the reason i am writing this note is because i got a few e-mails ridiculing the opposition and previous regimes. this is part of my reply to them.
state and regime are two different entities. extremists and some nationalists may interpret being anti-chinthanaya is to betray the state. but i strongly disagree.
quoting the president "I value my motherland first, second and third. This should be so to you and to the entire nation. It is only our beloved motherland that we should all cherish and value."
http://president.gov.lk/speech_New.asp?Id=74
so regime and whatever else would come in the nth (n>3) place of a true patriot, according to the president. if regime or political affinities come #1 in your list then how can you call yourself a patriot?
if you are seeing the recent victories through a political angle how can you a patriot? if you are advocating us to think in those lines how can we be patriots? or is the president wrong when he said that we should value and cherish our country above anything else - including our political views and affinities?
it's sad to see how some people can politicize the recent military victory
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