In the wake of escalating atrocities in the Tamil/Sinhalese civil war in Sri Lanka, Maya met Maher on Friday night to explain her people’s plight to Bill’s Real Time audience. (She’s the one labeled “Tamil Rapper.”) There’s a quick octo-mom joke with respect to M.I.A.’s very-pregnant Rap Pack Grammy performance, otherwise she’s cast strictly as rebel ambassador. Maher has Maya step back and contextualize the conflict for his audience repeatedly in case they haven’t been keeping up with her blog, where she’s been detailing the issues surrounding recent civilian killings and the state-controlled flow of information. Watch:
IS BILL MAHER RIGHT?IS SHE GIVING U TOO MUCH CREDIT? Maya wants to know.
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It’s a shame Bill Maher is such a jackass.
did rush limbaugh’s fansite flood this post and give this comment +26? maybe!
Yawn
She cannot face the world after supporting the LTTE Terrorist.
LTTE Terrorist killed their own Tamil people she as blood in her hands
Woah. Way too heavy for this blog. I’m gonna read about Kanye West’s stupid-ass book now.
So “exactly what’s going on” (2:45, 5:05, 5:47) M.I.A.? Conversation for Sensationalists with nothing but drivel for dialogue
Oh Gosh…Bill didn’t swallow her lies..the blogs are buzzing with this. See the below:
http://bailaman.blogspot.com/2009/05/video-keep-dishing-out-those-lies-mia.html
Gosh I wish he let her finish a sentence. Frikkin heck.
He is such an asshole!
He is such an asshole!
mia is a real tiger(LTTE). Het family are very ardent tigers. Long live multi racial, multicoltural, multilingual and multiethnic Sri Lanka
So she comes on a show to talk about an issue that she seems to know very little about. She skated right over the fact that her father and his cronies are terrorists, plain and simple. I saw her at Coachella. Her show was a car wreck. Very unproffesional. She may have a few cool songs but her 15 minutes of fame needs to end soon.
Thanks BILL MAHER for giving an opportunity to MIA to speak about her people’s plight!
Maybe Al Queda just needs a cute mascot like the Tamil Tigers. It would be a lot harder to hate the Al Queda Koalas.
Once again we learn that the equation beauty+creative talent?intelligence.
She does not any history about Sri Lanka. Her father was a member of the terrorist organization. Recently Sri lankan govt provided the security while he was Sri Lanka.
I am really upset that Bill Maher gave her the opportunity to spread the lies.
M.I.A don’t know % of tamil and she help to kill her own people eo helpng tigers,
If u like to know more abt Sri Lanka and Tamil Terrorist Pls visit
http://www.defence.lk
She tried her best to bring out the true face of Genosidical Sri Lankan government and the forces. Too bad she didn’t have enough time to bring more detail info.
Hats off MIA
This is a part of false propaganda launched by ruthless pro-LTTE agents who get paid handsome money …..the international LTTE network is a million dollar business that do all the illegal business such as arm procurments,drug trafficking,credit card scams,human smuggling etc.They spend great deal of money to discredit Sri Lanka but did nothing to avarage Tamils.M.I.A is one of the cat’s paw of this barberic outfit
What a load of CRAP…just another mouth Piece for the terrorists
Obama is a president for only US not for the world. Stupid M.I.A doesn’t know the precentage of tamils in SriLanka. During 83 riots only Colombo tamils suffer but she used it as a geaway pass. Stupid dumb idiot bitch should know now, show is over.
Hey, smelly Sri Lankans stop bashing MIA.She never praised LTTE. She is only against the genocide of Tamils by Rajapussa brothers.
MIA is talented — but also a moron and an unapologetic hypocrite.
Crap. What a load of bullshit. Not a single Sinhalese has been tried and convicted for crimes comitted? On what dope is she living on. What a waste of time.
She’s really talks funny regarding what’s happening in Sri Lanka, As per this lady,during this war the people who been killed 60.000, all are tamilians. is it true? how can say that stupid things. The tigers who killed most of them Singhalist. any way it is a silly things to discus, but i wonder if she know anything about war rather than her aim to become one of the leader in terrorism. please be careful of this lady. Just her aim to be one of the LTTE leader… but it want happen in SRILANKA Again.
Katy.
