Well York University known for its leniency towards student groups and free speech finally made a gesture; albeit a feeble one, but a gesture none the less towards indicating its dissent over the protest taken by the Tamil Students Association.
The Association was fined $500 and had to suspend their activities (meaning they were denied accessed to University resources) for 15 days.
A pretty pathetic slap on the wrist in my opinion. I really think more attention should be paid to these pro-LTTE student groups. I agree with York University's policy of free speech and I certainly agree that student groups should be allowed to promote awareness about issue important to them and society, why should that extent to turning a blind eye towards association with illegal groups and terrorist organizations?
The the LTTE is a recognized terrorist organization. Affiliation, promotion and fundraising activities for them are outlawed in Canada. So why is the University of York allowing a student groups to represent itself via the use of the LTTE flag?
I don't understanding and to me its inconceivable that a student group should be allowed to do so. The LTTE just like Al Qaeda is a recognised terrorist organization that is outlawed and banned in Canada. The LTTE just like Al Qaeda has terrorized Sri Lankan citizens in Sri Lanka and all over the world. They (the LTTE terrorist group) have violated human rights within territory controlled by them and have victimized civilians including members of the ethic population they claim to represent for over two decades. I really don't see much difference between Al Qaeda and the LTTE.
I'd like to know whether the Chancellor of York University, Roy McMurtry, would allow a student group to affiliate themselves with Al Qaeda, promote their ideology on campus and display paraphernalia known to be associated with Al Qaeda on campus. Obviously not. So why the double standard when it comes to the LTTE terrorist group?
Disappearances, Torture and Sexual Violence Continue After War’s End
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Although Sri Lanka’s civil war ended 15 years ago, members of the Tamil
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Put a side about being PRO-LTTE, put a side the fact it is a baned terrorist group or Sri lanka situation.
ReplyDeleteBurning of a national flag of any country should be consider as a hate crime in any institute.
now do you have prove that it was done by a tamil person. wat if this was done by a singhalese person? besides it was not the ltte flag. open your eyes, look closely and compare the flags please, and thank you.
ReplyDeleteWhy do u care? It's not like you care about what's happening in SL. You haven't lost anyone. You don't the pain. When the only ppl who are defending the tamils is the ltte y would we not defend them? Were you there when the flag was burnt? This proves what a selfish and ignorant person u are. Thousands die each die but u write complaining about the TSA. Maybe u should use your writing to bring peace to this world. Maybe it would make u a happier person.
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ReplyDeletey do u even care who said tht ltte were terrorists just some rumours
u dnt noe wat its like to lose somone important to you
or being judged because of your race or cause your brown...
or even being disrespected and wounded and not even getting the care.. like go look at the pictures mann pple with no legs or heads
a baby with no head like really
wht kind of selfish person are u..?
ReplyDeletelast tyme i checked canada was a free country with the rite to the freedom of speech
and just a question; how exactly are the tamil tigers terrorists
if someone comes into ur property and kills ur family and blood r u gonna sit back and watch
im pretty shure the answa is a HELL NO!
so wtf thtz the same thng the tigers did to us wen none of the so called UN or w.e didnt even help us
next tyme stop listenin to the rumours floatin around and put urself in one of the shoes of the thousands of tamils in srilanka who haf lost family membas, had sistas raped in front of dem, and who haf witnessed a whole load of crap in front of their eyes
maybe thn u;ll smarten up ...
'nuf said
yea buddy nuff said
ReplyDeleteso i dnt wanna hear any ltte terrorist stuff
a gud slap on the wrist eh
maybe i shud slap....
instead of writing crap like this go write sumthing useful the pple wud listen to like phhsst
ltte are terrorists and flag is ..
NONSENSE OK
yo think about ur sister getting raped in ur face .. BY THE GOVERNMET JUST CAUSE UR BROWN OR ANY OTHER RACE like wat the hell..
ok named one time the ltte killed any sinhalese child or part of a srilankan huh
wen
like really get ur facts staright or dnt even talk at all
like watch all the brown pple...
THAMIL EELAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletewht the beep** do you mean by this whole mess??
ReplyDeletei thnk the biggest mess is the one in all the singhaleses head in which they thnk tht they are betta thn the tamils
like whts rong wid bein equal
anotha huge mess is rajabakshar
who does he thnk he is...
like wth
him tellin the singhalese army to go rape any tamil gurl they want and to fill the indian ocean wid tamil men blood...?
^ wht haf u got to say to tht
yah like the previous commenter.. lets see u give us one ex of an ltte doin any bullshit to the singhalese widout thm havin a damn gud reason for it
and i mean gud reason....
the tigas haf neva just gonne off and killed or raped a singhalese just becuz of their race
so if i was u i wud keep my mouth shut about the whole tigers bein a terrorist cuz they arent and anotha thng is NO MATTER wht rajabakshar does he can NEVER EVER kill all the tamils or the tigers
soo instead of ritin crap try spreadin peace around for a change
phhssst who an be better than tamils???
