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Message: <blockquote data-quote="binu_rulz" data-source="post: 4069552" data-attributes="member: 20441"><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">First of all I Need to clarify that I am a Buddhist born to a Sinhala Family, so that certain individuals would not disregard this thread as a a plea of a minority or an attempt to take over Sri Lanka.</li> </ul>I am an old member who was here from the beginning, therefore I have seen what was happening in this forum for a while and I am ashamed to say that ElaKiri which was the first and the largest forum for the Sri Lankan Community has been a breeding ground for 'Nationalism not Patriotism'It is important that we know the definition of the words. Patriotism means your affection to your country and nationalism means not the affection but the extreme end of it. Why has this happened. Religion is a belief each of us share. Individuals have a right to believe in their own  philosophies and anyone else has no right to interfere or insult ones belief. The reason for the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka was Nationalism. True it is the fault of both Nationalities and it is futile to blame a specific sector because that would make a nationalist out of me. What I see everyday at EK during the last few months have disgusted me. Not just me but most of the 'OLD' members do not even visit the site anymore. In our own words 'Neththatama Charter wela'. We may be Sinhala ,Muslim, Tamil or anything but when it comes down to the basics we are Sri Lankans. Most members in the forums conduct actions which they think is patriotism but it is plain nationalism. My nationality is better than yours. 'Elakiri' is a slang used throughout the country without regards to the nationality or the religion. We were ones a small but a happy family. Neon, Gazaly,Fazaal, Sujakshan.... we never had arguments about our nationality or our religion now we're a bigger much diversified family but are we really happy???Please think about it. before you post something think if I am hurting someones belief or am I being a Nationalist?Thank you for reading. </blockquote>

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