What a load of crap, trying to get attention from tamil out side the world to buy her CDs using civil war. What happen to all the Tamil Nadu politicians, actors who were concerned about civilians before LTTE got crushed.. Now will they send aid or money for those who are in IDP camps? NO.. All bullshit..all fake attentions and their own agenda. Only those who innocent tamils in SL will know..what tamil Diaspora did for them..nothing..
^How many posts does it take a dumbass to make a point?
…8.
LO-Fucking-L!! ! !
Hey Sinhala modayas, you need a Tamil to win a cricket match for you and you need a Tamil to effectively run a Foreign affairs for you. Now are you scared of an up and coming Tamil singer?. Don’t believe the Rajapussy brothers. One day the brothers will come after you.
Maybe you should go start terroristgum.com. It would be a place where all of the terrorist lovers could get together and chat about killing people to accomplish their political goals.
Hello Rajapussa,
You such an idiot. You don?t know what are you talking abut. Sinhales don?t have any obligations with tamis what so ever. Stupid people like you make things worse. You better be shamed you?re self.
If I use the correct words for you, its like ? UBA MODA PISSEK? . Please go to the metal hospital and help your self.
Good luck???
Why are you asking smart questions from a dum ass like MIA. I don’t think she even know where it is.
Mr. Maher:
Thank You for giving MIA a chance to speak about the Tamil Genocide being perpetrated by the Sinhalese. This has been going on for over 60 years. Over 55,000 Tamils mostly women and children were killed by the Sinhala Army in in the last 30 days and still there are no war crime charges agaisnt the Sinhala regime. Rajapakse Government of Sri Lanka are war criminals. – Raj Ram
Tamil in sri lank less then 10% now sorry. MIA
You mother fuckers at least Do know what BM show is about….Do you know what is left n right? …all you suckers know is just listen to what the stupid uneducated brothers ruling the country telling you… Understand the problem …. make a good judgement n educate your self…don’t be a stupid asses….she never said or talked about LTTE…she was talking about the suffering of the Tamil people……try to READ n LEARN ….then come here n talk with sense….
Educate yourself!…and become a horrible speller.
When ever I watch this show, I always get the impresion that Maher is wearing no pants.
And MIA, for all her (supposed) talent, really should stick to music. Her history and facts here are O’Reilly-esque.
Sinhaleese are good only the following:
1) To harm unarmed tamil women. Because we all know what they get from armed tamil women.
2) Post feedback in using tamil names such as Arular and Tamil.
Tamil tigers used only women (the disposable ones!) as suicide bombers! They took by force, children from their parents for child soldiers. Finally, they took innocent women, children and elderly as their human shield. Those who attempted to run….were shot. Those my friends are the sad facts. Tamil diaspora is shamelessly flying the flag of these tyrants. Do they really care about the poor tamils in Sri Lanka who have been devastated by Tiger rule for the past 20 years? Why don’t they let those people recover their losses and try to live their lives in harmony with the rest of the country. Ennada! Let them get proper education and opportunities like the rest of us!
I thought Blondes to be Dumb. This woman’s talk proves that wrong.
She is not just a terrorist an idot too,
She is full of crap. No wonder she was denied a visa to enter USA in 2006 as a supporter of banned terrorist group in the USA. Her dad didn’t even get a visa to see her at Grammys as he was member of a terrorist group.
Sinhaleese are good for only the following:
1) To harm unarmed tamil women. Because we all know what they get from armed tamil women.
2) Post feedback using tamil names such as Arular and Tamil.
She is so funny, she does nt know anything about sri lanka.Bill is a freaking ass, he made a fun of her, she is begging.
MIA doesn’t know anything. They stopped calling Sri Lanka Ceylon in 1972. Didn’t she say something like she was born in 1975 or something? so how come she lived in a time where they called that country Ceylon? She has no idea what she’s talking about.
Besides, the civil war wasn’t between the Tamils and the Sinhalese. It was between TERRORISTS and the Sri Lankan government. If it was a war between the two ethnicities, then why did the LTTE kill Tamil people and Tamil politicians? This woman is crazy and all she wants is to rant about something she has no idea of, just to sell her records. The LTTE is gone and its leader is too..but seems like she still doesn’t want to accept the fact that her terrorist leader and the rest of them terrorists are gone for good..
