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வாழும் தமிழ் மக்களால் வாசிக்கப்பட்டு வருகிறது. உங்கள் வியாபாரத்தை
சர்வதேசமயமாக்க பதிவுகளில் விளம்பரம் செய்யுங்கள். நியாயமான விளம்பரக் கட்டணம்.
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என்னும் மின்னஞ்சல் முகவரிக்கு எழுதுங்கள்.
பதிவுகளில் வெளியாகும் விளம்பரங்களுக்கு
விளம்பரதாரர்களே பொறுப்பு. பதிவுகள் எந்த வகையிலும் பொறுப்பு அல்ல. வெளியாகும்
ஆக்கங்களை அனைத்துக்கும் அவற்றை ஆக்கியவர்களே பொறுப்பு. பதிவுகளல்ல. அவற்றில்
தெரிவிக்கப்படும் கருத்துகள் பதிவுகளின்கருத்துகளாக இருக்க வேண்டுமென்பதில்லை.
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தமிழ்
எழுத்தாளர்களே!..
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அன்பான இணைய வாசகர்களே! 'பதிவுகள்' பற்றிய உங்கள் கருத்துகளை
வரவேற்கின்றோம். தாராளமாக எழுதி அனுப்புங்கள். 'பதிவுகளின் வெற்றி உங்கள்
ஆதரவிலேயே தங்கியுள்ளது. உங்கள் கருத்துகள் ப் பகுதியில் இணைய வாசகர்கள் நன்மை
கருதி பிரசுரிக்கப்படும். பதிவுகளிற்கு ஆக்கங்கள் அனுப்ப விரும்புவர்கள்
யூனிகோட் தமிழ் எழுத்தைப் பாவித்து மின்னஞ்சல்
ngiri2704@rogers.com
மூலம் அனுப்பி வைக்கவும். தபால் மூலம் வரும் ஆக்கங்கள் ஏற்றுக் கொள்ளப்
படமாட்டாதென்பதை வருத்தத்துடன் தெரிவித்துக் கொள்கின்றோம். மேலும் பதிவுக'ளிற்கு
ஆக்கங்கள் அனுப்புவோர் தங்களது சரியான மின்னஞ்சல் முகவரியினைக் குறிப்பிட்டு
அனுப்ப வேண்டும். முகவரி பிழையாகவிருக்கும் பட்சத்தில் ஆக்கங்கள் பிரசுரத்திற்கு
ஏற்றுக் கொள்ளப் படமாட்டாதென்பதை அறியத் தருகின்றோம். 'பதிவுக'ளின்
நோக்கங்களிலொன்று இணையத்தமிழை வளர்ப்பது. தமிழ் எழுத்துகளைப் பாவித்துப்
படைப்புகளை பதிவு செய்து மின்னஞ்சல் மூலம் அனுப்புவது அதற்கு முதற்படிதான். அதே
சமயம் அவ்வாறு அனுப்புவதன் மூலம் கணிணியின் பயனை, இணையத்தின் பயனை அனுப்புவர்
மட்டுமல்ல ஆசிரியரும் அடைந்து கொள்ள முடிகின்றது. 'பதிவுக'ளின் நிகழ்வுகள்
பகுதியில் தங்களது அமைப்புகள் அல்லது சங்கங்களின் விழாக்கள் போன்ற விபரங்களைப்
பதிவு செய்து கொள்ள விரும்புகின்றவர்கள் மின்னஞ்சல் மூலம் அல்லது
மேற்குறிப்பிடப்பட்ட முகவரிக்குக் கடிதங்கள் எழுதுவதன் மூலம் பதிவு செய்து
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Posted on 16. Aug,
2010 in Blog
Send Them Back an Old, and Awful, Refrain
- Bob Rae (Member of Parliament for Toronto
Centre) -
Canadians
have been caught up in the drama of the arrival of a small boat
with 500 people aboard. They have travelled for several months on
the Pacific Ocean, turned away in Thailand, Australia, and given
the cold shoulder everywhere else until they reached the western
shore of Vancouver Island, escorted by the Canadian navy.
Many have suggested that the ship should have been boarded and
just turned away. Unfortunately these views have a terrible
pedigree, and call to mind the fate of two other boats, the
Komagata Maru and the SS St Louis.
