a tamil car...all tamils are not terrorists...So I cant see anything wrong in that.

first of all...stop try to excuse urself

are u sinhalese still expect tamils to trust in that bunch of animals...as "freedom-bringers"?
what makes that mob that different then the so called "terrorists"...
what about freedom of speech? if such a thing even happens in a foreign country. what are the people left home have to expect, when the try to express opinion...(journalist getting murdered and stuff like that)
is it really that what u people think shoul be a democratic country. whith an elected president, who doesnt even care about civilians...

even if this war should be over at any time... (what we all hope). a living-together in peace is hardly gonna happen, after the things happened in de last 50 years (since colombo 1958) 

showing the "tigers flag" is a provokation? ohh ohh....i think then showing the "lions-flag" is a provokation for all the tamils who lost relatives in this war, and earlier, isnt it?

(stupid flag anyway..minorities are represented whith a fuckin stripe on the left side...great!! even that shows us where our place in this country is-->left out)

i'm sorry to say but we are even far more away to be modern civilized country than we were in the 1940's. 

 

 

Look everybody. I don’t know how many of you actually were at the protest but I’m sure most of you were not. I was there and I saw it all. The Sri Lankan group (I’m not gonna say ‘Sinhalese’ since there were people from all races and religions who took part in the protest) got permission from the Australian government to do this and it indeed was a peaceful rally. The LTTE supporters DID NOT have permission to parade around in cars and they did so only to create problems. I have lived here for a long time and I have seen pro LTTE meetings and protests but what I haven’t seen is Sinhalese going on and disrupting them. So couldn’t the LTTE supporters just mind their own business?

 

But the worst part was that they came to disrupt the protest with elderly people and KIDS in their cars and carrying LTTE flags and banners. They know so well that they are at risk of getting attacked, yet they brought in their children to ‘protect themselves’. This is what the LTTE have been doing all these years, hiding behind kids or making kids do unimaginable inhumane things. I never expected the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />Melbourne Tamils to fall to that level. I am ashamed as I am a Tamil myself.  

 

its so easy for us to have comfortable lives and sit around and make all sort of comments like this but the people who are actually suffering are the ones fighting that damn war in Sri Lanka. The tigers and the forces and all the innocent people stuck in the middle of it all.

 

So stop wasting time fighting online. Wake up and see all the damage this war has done. Both Sinhalese and Tamils are at fault for this war to go this far. it doesn’t matter now the damage is done. Lets try and end this. Blood thirsty, power hungry rulers can ask for all Land they want… but they are gonna rot in hell sooner rather than later. The war is going to end. It might seem the end of the world to some people but that’s reality. So stop fighting amongst each other. We all have Sinhalese friends, we all have Tamil friends and we know they are good people. So this is not a war between Tamils and Sinhalese. STOP trying to make it seem like that !!

LTTE organisation formed after the human rights of tamils were stripped. If you look at this brief outline of the history you can understand why any tamils would decide to create this so called 'terrorism':

* 1948 - Ceylon Citizenship Bill: one million Tamils declared non-citizens.
* 1956 – Sinhala Only Act: removed Tamil as an official language.
* 1970 – Standardization Act: restricted university admissions for Tamils.
* 1972 – Republican Constitution: adopted without Tamil participation making Buddhism the state religion.
* 1977 – Prevention of Terrorism Act: sponsored anti- Tamil violence and protected those who perpetrated it.

Whatever that happened during that protest clearly represented the true attitude of the Singhalese in terms of this issue. What are the Tamil tigers fighting for?..a separate state, why? Did  you ever stop to think about that? When no freedom or rights is given to them, they were forced to fight for it. Till this very day, the sri lankan government never stopped to recognise their reasons for their fighting. Their narrow minded and selfish actions has brought this war to this very point.

I have friends who are both Tamil and Singhalese who are dear to me. But at the end of the day, if we have a true conscience of the wrong that is being committed everyone would clearly see that the Sri lankan government are not being honest in their ways. When I meet new Sri Lankan people, they tend to ask, "Are you Sri lankan?". I would say I am. Then they would start speaking Singhala. I would say "I speak Tamil". "But you said you were a Sri Lankan?" they would ask in return. This has happened to a number of people and it is clear that most Singhalese do not consider Tamils to be Sri Lankan.

The atrocities of the Sri Lankan army will never be forgotten. Women are being raped because they are TAMIL. Children are being slaughtered because they are TAMIL. Father are being kidnapped and brutally murdered because they are TAMIL. Freedom of speech and the right to be treated as an equal has been taken away because they are TAMIL. Whether you like it or not, this is the truth. Why would the LTTE kill tamil people when they are fighting for a separate state for them! What would they acheive by killing Tamils?

A protest was held by the Tamil in Canberra, and the weather was 45 degrees. The Sri Lankan government supporters organised a plane to be flown over during this protest with an anti LTTE banner. This is your way of speaking your opinion, and the same way the decision to peacefully protest was made by the tamils on the very day of the Singhalese protest. I don't care if they didn't need to be there. I dont care if they had LTTE flags. What i do care is the way the sri lankan government supporters behaved. Their true attitude was shown. They carry the same poison as the Sri Lankan government uses to kill and erase the Tamils from Sri Lanka.