What s she talking? She left the country in 1986, now 2009! I?m asking, during this 20+ years why didn?t she try to go her people and help as a million singer! Never never gone back, only can do comments while living very luxury life in Europe n US. They dont dont know how?s Sinhala, Buddhist people treat Tamils. In northern part just half Tamils living, but in capital city in Sri Lanka, Colombo most majority Tamils living with Sinhala people. They never shout up behalf of LTTE. If u can check, are there any protest happened in front of US or UK embassy? Never hapend.bcs these Tamils know, LTTE IS World deadliest TERRORIST. I can only say, check the sri lankan situation with people who lives sri lanka at the mean time. All refugee people is really upset because of FINISHED THE WAR!. Because,if it?s no WAR, THEY HAVE TO GO BACK TO SRI LANKA.THATS WHY. THEY WANT TO LIVE DEPEND FROM SOCIAL BENIFITS FROM THOSE EUROPE COUNTRIES AND US. That the truth!
Hey rajapussa, what is your point? We need Sri Lankans of all wakes to succeed. It is people like you who say that you do not get the opportunity, now you criticize the Tamils who succeeded as Sri Lankans? It is ok to speak up if know the facts, but most of you use freedom of speech to spread lies and hatred
Wow! she is representing sri lankan tamils. lol. She is so uneducated and I would not even keep her on the side work to represent me.
Thanks Bill for Q her for her idiotic answers. And who nominated her to become one of the 100 powerful people in the world. LOL.
Breaking News:
MIA recommended for Nobel rpize for educating world about the tamil genocide in Sri Lanka carried out by sinhala cowards.
Feedback: Good job MIA and congrajulations
haha nice one..even if she gets something like that, think hard…who is giving the Nobel prize? ugh the Norwegian Nobel Committee…and who tried support the LTTE under the guise of peace talks in Sri Lanka? NORWAY, of course..
Hai refugee man, u don?t have a country and now even sri lanka, bcs ur a REFUGEEEEE !!! Staying depending social funds !!!!! beggerrrrrrrrr !!!!!
Hey, that’s a really stupid thing to say. You are making yourself look dumb. Think clearly and speak up.
What s she talking? She left the country in 1986, now 2009! I?m asking, during this 20+ years why didn?t she try to go her people and help as a million singer! Never never gone back, only can do comments while living very luxury life in Europe n US. They dont dont know how?s Sinhala, Buddhist people treat Tamils. In northern part just half Tamils living, but in capital city in Sri Lanka, Colombo most majority Tamils living with Sinhala people. They never shout up behalf of LTTE. If u can check, are there any protest happened in front of US or UK embassy? Never hapend.bcs these Tamils know, LTTE IS World deadliest TERRORIST. I can only say, check the sri lankan situation with people who lives sri lanka at the mean time. All refugee people is really upset because of FINISHED THE WAR!. Because,if it?s no WAR, THEY HAVE TO GO BACK TO SRI LANKA.THATS WHY. THEY WANT TO LIVE DEPEND FROM SOCIAL BENIFITS FROM THOSE EUROPE COUNTRIES AND US. That the truth!
IF she left Sri lanka at the age of 3 how does he know that 3000 tamils were kiled at that time???
She lies , that she had to go 4 times before she come to the air port.
She looks Stupid.And she does not know anything of SL.
she is a real bitch…………………………….
Who is she mother fucker worry about Sri Lankan crises bloody pitch
Go and sleep with white or black assol
Breakijg news:
Tamil diaspora provide protection to MIA. Sinhala cowards call India and Chine for help. Please wait for them to get the help.
“I came to Colombo 4 times to get visa and our buses were burned and people were killed.” How come she is still alive? She is trying so hard to make the case for LTTE and she failed doing so. Her Propaganda is good for nothing, just like LTTE fight the war. LOL
She is famous. She has a nice voice. She can sing. But ! is that a criteria to measure her level of interligence? This is where the world got wrong, to get opinian from a singer to a political problem is like psychologist doing a heart surgery. I can understand the amount of income involves in the bussiness of reporting this kind of things. But what I do not understand is why these media institutions ask psychologist how to do a heart surgery.
Hey Idiots, if thugs like Mahinda and Gotha run the govt, why not MIA give political opinion. You Sinhala cowards couldn’t face the small tamil (brave) army needed help from 15 countires to fight the war. Now you are begging for IMF loan and chineese food. Shame on you.
selfish ignorant piece of shit!! how the hell she could lie like that!!!!! total crap!!
