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Posted on February 6th, 2021
By Raj Gonsalkorale
A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again;
but is he peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise. Even
as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or
blame – Buddha
It appears that
labelling oneself as a Sinhala Buddhist and the country as a Sinhala Buddhist Nation
is the national ethos while saying or implying that all others in the country
are accommodated in the island because of the generosity of this national ethos.
The purpose in writing
Posted on January 15th, 2021
By Raj Gonsalkorale
The
words of Abraham Lincoln to honour the soldiers that sacrificed their lives in
order
that government of the people, by the people, for the
people, shall not perish from the earth”
were spoken at Gettysburg, but
these words apply as well to the countless soldiers that died for the cause of
democracy in the following 150 years.
Barend
ter Haar, Senior Research Associate writing in
Clingendael (https://www.clingendael.org/publication/government-people-people-people) says obviously, if politicians believe that
voters cannot be trusted with the truth, democracy is seriously at risk. For a
democracy to function it is essential that a government respects the people and
Posted on January 7th, 2021
By Raj Gonsalkorale
….and
the White House will be occupied by a downright fool and a complete
narcissistic moron –H L Mencken 1920
It
is 97 years since H L Mencken’s comment was reportedly published in the
Baltimore Evening Sun on the 26
th of July 1920.
Who was this person? As per
the Wikipedia
Henry Louis Mencken (September 12, 1880 – January
29, 1956) was an American journalist, essayist, satirist, cultural critic, and scholar of American
English. He commented widely on the social scene, literature, music,
prominent politicians, and contemporary movements. His satirical reporting on
the Scopes Trial, which he dubbed the “Monkey
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