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OUR Security Forces have once again accomplished a remarkable victory
in identifying and destroying three floating warehouses, about which all
peace loving citizens should be happy.
If the consignment therein arrived safely on our shores, the
distraction it would have caused to life and property would have been
immense, sinking our country in stages.
This behaviour of the LTTE confirms beyond doubt that they are not
for peace, which is pathetic and regretted.
The timely detection by the navy is extremely commendable, confirming
that if there is a will there is a way, while assignments when entrusted
to people with experience and determination, they are bound to strike
success, similar to the one above.
However, let’s hope this bloody war which is sucking the country
white would end with both sides sincerely agreeing to a negotiated
permanent settlement. In doing so, they should not try to have the cake
as well as eat it, while their sympathises should not encourage same,
ending the process with a coma, and not with a fullstop.
TOMMY WANIGESINGHE – Kurunegala
MINISTER for Environment, Champika Ranawaka’s assistance is urgently
needed before it is too late to help the elephants trapped in a well in
Sigiriya District.
In a recent article about a shortage of tamed elephants, you have
stated that there are resources and funds available for elephant
conservation. Use those funds and bulldoze a path to the well for the
elephants to walk free.
RANJITH CHANDRASEKERA
I suggest that the proposed ferry service be from Galle to Tuticorin
as it will;
1. Release pressure from Colombo Harbour
2. Boost the actvities of the Galle harbour
3. Increase tourist and other trading activities for the Southern
part
4. Enable visitors to see the country from Galle to Colombo by train
or by bus, and many other benefits.
RILA
WITH reference to the letter by Karunatilleke of Mt. Lavinia, may I
contribute that there is no law to prevent broadcasting against juvenile
recipients receiving high dosages of unethical media pronouncements
through radio and television.
Although these crimes could be tried under the existing law, hardly
any civilian does not bother in Sri Lanka to file action in our courts.
Sadly along with their mess with their University entrance getting
postponed due to no fault of them, they are exposed during day and night
to all these rubbish thrown out by responsilbe broascasting agencies.
It is regretting that Raja FM had to be censored by the State. The
alternative is that when you close Pavana, they will start Sevana. The
media whether print or electronic has to be like priests who proclaim
harmony to the people and surface only the truth nothing but the truth.
It is regretting that veteran artists too subscribe to this tragedy
in either acting or broadcasting in these low level dramas for money.
BANDULA NONIS – Beruwela
CONTRARY to Li Kuang Shu’s letter (DN Sep. 18) the death penalty was
first abolished around 1956.
I remember it as there was a debate in the Daily News and I, a mere
schoolboy, was a proud participant.
My letter on the side of the abolitionists was published.
It was right then and it is right now. I was doubly proud because Sri
Lanka (Ceylon as then) was the first nation in the world to abolish
Capital punishment.
Many countries have followed since. It is far better that 20 guilty
go free than one innocent be hanged.
SHAIK ANWAR AHAMATH
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