Sinhalese burnt Tamils like Christians burnt witches

I think talking about 83, is like telling Christians about the catholic church burning people in the middle ages. I think the key is to isolate today's people from those who lived then. The sinhalese who live today are true Sinhalese, and not racists who spoke sinhalese and made stupid choices. People will be people, mistakes were made. Enough of it. Let's communicate this with all tamil friends we know. Any Sinhalese would want to agree. And it would endear them to tamil people without pushing them away.

Please note this is not because there is NO ethnic distancing, but because there IS at the moment.