I heard that President Obama is going to invite MIA to the white house. He may discuss about the war crimes executed by GOSL. Apparently President Obama has high regards for MIA.
Feedback: Good for you girl.
you are such a loser..lol..you sound so desperate to save this woman and the LTTE..
Oh wow, didn’t know so many other Sri Lankans frequented Stereogum. Hi guys! Maybe cut back on the bile a little bit? You guys gotta stop being so racist towards each other.
lol this is the perfect summary of everyone’s thoughts while going through this comment thread.
Supporters of Terror regime in Sri lanka can cry and tell all kind of stupidity on tamil diaspora. But the world is now entirely convinced racist Sri lankan regime is commiting a genocide of tamils and LTTE was just an obstacle to the ethnic cleancing. Now Singala gvt locked entire tamil population of Vanni is open prisons where abuses are obious and known, in the mean time Singala settlers are sent to tamil areas to occupy tamil Lands. The world is very quickly aware of the war crimes on Sri lankan gvt who is now preventing all witness and investigations we can gess why. But the world just needs to recorgnize the war crimes officially , which wont delay. Sri lankan fanatic war criminals will soon have an end game.
TAMIL RACIST TERRORISTS are good for only the following:
1) To harm unarmed Civilians men,women & children. Because we all know what they get from Professional Army.
Unfortunately she has beclme the uninformed mouth piece to the Tamil diaspora who funded a terrorist group that killed more of their own people than Sinhales. I feel badly for the innocent poor tamil civilians who lost a generation. All those who took advantage of a situation they created for themselves so they can move to the western countries and live off their social support now suddnely have crocadile tears for innocent tamils that they didn’t do anything to help in the first place. Shame on you!!! Just know that your plans have back fired. Simply work to rebuild the North East and help the poor Tamils if you really care!. They don’t have to worry about LTTE stealing there young kids to brainwash to kill innocent people or steal part of their wealth to support a murder machine. That is what a true tamil that live in the west should do.
Weldone MIA, you have showed exactly what has happened to Tamil Community after LTTE killing all educated Tamil who represent Tamil community. Now Tamil diaspora (TD) has only uneducated Craps like MIA to represent them.
TD Please use the money, you collected to buy weapons, to educate your children properly then at least they will not become refuge in another country.
At least ask them to read Bible else not Bagawath Gita rather than misguiding them.
Bill is nother idiot in America who gos to his talkshow they are so stupid asss toooooooo
oh my doesn’t she even have common sense? like not a single Sinhala person’s been arrested..bahahahaha
Now I understand about this srilanka problrm
USA should do help the tamils.
Thanks Bill:
It’s a great show. You are the voice of the voice less.
What an uninformed airhead MIA is! Her statement that not one Sinhala person has been convicted and punished in sixty years for ANY CRIME whatsoever is preposterous. Even Bill Maher found it unbelievable. I agree the Sinhala majority have not treated the minorities fairly in Sri Lanka and successive Sri Lankan governments have not tried to fix the problems. But surely the Tigers can find a more intelligent person to be their spokesperson.
She reminds me nothing but a scummie who shot to fame for the wrong reasons. She shruggs off questions relating to her glorifying acts of terrorism. Could she tell us, how many times has been to this Sri Lanka she always talk about? What has she done to alliviate the situation in Sri Lanka other than naee like a mad horse? I never knew tamil women could get this low. I have never in my life come across some person as little as I belive as her. By the way, good job humulating Tamils all over the world..
Who knew all of the world’s comment spam bots were Sri Lankan?
i like her lips,abnormal lips,i wish my servent have the sane,all singhalese use to fuck there servent,now tamil no mama no papa,back sri lanken houses & tea plucking & to lima.
NOT A SINGLE SINHALA PERSON HAVE BEEN CONVICTED FOR ANY CRIME, EVEN FOR SHOP LIFTING IN SIXTY BLOODY YEARS, THERE ARE NO JAILS IN SRI LANKA LOL LOL LOL.
TYPICAL TAMILNET MOUTHPIECE, GOOD DESSERT FOR STUPID KAPPAM TAKERS, IN SCARBOROUGH, LONDON AND SYDNEY LOL LOL LOL
WHAT A MORON – THIS IS WHAT A TERRORIST BREED (ARULARAR- shame on you terrorist, you have blood in your hand for all the deaths you have caused, which you will pay in hell)
Really embarrassed to be Sri Lankan right now. These comments are just spewing with hatred and bigotry.
