I think differently.
I don't know about a killer of thousand.
According to the best philosophy I know
there is an incident that
a killer who killed 999 innocents
just to get a finger,
became enlightened
because he met the right leader.
An incompetent leader would have killed him.
If I can punish someone according to the law,
I prefer that to anything
which the beast part of my mind suggests.
The same leaders who kill one terrorist
protect another by providing him with security,
and a deputy leadership in their party.
You stand up for these people and
bring you down to the level of them.
With your level of understanding
you don't deserve it..
We are not living in the period of Buddha mate.
Mahinda is in no way enlightened as Buddha!
People currently are more attached to physicality. They don't want spiritual benefits. Neither they think spiritually.
Also, don't forget that Angulimala was betrayed by his master who ordered him to bring 1000 fingers. But prabha was betrayed by his own self. That's different. If you have been blind by your own self, then even buddha, jesus or allah can't change that mindset.
In politics and terrorism, if you could buy the enemy you buy him/her. If you can't you simply kill!
Not only in Sri Lanka, but see even in Afghanistan.
Now, where are the war crime hearings for those people?
I don't stand up for Mahinda or Sarath. I stand up for what is right.