Posts Tagged ‘Government’

Sigiriya (+18 Only)

Posted: August 19, 2010 in Rants, Srilanka Now
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Is what the sign at the foot Sigiriya is going to say. I mean now that the government is cracking down on pornography and related things deemed ‘obscene’, the ancient paintings of nude women should fall into that category. Also possible to happen is that babies can’t open their eyes and look at their mom’s [...]

Konvict Muuuusic

Posted: March 23, 2010 in Rants, Srilanka Now
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It’s quite entertaining to see the response to the rejection of Akon’s visa by the government, amidst all the allegations and protests. It’s a total frenzy on all the social networking sites, with so many statuses condemning the government for its decision and some even celebrating his rejection. But is it really fair to bash [...]

“A threat to National Security”, quite a smart guise under which to impose media censorship and suppress freedom of expression. But then again is national security and government integrity the same thing? There has been an increase in the raids on media organizations, especially the print media. Apparently their statements against the government are a [...]

On the other tab of my browser is the Daily Mirror webpage and I’m on this article titled as ‘Government suspicious over Harry J’. It alleges that the government information department has information that Harry J secretly met with SF and offered his support. Of course we know that itself is a crime in the [...]