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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rajitha_ks" data-source="post: 18644117" data-attributes="member: 162025">you don't seem to grasp my point here. i've got absolutely no issue with a monglian familiy living in sri lanka according to their customs as long as they are within the legal framework of SL. just like sinhalese living in UK does not demand sinhala new year be made a official holiday in UK calender. if on the other hand a sizable mongolian population having lived here for a few centuries start to demand self governance and ask their customs and traditions be made laws here don't you see a problem there?that's exactly what's happening with tamils and muslims. they lived their lives peacefully and we had no issue. some actually got absorbed into mainstream sinhala culture and became sinhalese over the cource of time. there's evidence for that. now they want self governance and separatism.what do you think are the problems tamils in SL are facing just because they are tamils?do they have to wait in long lists to get electricity? to send their kids to schools?is there any form of discrimination in getting a job for a tamil? university entrance? there's none!they can study in their own language. even almost all government forms are issue both in tamil and sinhala. they have their own radio and tv stations.do they air sinhala or french or german tv channels in UK?</blockquote>

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