Even the Oxen frown on Sinhala Ravaya’s Bull Shit! If you were an OX who would you back?

The Sinhala Ravaya pedents claim that within a few months, all cattle slaughter would be banned, terminated or prohibited in one way or another in the island.

Are they ready for the shit that is going to hit their gleaming gowns? No, being a very impractical and inhumane lot, they would rather see the increasing mistreatment by the people of the cattle, creating a crisis.

We currently do not live in 1000AD when the breeds of cattle were domestic. They did not procreate as frequently as today’s mixed breeds, and were herded and corralled differently. Unless we create similar conditions to ensure that the available fodder and range, and removal of vaccines so diseases could spread wiping out thousands in a few days, which effectively acted as natural controls when over population threatened, we are in for a period of mass starvation, inhumanity, and gross injustice to the living cattle.

We are not prepared to give more fodder to the cattle, we have fewer lands available to sustain them, and we are likely to see emaciated suffering animals all around which we in a feeling of compassion appear to prefer to see alive than dead. Its all about cruelty to animals stupid! That is not what we believe.

We are lead by zealots of zeal not humans with humanity, and the people are just gullible junkies of moronic persuasion permitting criminal minds in the veneer of compassion to prey on ignorance, and create a catastrophe, which with an outbreak of foot and mouth may enter the human stream to create mayhem.

The only practical way to avoid the impending disaster, if we do decide not to go back to living the way we did in 1000 AD is to suffocate every day old bull calf at birth, but then who is going to do the killing?

If only the fundamentalists realize that it is essential to maintain an equilibrium, in all things including religions, and practices, that is how the balance is preserved. We must understand the huge environmental disaster that the methane these living, starving and pathetic creatures produce is going to cost.

It is important that people’s thoughts are lead by altruism and not by greed, envy or hate, all of which boil over in the unbuddhist utterings of the Ravaya who are none other than misguided neophytes to a thought process, that does not bear any resemblance to an established and rich belief system, and if they claim to be Buddhist, puts this greatest of philosophies at odds with Ravaya perceptions. It is time the sane practitioners of Buddhism have the courage to rise up and prevent charlatans from defaming the noble faith.

Udaya Gammanpila the incredibly intelligent dare I say it "village idiot"

Of course I need to explain why I come to this conclusion by way of example. There was an article in Ceylon Today of 10^th June 2013 (that is today to be precise!) http://www.ceylontoday.lk/76-34490-news-detail-think-eat-give-a-thought-to-your-food-print.html  where he explains the need for Human Beings to reduce their “Food Print” using the THINK, EAT, SAVE process of consumption, where we make every effort to reduce the carbon footprint of what we eat, by knowing the best methods of eating in order to do this. It is an eminently readable and sensible article from a very intelligent man, who I believe has a flaw where he tries to justify his logical reasoning with religious nonsense. They are mutually exclusive issues.

The nonsense I refer to is his last statement of the article, where he attributes the what he calls the self immolation (and I call suicide) of the Ven Bowatte Indrarathena Thera to save not only cattle, but the entire world including all living things.

If there was any intelligent person around there are more productive and better ways of doing this, rather than wasting his life, and then making a usual 30second media spectacle that grabbed the headlines for a few days, and now is where it all started as is normal. To call his act one of trying to save cattle or the world is bordering on the ridiculous.

What a waste of a good article that comes a cropper in trying to tie this up with the latter act of suicide. If he believes it is so righteous, perhaps UG himself should resort to this act, which I am sure as a logical and reasonable person I am sure he will not. To kill oneself and then use an emotive argument is crass at the best of times, and in this case was meant to make a mark on a person who otherwise would have lived and died unnoticed. What people do for publicity, and others to justify that behavior. Why are people so frightened of calling a spade a spade and not try and justify everyone’s behavior as a noble act.

A noble act is one living according to one’s conscience and in a non-threatening way to explain one’s own belief system to others, so that they may wish to emulate that behavior if they so wish, or believe it would be in their interest too.

It is this latter behavior which we as humans engage in for the benefit of our fellow humans, not making farcical connections, when non exist that we must live by example, so that others who ADMIRE the example will follow or wish to emulate.

“there is a saying that to ERR IS HUMAN” so we must therefore make every attempt to educate our fellow human beings not to err, or at least to understand that they are actually, in this case contributing to the carbon footprint by eating the wrong way, or the wrong foods or some such.

