http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2009/11/19/the-sri-lanka-situation-and-gaza/ A Voice for Tikkun Olam (healing the world) Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:04:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2009/11/19/the-sri-lanka-situation-and-gaza/comment-page-1/#comment-2796 Ralph Moore Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:04:59 +0000 http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/?p=7267#comment-2796 I recommend the film by Indian director Mani Ratman, "A Peck on the Cheek," which draws us into the struggles of the Tamils as part of an emotional family drama. This is an excellent and moving portrayal of the displacement agony shown in the above photo. I recommend the film by Indian director Mani Ratman, “A Peck on the Cheek,” which draws us into the struggles of the Tamils as part of an emotional family drama. This is an excellent and moving portrayal of the displacement agony shown in the above photo.

]]> http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2009/11/19/the-sri-lanka-situation-and-gaza/comment-page-1/#comment-2795 Misha Clebaner Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:45:05 +0000 http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/?p=7267#comment-2795 great point. i think that the first question listed will help to ameliorate the situation in sri lanka if it gets increased coverage. another benefit of this question is that a lot of the criticism that is laid on israel is ignored as being unjustifiably exclusive, but if the realm of human rights is placed in a contemporary global context then people will start to take it seriously. why take it seriously? because if your ignoring violations in sri lanka, then you really dont care about human rights and are just on the band wagon of israel bashing, but if you are coming from a more compassionate place than an ideological one it will be harder to dismiss you with claims of hypocracy and bias. great point. i think that the first question listed will help to ameliorate the situation in sri lanka if it gets increased coverage. another benefit of this question is that a lot of the criticism that is laid on israel is ignored as being unjustifiably exclusive, but if the realm of human rights is placed in a contemporary global context then people will start to take it seriously. why take it seriously? because if your ignoring violations in sri lanka, then you really dont care about human rights and are just on the band wagon of israel bashing, but if you are coming from a more compassionate place than an ideological one it will be harder to dismiss you with claims of hypocracy and bias.

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