Aren’t they Victims?
I was talking to a friend the other day about something that happened a couple years ago, the tsunami. We were discussing the disaster that happened in Sri Lanka, seeing i was Sri Lankan heritage.
It was disturbing to hear the the Sri Lankan government didnt want to give the Tamil TIger area that was hit quite badly any aid because they felt that the tamil tigers were terrorists, and therefore no aid should be given to them.
I was so mad, the tamil tigers arent terrorist, the word terrorist is used for everything now. You dont agree with the government, You are a terrorist.
Arent they Victims as well, havent they endured a disaster, didnt they loose family as well? Yes like everyone else they did…but NO AID…
What is the consicience of people coming too?
On a different note, i remember having a guest speaker at one of my university classes. She had experienced the tsunami first hand, and she was telling us how she was trying to do something back to help these people. however i remember she made a comment about something that got me shocked. firstly, she didnt know i was sri lankan heritage. She mentioned that oh Sri Lanka is doing fine now, they have an airport made of marble…i was in shock, does Sri lanka really need an airport with marble? They need their homes back, Their Land, where foreign investors had come in to build resorts, on OTHER PEOPLES land…
Ismail Akhbar said,
May 14, 2008 at 11:53 am
i totally agree with what you have to say. Whether you are a freedom fighter or a terrorist or in general just a minority the government will always slow down support during catastrophies. think of Katrina in New Orleans…