Due to the weather and my insufficient icy driving skills, I tried to stay off the road as much as possible. But I started looking into some things that are going on in Sri Lanka.
I found this interesting article titled "The Sri Lankan army is selling vegetables". As I read it became clear that this was not comical in any way. The war in Sri Lanka ended in 2009 but the country continues to be in a military state. The army has taken over practically everything. The army is, as the author of the article says, "extending its influence over civilian affairs". Even as far as to run two resorts on the large island.
These conditions leave little room for opposition. The government is militarized and freedom is limited. There supposedly is even a monetary bonus for military members to have as many children as they can. This is not democratic. Even the proper name of the country seems a little off: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
It leads me to re-appreciate the freedoms that we take for granted here.