What the fuck she is doing??? She made her self look like a hoot , front of million of Americans. She had no idea what she was talking about. I like her songs.. but his woman is a jackass. This is what happens when the Rapper’s try to pose as intelligent..
In Los Angeles recently on a private trip, president Rajapaksa, the man largely credited with the success of the current military campaign, revealed how he had helped save M.I.A.?s father Arular Arular from the Tamil Tigers. During a visit to Sri Lanka in 2007, Arulpragasam, a founding member of the revolutionary EROS group, fearing for his life at the hands of the LTTE, had sought and received special security protection from the very source of M.I.A.?s genocide bogey ? the Sri Lankan government.
(M.I.A or) her father has not denied the above statement to date. There is a clear difference when someone speaks for the LTTE and for Tamils.I leave the rest for you all to make your own judgment!!!!!!!
People, please: proofread your posts.
Speaking of which, Paper Planes is awesome.
Why are there 73 posts in a row with not one person who’s ever signed up here before?
Really strange. Anyway, going to actually watch the damn youtube video now.
Yea, I think this thread got hijacked. It looks to me like a lot of the posts bashing her are by maybe one or two people. They all have one thing in common: horrible spelling.
That’s where all the down-voting is coming from too, I guess.
Guys,
in south of srilanka there are already new born babies with chinese faces!!!
as fathers serving their country in the north,mothers served their kiribath to chinese builders!!
as the war is over now mothers are abandoning their chinese babies before their husbands come home!!!our Soniaji promised SL that she would take care of the chinese babies as long as SL take care of the tamil babies in the north!!
now you know why they are killing the babies!!!
if baba says once,it means 100 times
I honestly dont give a toot about the politics involved here.
I’d much rather see MIA in a pair of booty shorts singing her number 1 smash hit “Paper Planes”.
If I was MIA and really concerned about my people I will do something to help the victims of the war to rebuilt. Not a single cent spent on a fellow Tamil and shes talking bulls–t. Take this straight, people who dont know her, her dad is a Terrorist, she is a Terrorist. Who want to know the truth about LTTE, try googleing. I’m sure you wont find a pleasant description. But for the innocent Tamil people shes another trying to make money out of them. I repeat, MAKING MONEY OUT OF THE INNOCENT TAMILS. MIA Stop using Tamils for your personal gains. If you really care about them how about showing it off by other means? HELPING maybe?
she dont know anything abt sri lankans tamils who have suffered a lot from bloddy civil war,even she benefited from the war that her parents claimed asylum coz of war,,,doe more details abt sri lankan n defence plz visit http://www.infolanka.com/news and http://www.defence.lk
MIA must be thinking that she is helping tamils but she’s ruining international sympathy towards Tamils by her exaggerated statements and her shortlived lies. Well.. you cannot blame the poor girl as all she knows is the opinion of her LTTE father who’s trained in Lebenon.
I hope the LTTE will not drag more civillians to the grave in their suicidal mission. Now the LTTE is not strong enough to kill the tamil politicians with different opinions, I hope the educated tamil leaders will emerge again to lead their community. Please give some credit to the Sri Lankan government as now the lunatic with a disturbed childhood, who couldn’t pass his 8th grade(LTTE leader) is not leading the whole tamil community any more.
Manju Menaka. Don’t let racist ideas get over you. Don’t make fun of “Having no land” concept even at the most extremist terrorist supporter as it might hirt moderate tamils too. Don’t forget we have a big responsibilty in accomodating all ethnic groups under one flag. Your opinion also counts no matter how small the place it has in the web. Every unkind word we utter against the tamils will give more excuses for the terrorists to get hold of the tamil civilians and turn them into child soldiers or living bombs.
MIA is a bladdy bastered mother fucking bitch. She is a prositiute. Dont worry about her comments.
I think most people doesn?t know how to right a commons. think 3,4 times and right positive. We all know sinhalay?s modaya. Singhala fools not working hard. They knows robbery, cheating, kidnapping . these modayas not agreed fact story .all singhalayas communal bladdy bastered
Dont believe the Tamil Sakkily bitch…she is a LTTE Tamil Terrorist suppoter…bloody Tamils you all can go back to Kakkanadu soon..!