UG maintains that a professor of his in Australia woke him to the effects of meat eating on the carbon foot print, and was a further reasoning for his becoming a vegetarian, and accordingly he unquestionably stakes his claim to reducing the footprint thereby.

He was I believe for a time in the Environmental Authority attempting to do his part to save the world, and for that I commend him. However he appears to be in an administration, and partner of the Governing Coalition which unashamedly has engaged in the period of the most destructive environmental damage that this country has ever engaged in on a par or worse than when the British cut our forests and planted, firstly coffee and then tea, that resulted, and results in heavy top soil erosion and adversely affects water retention and run off over a period to nourish our soils, that the Rulers of our History engaged in.

Not to be blamed as an opportunist and charlatan he must take a firm stand against the malpractice carried out daily in all spheres of government in leaving nothing to our future, and not just heap all his ire on meat eaters per se.

We as humans must first be taught that what we are doing is wrong, and try first to desist from making the mistakes, and then at least if it is difficult to attempt to do so gradually so we knowingly contribute to the survival of generations yet to be born, and with whom we must build a surreal empathy if we are to make a change in this world.

The use of the slogan of “think, eat and save” for the World Environment Day is a sensible and laudable mark, which it is our duty to explain to our future, namely our children what it means, and what we can do to make it work.

ONLY once we do not confuse religious MUMBO JUMBO, and stick to the facts in this case and explain why we are destroying the future of our planet will we be able to make headway in arresting all the destructive acts of mankind.

That is the way of persuading other religions too if we truly believe in our principles, that they should also desist or reduce their meat consumption, that is assuming our own co religionists are also given the same message at the same time, and of reducing the number of humans we should force upon this land, all in a coordinated way that it applies to ALL equally and not to some.

It is only bigots who use logic to explain their religious beliefs, when logic and religion have no basis in the same argument. One is to save the world, and the other to save our soul. Let us try and keep them separate and not mix them!! however much as bigots we believe they are inter related and it applies by the way to all belief systems that attempt to do this.

Whose tune is the Defense Secretary playing?

In a recent article by Dr Thrishantha Nanayakkara a lecturer at Kings College London, he makes it clear that the Sinhala people who assisted the Govt in defeating the LTTE did so, that we can wipe out terrorism from the Island and instead restore democracy and the rights enshrined in the Constitution.

http://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/an-open-message-to-gotabaya-rajapaksa/comment-page-1/#comment-546997

We know what has happened since. I note below the comment I wrote in response to the above article.

The last paragraph paraphrases it all. We have a person in the capacity of the Defense Secretary who is a traitor to Sri Lanka. He does not care that he is a traitor, because of his warped bias towards only one sector of Sri Lanka. You MUST protect all citizens of Sri Lanka, but then you have taken an oath of allegiance to the US Constitution haven’t you – traitor!

If he believes that Sri Lanka is a Sinhala Buddhist Country, and it is only they who have rights, then why doesn’t he go all out for it openly rather than hide under a skirt pretending!

One has to show ones cards on the table like a man! then there is no play acting, it is clear.

So lay the cards on the table, make a choice, Multicultural Sri Lanka or only one for the Sinhala Buddhists and we will see where it settles. Isn’t that fair? We will then be able to sift between the patriots and traitors finally, instead of behaving like a patriot who is a traitor to his motherland.

Its nothing personal, it is the future of the Country that is at stake by your behaviour, and we have permitted you enough opportunity to give leadership, and you have only let us down badly (not defended the Constitution of Sri Lanka)

If you don’t wish to be a traitor, then simply change the Constitution so that it is clear that you are defending the Constitution, NOT attacking it as is done now.

This is the inevitable result of giving unelected foreign spies too much unchecked power in our motherland. The buck stops with the President for permitting it.

It is up to us who daily toil through the hardships of Sri Lanka created by this kleptocracy that does not understand what it is to be patriotic and loyal, who are ruining this nation with so much potential to lead the nations of the world.

A country with such promised so woefully desecrated by the wonton destruction of nationhood, by a false sense of patriotism is the root cause. We must not  lose hope as we know in the end bad overcomes good, and we are merely passing through. Don’t lose hope, we may not live long enough but those we leave this country to  deserve better.

Crimes and Punishment! Sri Lanka Style – Accused?

