Comments on: Nidahasa http://nidahas.com/2006/02/05/nidahasa/ Musings on design, web standards and free software from a Sri Lankan geek Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:45:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Jack Point http://nidahas.com/2006/02/05/nidahasa/#comment-296 Jack Point Mon, 06 Feb 2006 08:01:33 +0000 http://nidahas.com/2006/02/05/nidahasa/#comment-296 I am a bit of a pessimist and I think the country is marching down a one-way street. The major turning points were 1956 and 1983. The minor turing points were 1970/71 (socialist governemnt + revolution) 1994 (corruption & spending expands under CBK, budget goes out of control) and 2005 (Mahinda elected). The forces that are gnawing away at the very foundations of the state are: 1. Rampant corruption. 2. The gradual breakdown of law and order 3. The civil war These forces are linked in unholy alliance. Look to countries in Africa, they went down the same path that we are on , it is just that they raced ahead. The same factors that I have listed above were (in most instances) the cause of the problem. I am a bit of a pessimist and I think the country is marching down a one-way street. The major turning points were 1956 and 1983. The minor turing points were 1970/71 (socialist governemnt + revolution) 1994 (corruption & spending expands under CBK, budget goes out of control) and 2005 (Mahinda elected).

The forces that are gnawing away at the very foundations of the state are:

1. Rampant corruption.
2. The gradual breakdown of law and order
3. The civil war

These forces are linked in unholy alliance.

Look to countries in Africa, they went down the same path that we are on , it is just that they raced ahead. The same factors that I have listed above were (in most instances) the cause of the problem.

]]> By: SweetIdiot http://nidahas.com/2006/02/05/nidahasa/#comment-297 SweetIdiot Mon, 06 Feb 2006 11:54:07 +0000 http://nidahas.com/2006/02/05/nidahasa/#comment-297 I for one can guarantee that the media in this country is in fact NOT free! I for one can guarantee that the media in this country is in fact NOT free!

]]> By: deane http://nidahas.com/2006/02/05/nidahasa/#comment-298 deane Tue, 07 Feb 2006 08:25:28 +0000 http://nidahas.com/2006/02/05/nidahasa/#comment-298 "..I for one can guarantee that the media in this country is in fact NOT free!.." it's not? hmm.. perhaps not completely.. but there are papers like Ravaya, The Sunday Leader and many others.. who will go any and everywhere and they operate.. perhaps under threat.. but they operate. “..I for one can guarantee that the media in this country is in fact NOT free!..”

it’s not? hmm.. perhaps not completely.. but there are papers like Ravaya, The Sunday Leader and many others.. who will go any and everywhere and they operate.. perhaps under threat.. but they operate.

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