'Phantom Pains’ for the ignoble

After a limb is amputated the amputees’ brain still gets messages saying that severe pain still exists, even though medically it is not possible after an amputation. This condition called ‘phantom pains’ can go on for sometime causing the amputee to suffer psychologically over non-existing pain.

I am using this analogy to explain the Eelam ‘phantom pains’ suffered by thousands of Tamil activists, their cohorts and apologists after the demise of LTTE. For many moons we heard, saw and read the call for ceasefire, to investigate “genocide,” charges of ‘war crimes’ even as of yesterday. For all us, these calls were never about making human suffering truly uniform across the world, but were driven by how loud the calls are and influential by self-appointed publicity seekers.

To them the ground reality, fact checking and truth are inconsequential as long as the headlines make reference to attention seekers, whether they are in politics, media or activism. In this framework the accused never gets heard, predisposed opinion is supreme. To get the desired attention they seek inflated casualties, misinform/distort facts and blatantly lie to media, who then in turn seek to reap the opportunity to make breathtaking career moves. In reality, they never feel the pain of the true victim, the nation of Sri Lanka.

A function of this grand scheme of things, what I term is the exhibition of ‘phantom pains’ to pretend to care and grieve over the suffering of Tamil civilians caught up this conflict while other conflicts in the present or past are ignored. The outpouring expressions ‘phantom pain’ has one focal point – get Sri Lanka's Sinhala Buddhists! Brand them animals, who fit the description of Nazi, Serbs etc that have committed recorded genocide. Not so fast ignoble, the square peg doesn’t fit in to the round hole.

In time, the truth will reveal more evidence of culpability those made wild and frivolous charges WITHOUT foundation just because they hold authority. Just name a few ignoble who suffer from the ‘phantom pains’ are Hillary Clinton, David Miliband, Erik Solheim, HRW, UN and several other NGOs who have own agendas to make them so visible to the cameras. And the gullible Tamil constituent that has violated our nation and pushed us over the precipice, has profited from drawing these ignoble to a cause they never bothered to understand.

Thus, my synopsis is that self-important is paramount to anyone to who choose to grasp the opportunity regardless of fairness or impartiality. To me, egalitarianism matters a great in addressing world conflicts, Rwanda is a fine example where the West and the UN failure to intervene lead to the annihilation of million people. The fact they failed in Rwanda has caused us their wrath and the demonstration of phantom pains over the misery of Tamils is sufficient proof that these ignoble are denying our right to defend and protect our nationhood and civilization.

Be prepared Sri Lanka, these phantom pains in ignoble can linger longer unless checked.