The 40 year tragedy of Sri Lanka is that the Crimes committed in the past 40 years were by Sri Lankan citizens, and the victims were Sri Lankan Citizens. The Government engages in constant comparisons of the US crimes in the Middle East, Afghanistan and latterly of crime by UAVs in Pakistan.

When a US citizen is a target of a crime it gets sensational news, as in the case where the US had a killed a US citizen deliberately in Pakistan as a matter of policy of targeting him.

Using that standard, as Sri Lankan logic is so warped, that US has been engaged in systematic massacres in Iraq etc. how about the fact that in Sri Lanka we cannot point fingers at anyone else for the crimes committed in Sri Lanka by our own kind. Whether you are Tamil, Muslim, JVP or LTTE it is all about Sri Lankans killing Sri Lankans. We are a nation of murderers, and where NONE of these 200,000 murders has resulted in even one person being prosecuted. That must be a record.

No one in Sri Lanka has received the death penalty for any of the crimes committed in the past 40 years in the name of patriotism, liberation, terrorism or massacre. There is therefore NO possibility of ANYONE being accused, prosecuted or even convicted of the thousands of series of heinous crimes committed during this period.

This simply means that we live amidst a bunch of murderers all the way from the top and accordingly gives shelter to the murderers down there. These guilty have conveniently forgotten their guilt, presuming innocence and as a patriotic duty and have gone to their graves, or met more violent ends, but NEVER had to face man for their crimes. Their maker is probably giving them a hard time in the outerworld.

Psychologists often say that until there is closure people cannot move on. That is why we in Sri Lanka are still in war time mood, imagining we are about to go back to war. It is obviously very conducive to the Government not to resolve the problem as it can divert the attention of the public from more pressing matters.

We owe it to the Country to get above this petty politics of playing the same blame game, and call a spade a spade, face the facts and move on. When our leaders live in an escapist world where they think they have not done anything wrong, it is their reasoning of right and wrong that is at fault, and not whether some event occurred or not.

Time to stop the rot, bite the bullet, open up our hearts and our heads to all who will listen and get on with building the spirit of our citizens to overcome our failings.

The whole stinking mess opens again! – The Matale Mass Graves

The nightmare of Sri Lanka continues. The unbelievable sequence of events that began with the first JVP uprising on 5^th April 1971 has, after the loss of more than 250,000 lives, as a direct result of uprisings since, have not yet ended! 150,000 deaths occurred without closure for the families involved, and  is Sri Lanka’s legacy to a world, where man’s inhumanity to man for causes borne out of frustration remains as a dark indelible patch on the history of this nation.

It is perhaps the largest loss of life that this country has ever endured, pestilence and malaria included, in that short time span, and we HAVE NOT learned any lessons from it. On the eve of Govt. sponsored terror regaining its ugly head, let us for a moment ponder on what is required for closure. 

The mere fact of trying to sweep it under the carpet is why it resurfaces. It is under the carpet stupid, not completely swept away! So from time to time it surfaces.

http://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/i-was-sent-back-when-i-went-to-meet-lt-colonel-gotabaya-to-plead-the-release-of-my-sons-a-mother/

It is clear who is implicated in the latest memory of the JVP uprising and subsequent violent suppression. Leopards in Sri Lanka never change their spots, how hard they try to forget, and it is a case of de ja vu yet again. It is the Country that has had to undergo severe hardship as a result of such traitors, and as I noted in January in this same blog, see link below, nothing appears to change.

 http://www.pattapalboru.blogspot.com/2013/01/matale-mass-graves-why-is-unholy-mess.html

It is time that we got a grip on what is needed to firstly have closure. Bring the culprits to book, and then begin a NEW dawn in Sri Lanka.

Nothing will or can happen as long as this old rearguard action of the existing Kleptocracy clings to power. It can only happen when this Kleptocracy has to face the music of their own making. Then as an example to others, it will be a lesson to those contemplating on fooling our people that it cannot last.

We must make commitments and laws that prevent the present system of state sponsored terrorism, where no one is safe from the Govt. clutches. Laws are not enforced, in fact broken. Rules are made along the way to suit a few, and there is a complete breakdown in moral and ethical values.

The examples we see all around us where over 100 Govt. politicians today are behind bars, and an equal number awaiting interdiction, with another similar number also facing the threat of prosecution by the Bribery Commission is an indication that we have to rid ourselves of the current power structure. They are not fit to govern, let alone set an example for others to follow.

