Tolerance through education
Encountering others through dialogue and debate
is one of the tools needed in the current education system. When
people work together on rewarding projects which take them out of
their usual routines, differences and conflicts between individuals
tend to fade to the background and sometimes may even disappear.
People derive a new identity from such projects, so that it is
possible to go beyond individuality and highlight what people have
in common rather than the differences between them,
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Statistics, lies and half-truths
Mark Twain attributed to Benjamin Disraeli the
statement ‘there are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and
statistics’. In the context of the ongoing furore over Sri Lanka,
this phrase might perhaps need to be modified to include
half-truths.
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Soul searching in India on vote in Geneva:
Investors show renewed confidence in Sri Lanka
Addressing a large foreign audience of export
related business persons at the launch of Expo Sri Lanka 2012,
President Rajapaksa underscored that the large foreign investor
presence at the event was both a strong and valuable vote of
confidence in Sri Lanka, as well as an expression of trust in the
new opportunities for export trade in a country that was famous for
international trade from ancient days,
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