sri_lion said:
That's because SL didn't invade other's lands by force, and we expected others to do the same.. I hope you know how many colonies British had at the time, don't under estimate the network they had.. they also gained knowledge, and expertize and money through these channels.. why? all because they were adventurous at any cost.. even if they had to take other's lands by force... is this what you accept too?
Tell me something.... is UK totally free of corruption?
Ok, so lets use our neighbour's example again. Did India go land-hunting?
Yes the British gained all that throgh their invasions, but didnt they implement all that in SL also? maybe not for the well-being of SL itelf, but hasnt SL benefitted vastly out of that? So technically, the invasions of the British aided the development of SL, during the British reign atleast.
I didnt say UK was corruption-free at the first place, but the extent is not so vast as in SL. Thats where they gain their points.
sri_lion said:
We could have stopped 30 years of WAR how does that sounds like.. now you do the math!
How many times do I have to keep saying you, that this war, was NOT brought in by the colonizations? It is NOT. Read through my previous replies again, and you'll see why. Now dont pop up with this bulshit point again, unless you got another point against what I say. ( now this is like giving you the permit to
utter your crap)
sri_lion said:
Dont talk about quality of things.. I have already given an real life explanation for it... besides quality today can bearchived by anyone if you are willing to pay the price

and remember when English came here we were a self sustaining nation, we had enough economic balance to live our lives!
Why not quality? If you do infrastructure and development which is not sustainable, what kind of idiosm is that? The sri-lion idiosm?
Your real life example meant nothig, and had so many loopholes, read my previos replies, I replied as to why it is not applicable. And if you are to buy quality, you need the capital, now where is SL going to find that?
Option 1:
Ask Sri lion, maybe out of his pocket money perhaps
Option 2 : Grow it, just like how self sufficient we are!!
sri_lion said:
Do you think TEA industry is still thriving in SL because of English?
Why do you think Sri Lanka tea is still the best? because the natual elements more than any other element... if not do you think CHINA or Japan is technologically less advance than us?
You can never take away that fine environment in Sri Lanka which is the most ideal to grow tea in the while world... English being here or not being here doesn't really matter they can't steal that! With or without English Sri Lankan tea will be the same
I agree that the natural environment has made it the best Tea, but if you dont have the entrepreneurshi, how on earth will an industry run? Do you think tea bags can grow on its own, and end up in shelves of stores? My point was that the British would provide better entrepreneurship to build the industry better. Even though you can find knowledge easily, you cant find the natural resources that easily, but the problem is, SL doesnt
sri_lion said:
Because Railway department runs in losses man... why?
because govt. cannot hike the price of a Railway ticket.. Why?
because majority poor people, students still uses train? why?
because we are a poor country? why?
back to square one.. we were suppressed by these colonizations when it was our time to grow and finally when they went away a WAR started as a by product of their colonization
WAKE UP!!! Don't spit everything that comes to your mind just because you woke up in the 21st century it certainly did not start there
Again, here we go. Dude, this was wasnt a by-product of the colonization though it looks so.
And how the government manages to keep things cheap like this while encountering lossses like this is because of its donations, where do you think that comes from? Now dont say the British arent the biggest donors blah blah, I have said why this is affective in my previous reply.
sri_lion said:
Ha? So you are saying India is better than SL? HAHAHAHA
Do you have any idea about the deficit between the RICH and POOR in India? India should be ashamed of themselves about it considering the resources in both human terms and natural terms they have!
Also please read some statistics of Quality of living between the 2 countries.. you'll be surprised to know the difference!
Economically, yes India is performing better than SL. But talking about the Human development, yes India is lagging, but how does SL break this gap? The bloody begging crooks go beg more man!
And India's policies are such that it boosts the morale of poeple to work, why this problem is great in India is becuase of the population. Its like the Natural selection process, the weaker ones are droped out with time leaving only the stronger ones which in the longer run, strengthens the country both economically and socially..
Infact I have done research well enough to base my arguements.