Fuck off and die, Keith.

I'm pretty sure this is actually a barbed description of the SL government's justifications, not ones that Keith approves of. I understand that there are strong feelings here, but, y'know...

Fuck off and die, Keith.

http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/international_politics/grim+scenes+at+sri+lankan+camps+/3126257

And this:
http://my.telegraph.co.uk/chandradavid/blog/2009/05/04/a_paradise_turned_into_kingdom_of_vultures?from_comment=true&message=WW91ciBjb21tZW50IGhhcyBub3cgYmVlbiBtYWRlIHB1YmxpYyE

don't think anyone actually thinks of these UN camps as concentration camps, not even those who call the war a campaign of genocide.

You must surely know that these camps are NOT run by the UN if you have really walked through them...please get…

Human shields, forced recruitment, child soldiers – they ARE creations of government propaganda!!!!

Ruby, you're full of it.

You are absolutely wrong. Not sure where you are getting this idea from. These camps are concentration camps that are…

These tactics are very well known inside Sri Lanka. The LTTE can legitimately claim to be the only…

If the opposition is undertaking your genocide then surrendering your civillians to them is never a good idea. The narrative is genocide, it would be odd to turn up to one of these rallies with a sign saying in effect "Send Tamils to Conentration Camps".

I don't think anyone actually…

Any group of 'freedom fighters' jump the shark the moment they set off a car bomb.

Not saying that terrorism is justifiable, but uneven among unjustifiable actions, there are degrees.

There's a big difference, in my mind, between the indiscriminant killing of enemy civilians via bombings, versus the deliberate killing…

You opposed the meaninglessness of Earth Hour but find great utility in a motion of the New Zealand House of Representatives? Interesting.

I don't find great utility in it, no. It was a futile but, for lack of a better word, nice gesture in a situation where no clean solution…

...They've gathered in large numbers, displaying photos showing the grotesque aftermath of war, and calling for a stop to the “genocide” of Tamils.

They seem like perfectly genuine people when they tell me that they don’t care who wins, they just want the killing to stop. Yet, Nirmala Rajasingam, a…

As Mike Davis starkly describes it:

Fourth, like even the "smartest" of aerial bombs, car bombs are inherently indiscriminate: "collateral damage" is virtually inevitable. If the logic of an attack is to slaughter innocents…

So, does Te Ururoa Flavell think that he is showing solidarity with fellow champions of ethnic self-determination with his stunt?

You opposed the meaninglessness of Earth Hour but find great utility in a motion of the New Zealand House of Representatives? Interesting.

You don't think that the House passing a…

I've seen a lot of the Sri Lankan protests, and I've seen the harrowing images. But the LTTE are a savagely brutal and fanatical organisation who have forfeited all claim to being a desirable addition to the world community.

Sometimes, just…

The Maori Party is traditionally reluctant to make comments on other countries...

Don't they make comments on other countries all the time? Tariana Turia was on TV yesterday talking about Fiji. Hone Harawira went to Australia and spoke out about the treatment of Aborigines.