Broiler Gov.
Prof. Chandana Abeyratne, Minister of Public Administration blah blah, stated “If the broiler chicken production can be halted, the monkey and peacock problem would be resolved.” In other words, the learned professor is suggesting that if the Lankans didn’t have enough chicken, they would start eating monkey and peacock. I’d say the learned professor has very well summarised the Lankans, especially those who voted AKD and his broiler government.
Prior to the election, one of my previous associates added me to a supposed Animal Lovers WhatsApp group. You know those Colombo animal lovers who eat animals… this was one of them. Most of my time there was spent trying to prove to them that you can’t be an animal lover while also eating them… I shared the Animal Protection policy of Namal Vision, which I personally wrote for Namal Rajapaksa’s manifesto. And lo behold, the Animal Lovers went berserk. They demanded that I'd be removed from the group saying that a Rajapaksa loyalist cannot be in an Animal Lovers group. I left the group in peace.
At least Namal Rajapaksa doesn’t eat meat. He had stopped it on his own volition when he was young. Gotabaya Rajapaksa too doesn’t consume meat. I’ve dined with them a number of times and I’ve seen them stick to their principle no matter what the occasion may be. A trait which I admire very much. It not only shows compassion to other sentient beings but also demonstrates strong character (වීර්ය) in controlling one’s temptations.
Coming back to the NPP minister’s “brilliant” solution, I too think that if there were no chicken, the Lankans would actually start eating not just monkey or peacock, but also cat, dog, snake and insects. The Lankans are barbaric. We saw a glimpse of that barbarism on the 9th of May and July. The way the Lankan youth came running, jumping over fences and climbing over walls was a scene of apocalypse. It was like a zombie invasion.
The only thing that made Lankans civilised was the Buddha Dharma. The story of Arahat Mahendra preventing King Tissa from hunting a deer before preaching Dharma is symbolic of taming the under-developed hunter-mind of the Lankan to a developed civilised one. But since the erosion of the Dharma from the Lankan society it has once again fallen to its original state of cruelty. May the Dharma Guide Your Way!