The Komagata Maru set sail from Calcutta in 1914, picking up
passengers in Yokohama and Shanghai before making the long voyage
to Vancouver. Its arrival in the harbour was met by powerful
hostility. In the previous decade Canada had opened itself to the
arrival of 400,000 Europeans, but had strict laws and regulations
preventing Asians and others from coming. The passengers on board
the Komagata Maru, who were mainly Sikh, tried desperately to land
but both the federal and provincial governments did all in their
power to prevent the 354 passengers from landing. This brutal
discrimination succeeded, and the ship was forced to sail back to
Calcutta. The Imperial authorities concluded that the leaders on
the boat were dangerous agitators for Indian freedom, and 19 of
them were killed on arrival in Calcutta. Many others were arrested
and imprisoned. The incident remains a dark stain on Canada’s
reputation, for which Stephen Harper has yet to apologise in the
House of Commons. The House itself has endorsed a motion in the
name of Liberal MP Ruby Dhalla expressing just such an apology.
The SS St Louis made its famous voyage, known as the “voyage of
the damned”, in 1939. Its 936 Jewish passengers made their way
from Hamburg to Cuba, where they were denied landing, although
they all had visas. After a stay of many days, the ship set sail
for the U.S., where it was also rejected, and then to Halifax,
where the Liberal government of the day also refused entry. It had
to make its way back across the north Atlantic to Antwerp, where
passengers were dispersed to a number of countries, many of which
were soon to be occupied by the Nazis. Historians tell us that as
many as 254 of the St Louis passengers were killed in Nazi death
camps, while the rest probably survived the war.
Just two years ago Canadian Church leaders held a ceremony of
apology to recognise the terrible wrong done. Bishop Marcel
Gervais of Ottawa said “remembering what happened to the
passengers will help Christians make sure it doesn’t happen
again.”
This past week Canadians have been subjected to wild rumours of
disease rampant aboard the ship, and allegations that “terrorists”
and “criminals” are about to run amok in the country. Many urged
the Canadian navy to board the ship in international waters and
send them on their way.
Bishop Gervais’s admonition notwithstanding, it would seem some
have learned very little from our past. Of course people paid to
get on the Tamil boat, just as they did to get on the Komagata
Maru, the SS St Louis, and Kastner’s train for that matter.
Sri Lanka’s civil war did not come to a pretty ending. As the army
made its way through the country, planes strafing villages and
bombing civilians, Tamils who had returned home after the
ceasefire of 2001 were corralled by the opposing sides to the
north-eastern shore of the country. The complete exclusion of
journalists and international observers and agencies makes it
impossible to know how many died in the last weeks of the war:
estimates range from a few hundred to 40,000. The entire
leadership of the LTTE and their families were wiped out. Hundreds
of thousands became refugees in their own country.
General Fonseca, who ran as a presidential candidate, was arrested
the day after the election. Dozens of journalists are killed every
year, and many foreign observers, from Swedish Foreign Minister to
Bob Rae, Canadian MP (and writer of this blog), have been refused
entry to the country.
Canada has an obligation under our law to take refugee claims
seriously, to weigh them in a judicious manner, and to insist that
allegations of “terrorism” and “human trafficking” be proven. We
also need to work with our international friends and the UN to
understand better why these boats are travelling, how they are
being organised, and why people feel they should take them.
It is a pity Vic Toews didn’t mention the Komagata Maru and the SS
St Louis, and why we’re not going to repeat those atrocities. To
turn away a boat that’s been on the high seas for over 90 days
would be unconscionable. It would also be illegal.
What, then, of the “moral hazard”, the argument that if we let one
boat it will be followed by countless more ? These are not exactly
cruise ships. Not everyone on them will be found to be a refugee.
But if the Sri Lankan government says I’m a threat to their
national security I’m less inclined to take seriously their
blanket conclusions about who’s on the boat and why they’re there.
I have confidence in our immigration and justice system. Vic Toews
is right about one thing: the world is watching. I’m proudest as a
Canadian when we’re setting the right standard for the world. We
didn’t do it in 1914 for the Komagata Maru or in 1939 for the St
Louis. Let’s get it right this time.
Courtesy: http://bobrae.liberal.ca/
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