ReplyDeletecause there strong, open idependat, and there not followers and wannabees and fighting for a small land they dnt even need
tamils are everywhere more than any sinhalese***** in the wooorlddd
so ***** off ok
cause u noe y tamils dnt rape pple
because they have manam, there tru ad there tru to their wives unlike any other...
ughhh u noe wat all this time were writing this ur probably nit guna understand how we feel ot be called sumthin wer not
we dnt do anything wrong we stand out in tha cold and this is wat we get
buh were guna fight NO MATTER WHAT
thtz rite :)
ReplyDeletetherez nothn that aint gonna stop us now
u noe wht i find it reali pathetic to be commentin on this blog; esp wen a person wid no sense of feelin or understndin rote this but WTF we haf to get the mssge rite
itz reaalli funny how this random guy comes in to the government in lanka and says hez defeated the tigas
tht is hilarious
like the previous commenters the tamils will fite even past the last tiger till we get the freedom we need
like honestly
kk so w.e
the war is ova now accordin to the world and the tigas are gone
so y is the srilankan keepin all those people in concentration camps and murderin them brutally
how bout this
wht if i took u and put u in a fenced area and raped and killed pple in front of u
howd u feel..
wht if i did tht to a family memeba of urs
howd u feel..
if u do haf feelins and is an understndin person u will understnd the true feelins of bein discriminated cuz of ur race
like wht the HELL did a new born baby do to be killed by a shell otha thn be born tamil
so wht eva u thnk
ONE DAY TAMILL EELAM WILL BE FREE AND WE WILL GET THE POWER WE HAD IN THE PAST BACK
- eelam89
uhh TAAAMIL ELLLAMM
ReplyDeleteFOREVER
THAMIL EELAM AND THAMIL TIGERS
ReplyDelete- PEACE <3
All i know is that this life we have was a gift granted by god, and no one has the right too take that from anyone. And you know whats really important? I'll answer that for you, that we are all human, we were lucky to be humans, and we shouldn't be killing our kind. If we were too, what would be the difference between us and animals? And i don't think ppl who don't even know the story have the right to judge, you have no idea whats really happening so how could you possibly think that your right? And you know what you have no idea how its like too not belong anywhere. And Tamils are basically being kicked out of their country by force. Having no place too goo, being treated as dirt in their place, being called refugees, losing ppl you love,not being treated equally and when there is someone defending them, the last hope the had (they are called terrorists). The next time you decide to say something like this, i think you should check whether you have a heart.
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ReplyDeleteThere are no balcks nor whites, there are no christians nor hindus, there are no jews nor muslims, there are no tamils nor sinhalese.....
ReplyDeleteTHERE IS ONLY ONE RACE: THE HUMAN RACE
people try to understand that...we're all the same 2 eyes 2 ears 1 nose 1 heart and most importantly 1 life. I have my own opinions but instead of argueing over whether LTTE are terrorsits or not u can doo somethng to make a diffrence. there are many people in this so called "concentration camps" which the srilankan government has set up full of tamils they have prisoned from new borns all the way to seniors who are gonna die any day. The government is calling all these people terrorists. How can a newborn be a terrorist? Just think about it does it even make sense. You are calling the LTTE flag bad cause it's got bullets and a tiger? The srilankan flag has a LION and a KNIFE does this make sense? Is it any different? People this is not a terrorism issue both sides are terrorists both sides are fighters whatever does it really matter if it's terrorism or not? What matters is that the sri lankan government has put a title on ALL tamils that they are terrorsits. This is a GENOCIDE issue not terrorism issue. Stop fighting over this stupid thing. Alright the LTTE have lost but wat the srilankan government is doing is wrong just realise this FACT. if they have destroye dthe ltte y are they still holding innocent tamils hostage what? are they scared? the srilankan government has said their country is living in peace that is a lie if there is peace why is there still concentration camps? Mahinda Rajabaksha is a criminal the war is over now we have to think abt bringing justice to these innocent tamils. stop worrying about the ltte that is done the government is saying the ltte are gone so stop worrying abt that and start thinking about punishing mahinda for all the brutal crimes he has commited start thinking abt how to bring justice to the inncoent tall people wo were affected by this bullshit. Stop fighting over if it's tamil or sinhaleese WE ARE ALL PEOPLE WE'RE HERE TODAY AND GONE TOMORROW STOP BEING PATHETIC
WORD YOU GUYS!!!!
ReplyDeleteand by the way no the war is not done according to mahinda cause hes still torturing the tamils, and pple still getting raped and killed
U NOE Y???
BECAUSE HES SCARED THT THEIR LITTLE PIECE OF LAND IS GUNA B STOLEN BY THE AWESOME TAMILS
AND HES A WIMP AND SCARED....
PHSSSST
LIKE U HAV NO RIGT TO BE TALKIN BOUT TAMILS AND TORTURING THEM
CARMA BUDDY
WATCH IT CUM BACK TO U AND SO SUMTHING....
ALL THOSE INNOCENT LIVES AND BAIES THT HAV BEEN KILLED WONT SPARE YOU..
THEY WILL HAUNT YOU
GOO THAMIL EELAM
IM NOT LONGER A LANKAN
IM AN EELAM <3
babies*
ReplyDeleteI REPEAT THE TIGA ARE NOT GONNE AND DEFEATED
ReplyDeleteGO TAMIL TIGERS
C THE VICTORY IN THEIR NAME...
MMMHMMMMM...<3
all that's apparent from the authors post is a series of misinterpretations that highlight sinhala chauvinist leanings that under little critical scrutiny, suffer ridicule and embarrassment, much like the sinhala nationalist movement. lest ye forget, this is purely the sri lankan sinhala chauvinist propaganda mill at work. Simply parroting state owned media from the tattered shores of ceylon serves no purpose to informed discussion.
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