IF ANYBODY IN THE WORLD WANT TO KNOW, HOW IS MOST OF THE SINHALA PEOPLE’S MIND ABOUT TAMILS, YOU SHOULD READ DEEPLY AAL OF THEIR COMMENTS IN EVERY MATTER ABOUT TAMILS. THEN YOU WILL EASILY REALAIZE HOW THEY WILL TREAT TAMILS IN THEIR HOMELAND.
If something happen to our president and/or others, UN war crime, tamils have to leave sri lanka immediately. There will be no tamils in sri lanka what so ever. I will personally form a tamil genocide group and get ride of them all. Diaspora can support you in WEST.
Your own genocide group eh Sinhala cunt? You’d only be fulfilling your breed’s legacy, why form a new group.
Fuckin british indeed. Robbed a peaceful Tamil nation of their independent country in the North East of the island Eelam. Long Live Tamil Eelam!!
To know abt the SL situation, you don’t have to be in there. Now, even the tamil children born in abroad, know what is happening in SL. They r going to be the next generation, who is going to take care of liberating a Tamil elam.
Dear Sinhaleese
We the tamil diaspora understand your frustration. You want to wipe us out, but its too late. You are a generation behind us when it comes to long term strategy. It was under the command of the Tamil National Leader we migrated to western countried. We know our strengths and weaknesses. But we plan accordingly. Now we will frustrate you everyday and every moment. You will never have complete victory. Its too late. If you can come and get us in the streets of Toronto, Paris and London. Its too late mother fuckers. We will make it painful for you. Very slowly, very, very slowly.
Remember from a long term strategic point, we are already winning. United we stand in the free western free world and we will make sure the sinhala people pay for their crimes.
This was a war against terrorism, not against tamil people. It’s the LTTE who started killing Sri Lankans( Sinhalese, Tamils, Muslims and other ethnicities); and not the Sinhalese people. Tha government put a stop to killing Sri Lankans by a terriorist group named LTTE.
Hey Guys,
Dont bark at MIA and Bill. He just gave chance to give her voice. we all know that Tamils have no voice and whats wrong in giving an opportunity for them?
Keep quite and enjoy Bills shows.
thank you
didn’t realize so many sri lankans read stereogum. weird.
seriously. i’m getting out while i can! aahhhh!
Sri Lankans and a bunch of republican morons!
She is undermining all the bad shit that happens in the world by lying about the situation in Sri Lanka. If she feel bad for civilians she needs to speak up against the LTTE which held Tamils by force as human shields and hostages. Yes a lot of people died to conclude a bloody war that ravaged for 30 years in Sri Lanka but it was the LTTE to which her father belongs that made sure the maximum number of civilians were killed. So basically she is defending her father’s terrorist organization that was decapitated by the democratically elected government. I hope she at least work towards peace without spreading hatred.
Ahhh like all the other tamils MIA is a sore loser. Accept it. you lost!
bill maher is a douche
She really is an idiot and should stick to what she’s good at: blabbing nonsensically over Switch and Diplo while trying to get over her sophomore slump. It’s also funny how women aren’t hot anymore after having kids.
wow this is comment section is fucking hilarious. so much racism and hate and shit goin on in here. are the heads of sri lankan military groups reading stereogum or something?
I’m not going to claim that I really know much about this issue and I doubt any of you people know what the fuck you’re talking about either because “facts” are hard to find and easy to dilute, especially on the internet you can put out anything.
BUT REGARDLESS
the origin of the civil war is from generations of oppression to, as Maher calls them, “minorities”. And being assholes and shouting racial remarks and bitching on this music blog isn’t really going to do anything but feed the fire that started the whole thing.
Calm the fuck down you guys are basically being internet trolls.
WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO MY STEREOGUMZ?!?!?
Oh Christ I got a good laugh reading these comments! It’s always an education when something vaguely political gets posted and suddenly all the world’s partisan trolls come crawling out of the woodwork. Are there not mods to screen this sort of thing out?
As an American who has lived in Sri Lanka for several years, it is quite impossible for me to not loathe the terrible, brutal, racist Sinhala-led government. I am not an LTTE supporter, but the LTTE are (were) the symptom, not the cause here. Use some logic: MIA is a person sticking up for innocent civilians caught up in a war zone; she is not an ‘LTTE sympathizer’. Being Tamil and supporting innocent Tamil civilians is not the same thing as being a ‘terrorist’. Remember, only violent acts by rebels are considered ‘terrorist’, while the government’s violence is treated as somehow ‘ok’ – clearly both sides should be condemned here.
