Folks , you do know that this level of stupidity has only been displayed by MIA recently.

Christ, does this chick live in Sri Lanka at all ?

I beg to differ. I only made these ‘comments’ in the form of this post, this complaint, once I had already been provoked by her attitude towards me. I only made these ‘comments’ about her as a response to how she treated me, for no apparent reason. I do not go around staring and pointing and being rude to people who are different by default. If I were that sort of person, well then I would have ample opportunity to show my distaste. As you know, all I would need to do is walk on any street in Colombo and I would come across plenty of people who are dressed differently and who are speaking in Sinhalese. I have never and will never do this, as I am not uncomfortable around or threatened by those who are different. And actually, I don’t feel they are as different from me as she seemed to feel we were from them. This ‘difference’ you speak of is mostly created in their minds. People here seem to think it is OK to be openly rude like this to others; their attitude is justified as this is the attitude that seems to get rewarded in the current climate. And of course there is that nasty habit most Sri Lankans seem to think is socially acceptable behaviour, especially the men: staring. I don’t stare at people. I don’t point at people and talk about them in loud stage whispers. I don’t antagonise people. I would certainly not have handled that situation in the train like she did. If I saw someone doing something I thought is forbidden, I would tell them politely, ‘I don’t think you’re allowed to do that. There’s a notice there that says so’. I am generally polite and friendly and helpful. So therefore I am not going to be made to feel bad that I speak English or dress differently by some stranger with a problem on the train. I am not going to be made to feel guilty for this. I’m frankly quite sick of having to prove that I am Sri Lankan.

By the way, the train security guard walked right past me and my incriminating bag on the baggage rack and didn’t say a thing. If he had told me to take my bag down, of course I would have.

I can’t think of another country that has a more ‘follow the trend’ culture than America.

Thank you for your comments. I do not deliberately moderate or hold back comments on this blog, but as I said, some long comments get stored for moderation purely automatically.

prasad,
read my comment first before assuming falsehoods . i don’t think “village life in Sri Lanka has come down unchanged from the time of the Sinhalese Kings” why do you think that?. bc you don’t have anything to say against what i actually did say? don’t argue with ghosts in your dreams .if you want, argue with me.

“Mahajanayas “, who are they btw? you admit they are real and identifiable ? and the majority? and different from you ? so why do you object to calling them authentic sri lankans , as there are similar identifications in other countries ?

i did not say they were ” innocent” etc? they are no more innocent than you or me or electra. .or guilty. nor did i say that you should be one of them. they exist as you do .and act as all ppl do. they favor what is like them and show contempt for what unlike them .as you and electra do.

you do not have any support for you interpretation of electa ( with a silly aside about hitler ) on her words already written than your silly assumption about what i said .
on the other hand if you think “Mahajanayas ” is trying to “coerce” you to be a copy , why not give proof of that in your own words. what is the “coercion” involved ? showing contempt for your attitudes? is that it ? are they doing anything more than what ppl in all countries do? or what you and electra do here?

“sit in America and make comments about how Sri Lankans” , “stripped on his American Citizenship”? ?
how pathetic are these silly statements? typical irrational response from ppl who have lost the argument and don’t want to admit it.
btw, as anyone who actually read me ( on blog, twitter, etc )knows i live in sri lanka.and is a sri lanka citizen. i do visit america occasionally and love that country too for its individualistic ( and what is generally called american )mindset ( and hope it will remain so inspite of obama etc).

btw it is “so called cosmopolitan niches” you cannot be really cosmopolitan when you have low tolerance for certain cultures and not others.

Sittingnut made the comment “those cosmopolitan niches are rather empty and devoid of authenticity”. What exactly do you mean by authenticity? Do you mean to say that village life in Sri Lanka has come down unchanged from the time of the Sinhalese Kings. You should go to a Sinhalese village and get to know the people. They make Jack the Ripper look like Father Christmas. They are not little innocents, as you suppose them to be. The point that Subha seems to trying to make is, not that they are in any way bad, but that the present trend in Sri Lanka seems to be that the Mahajanayas are trying to coerce everyone into being carbon copies of themselves. Heil Hitler.

Something I positively hate is when people like Sittingnut sit in America and make comments about how Sri Lankans should live their lives. He should be stripped on his American Citizenship and sent back to the most cultured land on earth, that he seems to love.

for the record,
i hardly ever base my arguments on my patriotism. or my “representing real Sri Lankans”. and i did no such thing above. i made factual observations about ppl who have authenticity everywhere. did not claim i have it.( i may have, or may not have it .but it doesn’t invalidate the observation and argument i made above.)

i like a capitalist usa, and libertarianism, hate terrorists ,and racists ( including sl peacniks who invariably are racists ) and don’t like obama and socialists etc . and i say same in twitter as in my blog. always have. check. so where is the masquerade?
i call myself a sri lankan because well i am, same as electra here and i have pointed this out in twitter. and i have tweeted when interesting news occurs relating to sl as well as about cricket. so where is the masquerade?

just read ( above comment, twitter, blog, etc )carefully next time before responding. otherwise your inherent stupidity and irrationality will show as did in your comment above

sittingnut