Gotabaya and State Building = Gotabaya vs Victor Ivan
Religions and state buildings are historically intertwined. Actions of Galagoda Attte Gnansara Tera shall be understood in this context. Victor Ivon seems to miss this point in previous article published in Colombo Telegraph. Once religion was what kept the realm/boarders somewhat coherent and in the shape of a modern state - think about the both Roman Empires. What changed when the Holy one changed into modern nation-states is the inevitable caricaturisation of old ideas around social contracts. This is the period we now recognise as Western Enlightenment. The subjects which once kept within the boarders of states together by good old power and the belief of God now changes into somewhat secular subjects which happened to be living in social contracts. However, it is obvious for those who realise it that even today the core of the Western beliefs are still broadly based on the Christian religious underpinning. It is because of it has a strong appeal to common ethics, not t