Armed Forces Remembrance Day 2024...

Perera Monday, 25 November 2024 12:15 AM

If you despise the "occupier" (Britain) so much, do not use the language of the "occupier" to make your comments here. By doing so you are depicting yourself as a a hypocrit.

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M perera Monday, 25 November 2024 12:56 AM

I think you got it wrong. Sri Lanka fought for a generation to be free. If not Japan or Germany would have ruled. Never the less of the out come, we are remembering our fallen hero’s in WW1 and WW11.

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Mahila Monday, 25 November 2024 02:33 AM

YES, INDEED THAT’S VERY COMMENDABLE!!?? In 1918 and 1947, we (Ceylonese or Sri Lankans) the way you want to call yourself, traditionally, CHANGED the GAMEPLAN held unto then, from time IMMEMORABLE to join with the NEWFOUND INVADER, intention of chasing out the old invader to ensure their FREEDOM from FOREIGN OCCUPATION and FAILING to achieve the intended GAMEPLAN!!?? LATE REALISTION and defended country from NEW INVADER 1918 GERMANY, and 1947 JAPAN!!?? Firmly deciding against and Jettisoned, A NEW FOREIGN "GENE POOL to Spanish, French, Portuguese, Dutch, and British"!!?? Enough is enough!!??

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Kirihāmi's thought experiment Monday, 25 November 2024 07:35 AM

For a minute, let's imagine the occupier and the occupied roles were switched. Do you think we would've done things any differently?

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Dr Pathirane Monday, 25 November 2024 09:54 AM

@Shunmugam, your observation is a revelation, the people who are countering your comments sound like street comedians with brainpower of a worm.

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William Fernando Monday, 25 November 2024 04:49 PM

How do you think Japan would have treated Sri Lanka? You can ask China or Korea or vietnam how fun that was. The indonesians say that japan did more damage to them in 3.5 years than the dutch did in 350.

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kondaya77 Monday, 25 November 2024 01:18 AM

specially the police officers who were sacrificed by the then president.God bless their souls.

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ASS Monday, 25 November 2024 01:01 PM

War is between 2 separate countries. Here it was an uprising fueled by 1983 riots that went into a long drawn conflict between factions within one country.

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Stan Monday, 25 November 2024 06:31 PM

Foreign forces were stationed in the island. Foreign armaments were used. Foreign intelligence obtained. Thus it becomes a war.

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