Till this very day, proper supplies of food and medication has not been provided to the Tamils trapped in the war zone. The concentration camps are no different to ones created during the Nazi period. There is no freedom, and their future is not in their hands. One day when the war ends, the truth will be told and as a singhalese, you will be ashamed of the actions of the Sri Lankan government. They have not only let down Tamils, but they have already let down Singhalese people by not showing there true colours. They are not honest to neither Tamils or Singhalese. 

a sri lankan Tamil.

 

Look you Tiger suporters, If you want are worried about your people go to Sri Lanka and show your unity. You came here as refugees and out taxes pay you tolive in the beautiful county.

Live peacefuly or PLEASE GO AWAY, let us live peacefully.

Huss

Tigers.........Danger,,,,,,,,,,,,,who killed who?

You even killed your own.Killing, bombing,detroying property, railways,child soliders.....!!!!!!!!!!

Ministers, religous leaders, your own, Indian Priminster, list goes on....now poor tamils as humanshields. In a few years time, you may as 50% of Vic., We aussies will have to find some safe place  to go. You have ruined Uk, Singaore, South Africa, India, Canda...now trying to ruin this land.

We Aussies will protect our land, Take your troubles & get out, find a battle field somewhere else.

Jan

LIVE PEACEFULLY?

The purpose this whole issue started was because Tamils couldn't live peacefully with equal rights and freedom. What do you have to say to that?

Every bit of these atrocities began when people were treated unfairly. Tamils were forced to flee for a better future in other countries so they can LIVE PEACEFULLY! We protested to voice our concerns about the unfair treatment and to make people recognise their suffering. Do you think every LTTE soldier is there to gain pleasure in killing people? Their lives are hanging by the line, yet they stand to fight and represent Tamils for their freedom. I only pity you singhalese people, as the Sri Lankan government has only blinded you with their lies and conspiracy and you don't even see it, will you ever see it?

How can you ever justify what the Sri Lankan government has done to Tamils? To be honest, I don't know. Is it because you are also victims of a government that uses power with no conscience?

Dear SRI LANKAN TAMIL,

Its always good to have the details in point form like what you have done. But all the points that you have mentioned are simply bullshit and none are true. This is again Tiger propaganda. First of all this was not a Tamil rally. Ask the VIC police if I'm wrong, it was the Sri Lankan demonstration (organized mainly by Sinhalese and attended by peace loving Tamils, Burgers and muslims as well), which was pemitted to have on that day. What Tamils did was an illegal riot to provocate the peaceful demonstration.

And about your points,

* 1948 - Ceylon Citizenship Bill: one million Tamils declared non-citizens.
Those people were not citizens even then. They were temporary labourers hired by British to work mainly in Tea estates and were not citizens of Sri Lanka. But after considering the amount of time they have been in, this act was revised and most of them were given citizenship.

* 1956 – Sinhala Only Act: removed Tamil as an official language. Tamil wasn't an official language even prior to '56. It was only English that was regarded as the official language. That was removed and the majority speaking language was considered the official language. This was again revised later and included Tamil as an official Language too.

* 1970 – Standardization Act: restricted university admissions for Tamils. I really don't understand what you mean by restricting Tamils. The act at no place mentions about an ethnic entrance to the universities. This takes 30% of the university vacancies on merrit basis and the remainder in district basis devided by the percentage of population in each district. This was essential for a developing country due to the poor education standards in the rural areas. BY NO MEANS THIS IS AN ETHNIC REPRESENTATION.

* 1972 – Republican Constitution: adopted without Tamil participation making Buddhism the state religion. Does this means closing down all hindu temples? Whats wrong with naming the majority (over 75%) religion as the state religion? Is Buddhism the state religion in India?

* 1977 – Prevention of Terrorism Act: sponsored anti- Tamil violence and protected those who perpetrated it. This is hillarious, Prevention of Terrorism Act covers any sort of terrorist activity. Even anti-Tamil violence is considered terrorism and is covered by this act. The act had to be introduced due to two fronts of terrorism, JVP from the south and LTTE from the north.

Don't try to tweak the history for your cheap needs.

 

 

In case if you dont know the "moderator" of this forum is a jackass! 

I think i'm in love with LTTE folks; i like their ways! they kill and blast things how cool is that; and they live a pitty life rather its shitty but no worries just shooting, looting, running and hiding. more than that they are so close to the nature living in the more aligned with stone age because they have stuff underneath the surface, stuff like explosives and some of them live in these caves and some of these caves has air conditioners; now how cool is that? but the sad part is some of those low lives thinks who calls them freedom fighters who live outside the country bitch alot about the crap they have no clue about; and this whole article is just another one of those.

haha

LIKE I SAID BEFORE.. EVEN YOU SINGHALESE ARE VICTIMS OF A GOVERNMENT THAT USES POWER WITHOUT A CONSCIENCE.. :)

As a Tamil, I will say what I've heard from those who have suffered. Unlike the Sri Lankan government who have placed unfair restrictions on the news released and has murdered hundreds of journalists (even singhalese who are willing to speak the truth) I know what I hear is the truth. I only pity you because once you realize this, it will be too late to wash the blood off your hands. The scars of the war are already so deep. If only you could have a conscience and open your eyes & heart to the suffering of Tamil people.. if only you could...