I beg to differ with you. In 1985/6 LTTE was not declared as a terrorist organization, not even by Ceylon. Do you want others to beleive that a website by name lankaweb which make $2/day publishes genuine articles.
Do you know about the racist author "Charles.S.Perera", if not read this small introduction.
There is no doubt Charles S Perera wants to recognize every person who has a Tamil name as a rank racist and that seems his terrible obsession. He could not understand and accept that a Tamil could be a democrat and his first loyalty to the country is as a Sri Lankan. Likewise there are people in the Tamil community who see every Sinhalese as a racist, Charles S Perera of course included, and none could be a democrat and they all consider themselves as Sinhaladipa citizens.
But, fortunately, this is not true at all. Tamils love Sri Lanka and want it as a truly democratic state and the Sinhalese too want it that way. This is the heart and soul of the people of the grass roots all over Sri Lanka. Perhaps Mr Charles S Perera, like this writer had not had the chance to have been widely traveled in the country like him, lived among the Sri Lankans irrespective what community they came from, and the friends he counts among all the people.
Sri Lanka Guardian: Charles S Perera sees a terrorist in every Tamil
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