MIA is the only person speaking publicly on such a large platform for the rights of innocent Tamil civilians trapped in the war zone. Please treat her with some respect, or at least learn a little bit about the situation in Sri Lanka before you use such explicit language and say such horrible, ignorant things.
Bill Maher should go suck a …you know
MIA comes across as being pretty dimwitted here. Bill has to keep prodding her to simply give a brief overview of the situation in Sri Lanka, and she can’t seem to do it very succinctly at all. Bill is right – the average American does not even know where Sri Lanka is on a map, let alone a single shred of knowledge about its history of civil war.
Stick to making music, lady. You don’t help your cause.
i have no clue why this interview even happened.. ALL together weird….
kaytea mcintosh // xo publicity
I want you to say “Fuck the SLA and the LTTE.”
Say “Fuck all you hillbillies.”
If you disrespect M.I.A… i’ll get ur fucking fake ass mustaches chopped like you did my family.
The LTTE protected us you gay ass muthafuckerz. But they fucked us too.
The SLA attacked innocent civilians by the thousands as well.
M.I.A isn’t lying you stupid bastardz.
Living in corrupt JVP supported Rajapussy’s regime will make you even dumber.
That’s why ppl in SL are brainwashed because you guys want Rajapussy’s dick… well he doesn’t have one.
So shut fuck up and esad.
I’m tired of these gay ass comments.
The LTTE too.. fuck you too. Why’d you attack Muslims? Fuck you Karuna..
Karuna is like Osama bin Laden but somehow he became California state governor.
Why the fuck did your govt. let in Karuna?
Cuz the govt. is GAY!
Why’d you kill Lasantha? Cuz he was straight.. damn right he was straight.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasantha_Wickramatunge
Rajapussy and Kunduprabhu can kiss each other’s hyena ass cuz mine’s for my sweet girl… yeah she’s Sinhala.. that’s right.
Sinhala and Tamils unite!
Fuck gay ass bitches like Rajapussy and Kunduprabhu.
They don’t rep us.
They only fuck us cuz they’re gay.
KICK THEIR ASS INTO THE OCEAN!
Then only you’re a real SRI LANKAN.
Kick those who raped women and killed innocents (SLA/LTTE) into the OCEAN!
Open up the news media.. this is no different from Nazi Germany.
Kick him out before it’s too late.
The U.S. will declare war on terror in SL if you guys don’t do it first.
Stop the racists!
Peace ma Sri Lankan brothaz and sistaz.
Kothurotti for life!
Sri Lanka is a rich cultural melting pot, MIA has never mentioned in her interviews anything about the positive side of Sri Lanka’s diverse past…due to colonialism the Portuguese,Dutch,English and other European countries all been to Sri Lanka…sinhalese and tamils are so diverse..it was was the english who in th first place brought the small tamil population from the southern part of India “Tamil Nadu”..years on it is the Tamil Tigers(LTTE terroist group) who want to divide Sri Lanka all that ignorant people such as MIA do is stirr up more political problems for Sri Lankans all over the world…if MIA actually talked about something positive, for example the fact that Sri lankans are united, even through civil war, in Sri Lanka (sinhalese/tamils/buddhists/catholics/christians/muslims all live & work together on that tiny island together) sri lanka has so much beauty in its rich artistic history due to all the different ethnicities which have been there…every country has political struggles, the middle east is far worse off than Sri Lanka…or in Australia, the indigenous aboriginal tribal communities have been ruined due to Europeans interference…right now if u read the current sri lakan news the country has worked hard to finally reach peace, but off course this is not good enough for MIA ,she just a one-sided, narrow minded brat who just makes noise always about the bad, plus if she really wants to help Sri lankans instead of complianing so much she needs to actually go to Sri lanka and help the people, there is no good in her jus shouting about some comments in a newspaper..she is a classic attention seeker making noise to get more popular..she is bad representation for the Sri Lankan people..it is mostly westerners who support her because they know little abt the true struggles of the sri lankan people/history…In regards to her music, she always samples and rips off other artists, for example tht song paper planes is only a catchy tune because she took the music from the song “Straight to Hell” by the Clash..i have no respect for wannabe artists tht get credit from other artist’s genuine talents…originality in the arts is soo rare these day its very diappointing