SLYC with their 40 ft. banner warning Canadians last Monday. Message seems to be getting out there, as National Post reports below
National Post, Published: Wednesday, March 18, 2009
As members of this editorial board watched tens of thousands of Tamil Canadians throng downtown Toronto on Monday, we couldn't help but be struck by a curious double-standard that afflicts Canadian ethnopolitics. To wit: Why are Canadian Tamils permitted to express support for terrorism in a manner that would be considered outrageous if the demonstrators were Arab or Muslim?
The rally that took place in Toronto on Monday was not just, as organizers claimed, an expression of support for Tamil civilians in war-torn Sri Lanka. Many of the participants carried flags of the Tamil Tigers, a terrorist group that practices suicide bombings and abducts children to use as soldiers. (In 2006, Canada's federal government officially designated the Tamil Tigers a terrorist group, a move that criminalized the group's fundraising efforts in this country.) Some of the banners displayed on Monday also depicted Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, a wanted mass murderer who personally authorizes the acts of terrorism the group has committed over the last three decades.READ MORE
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Thanks NOLTTE=Peace, I have included it on the post
ReplyDeleteGood work, Sinhaya... I'm sure your message is getting across. Keep it up.
ReplyDeleteI'm from Toronto Canada. Can't find any info about the SLYC; I'd like to help out, any idea how I can contact them?
ReplyDeleteThe camouflaged clothing shows that these guys want a military solution for their problem, and that is what they are getting from the Sri Lankan government. Why protest when they are getting what they are asking for?!
ReplyDeleteAh, the bearers of terrorist flags again. I wrote a small piece on the DC protest. Here is the link. It is the same story everywhere.
ReplyDeleteTerrorists protest in D.C.
Oh, Sinhaya, the above article has one of your cartoons as well!!
ReplyDeleteGringo, Anonymous, and Rover... thanks for your comments... Anonymous 1, you can find them on FaceBook. They have a page. If not sen me an e-mail with your address and I will put you in touch with them. Anonymous 2, you do make an excellent point! Hope the rest of the world sees it too. Rover my friends I did see the cartoon with your article.. Excellent stuff. Haven't read it completely yet, but I am sure it's an excellent read as usual!
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