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over 600 unarmed policemen were killed for peace and independence ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_massacre_of_Sri_Lankan_Police_officers https://en.wikip

by tsjq 7y ago

over 600 unarmed policemen were killed for peace and independence ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_massacre_of_Sri_Lankan_Police_officers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_massacre_of_Sri_Lankan_Po...

ryanlol 7y ago
>On 10 June 1990, Batticaloa police locked up a Muslim youth, allegedly found in a compromising position with a Sinhalese woman by her husband. If that’s an acceptable reason to lock up someone, then perhaps they deserved to get shot?
- Lev1a 7y ago
  Locking someone up for a dubious reason vs. Taking hundreds of unarmed police officers into the jungle, tying them up and executing them. Anyone who thinks these are even remotely comparable acts is out of their mind.
  - ryanlol 7y ago
    I don’t think “dubious” is the word I’d use to describe the reasoning here. I’d prefer to go with “malicious”, or perhaps just plain "wrong". I don't think the number of the executed police officers makes any difference, anyone who chooses to partake in an organization imprisoning people for such reasons deserves that fate.
    - Lev1a 7y ago
      Not familiar with the local law, but it's most likely some BS law that's there due to some BS religious reasoning. If that's the case, campaign (hard but peaceful/non-violent) to introduce laws compatible with intelligent human life and expunge the records of/pardon those imprisoned due to laws reminicent of the dark ages. Being (one of hundreds of people) massacred by terrorists is not a fate anyone deserves.
      - ryanlol 7y ago
        It’s weird how you never hear such words in the defense of the thousands of nazi collaborators executed in Europe after WW2. I don’t think police arresting people for religious reasons should he viewed any differently. If you don't think the nazi comparison is apt you should look into Sri Lankan history, a decade ago the government was running literal concentration camps.

by tsjq 7y ago

ryanlol 7y ago

>On 10 June 1990, Batticaloa police locked up a Muslim youth, allegedly found in a compromising position with a Sinhalese woman by her husband. If that’s an acceptable reason to lock up someone, then perhaps they deserved to get shot?

Lev1a 7y ago
Locking someone up for a dubious reason vs. Taking hundreds of unarmed police officers into the jungle, tying them up and executing them. Anyone who thinks these are even remotely comparable acts is out of their mind.
- ryanlol 7y ago
  I don’t think “dubious” is the word I’d use to describe the reasoning here. I’d prefer to go with “malicious”, or perhaps just plain "wrong". I don't think the number of the executed police officers makes any difference, anyone who chooses to partake in an organization imprisoning people for such reasons deserves that fate.
  - Lev1a 7y ago
    Not familiar with the local law, but it's most likely some BS law that's there due to some BS religious reasoning. If that's the case, campaign (hard but peaceful/non-violent) to introduce laws compatible with intelligent human life and expunge the records of/pardon those imprisoned due to laws reminicent of the dark ages. Being (one of hundreds of people) massacred by terrorists is not a fate anyone deserves.
    - ryanlol 7y ago
      It’s weird how you never hear such words in the defense of the thousands of nazi collaborators executed in Europe after WW2. I don’t think police arresting people for religious reasons should he viewed any differently. If you don't think the nazi comparison is apt you should look into Sri Lankan history, a decade ago the government was running literal concentration camps.