The movement to abolish the Executive Presidency is just that!

A couple of days ago the movement to abolish the Presidency led by the Venerable Madulawawe Sobitha Thera received much publicity. They are intent on putting forward, or at least supporting a Candidate for President who advocates an immediate Amendment to the Constitution to abolish the Executive Presidency.

It must be remembered that at the time MR was elected for the first time this was a plank in which his Mahinda Chinthana stood. It is now confined to the dustbins of history along with everything in the Mahinda Chinthana, and it is now only make believe words that are put out misusing the Mahinda Chinthana as the basis for this and that program that is launched or announced.

I wrote a comment to the article in the link by Kusal Perera shown after the link(it)

http://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/an-un-common-candidate-for-presidency-and-another-sinhala-constitution/comment-page-1/#comment-539428

The belief is that merely using the abolition of the Executive Presidency as its theme song, is sufficient to gain traction as an alternative to the Rajapakse kleptocracy.

That is not sufficient to draw on in elections, and a Common candidate that the UNP will definitely not subscribe to is going to strengthen the Rajapakse Presidency rather than result in an abolitionist President.

Given that stark reality it is essential then only for the main opposition to lift itself out of its doldrums, and come up with an inclusive platform, reaching out to a sense of the party’s origins, in times of less friction, and appeal to the innate sense of the people to live in peace and prosperity without the resurgent fundamentalism.

It is the race and religion based political parties that first need to be discredited as being divisive. If the opposition can succeed in doing that then there is light at the end of the tunnel to have a credible platform that gives a place to all Sri Lankans without fear or favor to prosper and grow. Only then will this country reach its true potential.

Whilst I do believe this is a contribution to the debate, there is no reasonable explanation as to the system of credible government to be adopted in its place. The whole concept falls there. It is simply because MR has proven to be so ruthless in taking over all powers of state, that he has abused the spirit with which the Execitive Presidency was set up in the first place that even JR could never envisage a human being capable of such malpractice in a Buddhist guise.

We can only pray that the time is up for this kleptocracy, and when they really dig their own shallow graves, they will unmistakenly fall right in. Only then will the country be saved from the unholy alliance of fundamentalists and right wing dictatorships bent on robbing the country of not just its past, but also its future by way of mortgaging the whole country to forces outside of the land. 

Like everything that this Govt. currently does, it has even reversed the Ethanol ban

It should come as no surprise to the people that the much hyped Ethanol ban, a little over a month ago, along with the full publicity given to the two Ethanol containers of high strength alcohol which was apprehended, is now followed by a reversal of the ban, and further with NO upper limit on the Ethanol strength. Earlier prior to the ban there was an upper limit of around 80% proof!

Now that the two ethanol containers were released by the Customs after the importers, Govt. officials, paid the Customs a Rs10M bribe, and the excuse used was that they could not prosecute the importer as the seal on the container was broken when the importer was not present! So all these technicalities mean that existing importers, that is only those with previous licenses can import 96% proof Ethanol into the country, and if I was to wish to do so I will not be given permission, even if I can import better quality for less!! It all sounds very odd, and typically, few are querying what is happening.

It is time we all got up and said hold it right there or I will shoot!!!!

http://www.ceylontoday.lk/51-29178-news-detail-ethanol-ban-lifted.html

Inconsistent policies are worse than no policies and we are seeing a flood of schizophrenic activity. It is a sign that there is NO ONE in charge of running this Country. Everyone in power, including the senior secretaries of the ministries realize that there are no decision makers least of all their own ministers unless their name ends with a Rajapakse, so they too are engaged in a wholesale deception campaign to fool and befuddle their Minister, usually a man who can easily be conned, into making outrageous statements to the public so they can chuckle in the background when their boss makes an ass of himself.

The cry in this blog is for sane people to rise up, speak up and take a stand against this growing trend of lunacy in Government affecting the ability of our country to function.

Another instance of this lunacy was the garbled language of a message in the Mattala Airport Inauguration Souvenir see link:

http://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/ambassador-nonis-refrained-from-circulating-mattala-rajapaksa-newsletter/

Which does not just bastardize the English language it actually creates an unintelligible language all of its own! One just has to read it to fall off one’s chair or be totally shamed at being a Sri Lankan knowing the depths to which this administration is taking this country and the people with it! I appeal to the people of Sri Lanka, how long are you willing to permit this abuse on your person?