TRC or LTTE. Who damage us more?

Aztecs was the most fearless people in the whole world. In 1487 they have sacrifice 84,400 humans over four days. I don’t think any other have sacrificed that much to God. God must be in their side after all that rituals. They had sophisticated architectural skills in both city building and irrigation. That had had one of the best farming methods – even they cultivate on floating bots.

In 1521 Hernando Cortés, a Spanish Conquistador with just 500 soldiers overthrew thousands of mighty Aztec warriors in couple of month. How was it possible?

Hernando had Spanish fighting horses, fire power, steel swords, canons, and steel armor, none of them invented in Spain.

Why Spanish had that knowledge and why not Aztecs?

Simple reason was Aztecs didn’t have sophisticated writing system. Aztecs live other side of the big pond cutting off from the rest of the world. They had no respect for up-to-date knowledge – they thought they had everything they need. Eventually they could not keep up with the rest of the world. They extinct.

My point is we need to keep up with the rest of the world to survive. War alone could not wipe out any society.

I travel across number of small tiny villages in India – stinky – one room houses –10 – 20 houses in each village – no town or another village for next one hour or so – no roads except rail road passing by or footpaths. But they had one thing we do not have. Satellite Disc on top of one house, and cables running to other houses. What happening with our Cabal TV right now? The simple reason we don’t have cable right now is not LTTE – it is TRC.

Dialog was trying to start 3G for years. Who was holding them? Not LTTE – it is TRC.

Dialog finally brought 3G license for 25750000000000000000 Rs this year. We (users) have to pay that price end of the day. Who is punishing us for using 3G? Not LTTE – it is TRC.

True P2T (push 2 talk) is a technology run on community spectrum as Wi-Fi (not on GPRS) – it suppose to works as walki-talki. Who is holding the community spectrum in Sri Lanka? Not LTTE – it is TRC.

VOIP is illegal to use in Sri Lanka. Who is stopping me using VOIP inside the country or to outside the country? Not LTTE – it is TRC.

Few decades ago – Mr. Knnangara understood importunacy of nation keeping up with rest of the world. They didn’t have computers those days – no internet – no Spielberg or Bill gates. All they had was books. They provided free books to all of us.

If we follow Knnangara’s footstep we are suppose to offer free internet and computers this age.

The issue is not that, I pay 270$ per a month for 64kbps internet connection – who add licensing fee to internet bill? Not LTTE it is TRC.

Radio spectrum belongs to every human– it is not for sale. Yes. One should organize and regulate it – but none suppose to sell it. Who auction our radio spectrum? Not LTTE - it is TRC.

I know only few people in Colombo can afford all those licensing fees & keep up with the rest of the world – But Colombo is not Sri Lanka. TRC keep rest of the island in dark and cut of from rest of the world. We can’t survive for 20 more years if we are not IT literate enough. We will fade a way in to the history just like Aztecs did.

LTTE kill our body – TRC kill our mind.

22 July, 2006