Tigers of Tamil

These are the guys (paramilitary and quite violent) in Sri Lanka. Meaning they think that shooting people is better than talking and using diplomacy. I do not.

Met one today. Thought he was an innocent, young guy trying to make a living in Switzerland. And of course he is.

Only, when we established the fact that he is indeed in favour of the Tamil Tigers I started to argue with him. He said that he would die for his country. I asked why. He didn't have a good reason, but I pushed it. Said "why are you here then"? "Why aren't you back home fighting"?. He said he wanted to make a good life for himself and that he can earn more money here. Hello? My point exactly.

Asked him what exactly he would fight for. It's not the land. It's the culture, beliefs, people and so forth. But here in Switzerland money talks. And after speaking to people from former Yugoslavia (since I do not have any personal experience of war) I really do believe that all that people wanna do is to have a good life, enough money to survive, to have family and friends.

Politicians have a tendency (ok, not many, only wanna mention G Bush as an example...since he's the most known) to take decisions and start wars. Think I can speak for most people when saying, war is not the solution. Never was, never will be.

And if you disagree, honestly, would you like to be North Korean?