Saturday, January 10, 2009

Situation Report

Image reproduced from:
http://hoipolloi.wordpress.com. Cartoon by Anjana Indrajith

Valiant troops of 1st Dutugamunu regiment led by Maj. Silva and 4th Chinthana regiment commanded by Lt. Col. Goatspirit together with close air support provided by the Impotent Elephant Force have captured the strategically important Law and Order area in Sri Lanka. They were ably assisted by 30 years of crimes and oppression conducted by the Pussycat regiment troops led by self styled Col. Velupulli who covered the flanks of the government's offensive by veiling their actions in a perception of legitimacy.
This decisive victory for the government comes after decades of abuse and covert manipulation of the once sovereign citizenry who have been waging a protracted submission to despotic rule and a half-arsed digestion of Minotaur Dung that they have been made to swallow through government media. Deep penetration units of a hitherto secret battle formation carried out successful attacks at identified targets in the deep battle space last month, including a radio and TV station in the outskirts of Colombo and a newspaper editor who was fatally shot on his way to work. Thugs who conducted these operations have confirmed that the targets were successfully engaged. Exact damages to the civil liberties and freedoms of citizens are yet to be confirmed.
Meanwhile defence analysts warned that liberal thinkers and prominent voices of non-violent dissent in the south of the country will continue to be targeted in the ongoing inhumanitarian operation of the government as in the North for many decades. Other hysterical elements fear the possibility that the next generation of forces similar to the 2nd Silva regiment and the disbanded Seenibola regiment – famous for their low IQ and night-club brawls - could be waiting in the wings to stage an attack to dismantle any remaining resistance by a surprise rear shafting manoeuvre behind people's defence lines.
Historians point out that the people of Sri Lanka have shown resilience during the past century by resisting and withstanding more systematic assaults by colonial forces and staging strong fight-backs to regain lost independence and freedom. Such acts of resistance was enabled by their ability in the past to unite across lines of race and creed to form a common front in the face of tyranny and injustice. This however seems an unlikely possibility in the current theater of battle, given the fact that a significant majority of the masses have been incapacitated by a dysfunctional education system, manipulated media and violence perpetrated on them by elements ranging from 'obese, psychopathic, wannabe terrorist, feline flatulence globules to the very trustees of their unalienable sovereignty.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Very well said Haren, I think all Sri Lankans should read this. You've really summerized the key aspects of Sri Lanka's dilemma. The bad thing is this is a very, very vicious circle, and those in a position to break it will never dare to do so- some don't want to loose their power, while others are mad about gaining power.
It's only on the day the content of this short article triumphs that we'll get somewhere.

Best,

CW.

halwis said...

Thanks for dropping by Chaminda, and it's good to be back in touch outside of Facebook.
I read your article and its comments on GW which was also listed on ict4peace.org which is also managed by Sanjana. I think satire is one of the most effective tools to initiate political dialogue in Sri Lanka because we are quite receptive to humour - especially to laugh at ourselves (Mervin Silva and Prabhakaran being the only exceptions that i can think of). In that vein, i think The Citizen of Paradise is also doing a wonderful job i think - as did Broken News some time back. But serious dialogue and discussion is vital - if the comments of Sri Lankans on public forums and news portals is any indication - to unite a tragically multi-polarised society. This is where i think we have to take our experience of pruralism at Trinity out to the rest of the country.
Respice finem!