A — Scyld Berry quotes from Kumar Sangakkara’s MCC Address: “As the rhetorical climax, Sangakkara proclaimed his identity: “I am Tamil, Sinhalese, Muslim and Burgher. I am a Buddhist, a Hindu, a follower of Islam and Christianity. I am today, and always, proudly Sri Lankan.” It was a mighty statement in a neo-con world which portrays other people as different, alien, hostile, inferior, killable.”
B — blogger “Stel En” writes: “I am a Sri Lankan. But I am confused of Sangakkara’s statement “I am a sinhalaese, tamil, muslim, Buddhist…mmm very confusing. If he is a Buddhist, killing cows is a sin. But if he is a Muslim he should kill cows for EID festival. Just saying
C– blogger “Kalindu Perera” shoots him down: “no need to say you’re a sri lankan. the fact that you took that statement literally, completely ignoring the finer nuances of it shows amply that you’re from nowhere else but our little emerald isle……… well done on completely missing the point of what he was saying, and making this into yet another religion vs religion argument. Are you by any chance one of Gnanasaara’s people?”
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SEE http://thuppahis.com/2011/07/09/kumar-sangakkara%E2%80%99s-ecumenical-lankan-nationalism/
Kumar Sangakkara’s Ecumenical Lankan Nationalism
“Fans of different races, castes, ethnicities and religions who together celebrate their diversity by uniting for a common national cause. They are my foundation, they are my family. I will play my cricket for them. Their spirit is the true spirit of cricket. With me are all my people. I am Tamil, Sinhalese, Muslim and Burgher. I am a Buddhist, a Hindu, a follower of Islam and Christianity. I am today, and always, proudly Sri Lankan” …. Kumar Sangakkara’s concluding sentences at his 2011 MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture, 4 July 2011…. for which see http://www.scribd.com/doc/59318468/2011-MCC-Spirit-of-Cricket-Cowdrey-Lecture
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