tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167149547535484177.post5547340250449835650..comments2024-01-20T14:08:08.057+05:30Comments on Serendipity: Is the Defense Ministry led by mental deviants?Ratmale,Minneriya,Sri Lankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17252632858481217930noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167149547535484177.post-68240849535197523582014-07-12T14:22:18.771+05:302014-07-12T14:22:18.771+05:30http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/07...http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/07/sri-lanka-bans-ngo-news-conferences-20147911164236904.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167149547535484177.post-20438537763483827932014-07-09T16:41:37.952+05:302014-07-09T16:41:37.952+05:30The next step will be to ban all meetings and gath...The next step will be to ban all meetings and gatherings by anyone.<br /><br />Is this far fetched?<br /><br />I have heard stories that even to have a birthday party or a football match in the North required army approval. Herad stories of boys playing fottball getting beaten up for unauthorised gatherings.<br /><br />In teh light of this, do these things seem far fetched?Jack Pointhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00324737814154929009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167149547535484177.post-40931395048675103422014-07-09T16:41:22.758+05:302014-07-09T16:41:22.758+05:30The next step will be to ban all meetings and gath...The next step will be to ban all meetings and gatherings by anyone.<br /><br />Is this far fetched?<br /><br />I have heard stories that even to have a birthday party or a football match in the North required army approval. Herad stories of boys playing fottball getting beaten up for unauthorised gatherings.<br /><br />In teh light of this, do these things seem far fetched?Jack Pointhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00324737814154929009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167149547535484177.post-82040224456209834842014-07-08T21:23:38.173+05:302014-07-08T21:23:38.173+05:30https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/control...https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/controlling-ngos-defence-ministry-acting-beyond-the-mandate-says-lawyers-collective/<br /><br />Another interesting legal point and see they are already regretting the original statement see below for link<br /><br />http://colombogazette.com/2014/07/08/mod-says-no-warning-only-reminder/<br /><br />The MOD must be manned by real idiots! just read the crap they are sayingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167149547535484177.post-89142665100769543452014-07-08T16:59:40.720+05:302014-07-08T16:59:40.720+05:30The people are frightened, more so now than during...The people are frightened, more so now than during the LTTE period.<br /><br />They don't know whose phones are tapped.<br /><br />The Govt. is paranoid, and when an administration is on its last legs, paranoia is a precursor to a downfall. Its history repeating itself here. <br /><br />Its all right if you are a spectator, not if you are a participant in making it happen. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167149547535484177.post-39699702111372347202014-07-08T16:55:13.749+05:302014-07-08T16:55:13.749+05:30Second anon at 3.51pm
You don't seem to know ...Second anon at 3.51pm<br /><br />You don't seem to know what most of the NGOs do. Just so that the Govt. can muzzle a few, they wish to make ALL the organizations that are in the business of providing assistance suffer also!<br />It is simply owing to the failure of the Govt. to provide the basics that NGOs are here.<br />Is Zonta an NGO? is the Rotary an NGO?<br /> <br />Let us first ask the Govt. to list those which they DO NOT want to have Press Cons and Workshops and take the argument from there. As it is worded at present they will just have to retract this asinine statement.<br /><br />I am sure the author meant that the LTTE was mad and so are the Rajapakses, let us return to sanity again, and take this country forward and not backwords as the present Regime has done and continues with this kind of act.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167149547535484177.post-55714900870202288022014-07-08T16:02:15.743+05:302014-07-08T16:02:15.743+05:30please take hon. harin fernando, mp,'s vacated...please take hon. harin fernando, mp,'s vacated seat in parliament and advocate on behalf of the people! the country needs you!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167149547535484177.post-87829435230790437482014-07-08T15:51:26.440+05:302014-07-08T15:51:26.440+05:30please don't conflate the ltte and the sl gove...please don't conflate the ltte and the sl government. that just makes you seem like a pompous blowhard willing to say anything to get someone to vote on your side -- or a politician.<br /><br />the new rule will be a blow to the 5 star hotels of colombo, and the luxe boutique hotels around the country as NGO workshops form a significant part of their business. i wonder whether the colombo classes will continue to flock to employment in the NGO sector now that these swanky lifestyle perks are taken away.<br /><br />let the NGOs do what they're supposed to -- which is to do research and collaborate with the government to improve the livelihoods of people. the workshops and media whoring are annoying to most hard-working people in this land struggling to make ends meet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167149547535484177.post-38433518007647108782014-07-08T15:51:19.668+05:302014-07-08T15:51:19.668+05:30Well said, why can't people in Sri Lanka under...Well said, why can't people in Sri Lanka understand the level of insanity that this Govt. has just got itself into?<br /><br />It is so clear, are people in Sri Lanka blind?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167149547535484177.post-71578553848917171592014-07-08T15:49:41.119+05:302014-07-08T15:49:41.119+05:30When a mad dog circles the neighbourhood, everyone...When a mad dog circles the neighbourhood, everyone has a reasonable fear of catching rabies. <br />When authorities in charge of law enforcement agencies lose their sanity, every citizen has a reasonable fear of the arbitrary use of violence. <br />When a government ministry goes to the extent of issuing such a letter, it is a warning to one and all about how deep the government has sunk into disorder. <br /><br />Now is the time for all forces opposing the government to call for an end to such arbitrariness, to this insanity.<br /><br />YOU GET THE POINT!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167149547535484177.post-79033363195774551312014-07-08T15:06:16.508+05:302014-07-08T15:06:16.508+05:30http://colombogazette.com/2014/07/08/un-is-to-stud...http://colombogazette.com/2014/07/08/un-is-to-study-mod-warning-to-ngos/Ratmale,Minneriya,Sri Lankahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17252632858481217930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167149547535484177.post-79240767111140694982014-07-08T15:03:41.568+05:302014-07-08T15:03:41.568+05:30http://www.ft.lk/2014/07/08/its-no-go-for-ngos/http://www.ft.lk/2014/07/08/its-no-go-for-ngos/Ratmale,Minneriya,Sri Lankahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17252632858481217930noreply@blogger.com