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• Well, I'm late to this stream, but I'm Sri Lankan. And I’m Sinhalese. And I want to be proud of MIA because of her work and her heritage, but I just can't. Her first album is called Arulan, the code
  (posted to It was only a matter of time before we started calling M.I.A. a terrorist.)
• Thanks Samhita for your response. I just think while mainstream media doesn't cover this issue, we shouldn't rely on what MIA says as gospel either -- she's an artist, not a historian and there's no truth to her comment about
  (posted to It was only a matter of time before we started calling M.I.A. a terrorist.)
• Gregory - In a comment I wrote to Samhita's original post, I said pretty much what you did (except that I have done actual academic research on this) - that the tamils have legitimate grievances based on being marginalized over
  (posted to Me and MIA)
• If anyone is in the NYC area, the UN Special Rapporteur on the adequate housing is going to be at a town hall meeting -- I'm cutting and pasting from the flyer below... I think that along with the concerns
  (posted to Domestic violence survivor evicted for reporting abuser )
• If anyone is in the NYC area, the UN Special Rapporteur on the adequate housing is going to be at a town hall meeting -- I'm cutting and pasting from the flyer below... I think that along with the concerns
  (posted to Domestic violence survivor evicted for reporting abuser )

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• Landlords are major pricks sometimes. A coworker of mine has recently dealt with a similar issue. She and her boyfriend had several violent incidents at her apartment and I believe she called the police at least twice in two months. (posted to Domestic violence survivor evicted for reporting abuser )
• That's horrific. You should contact Kathy Cleaves-Milan's lawyer. (posted to Domestic violence survivor evicted for reporting abuser )
• "served her with eviction papers for violating the terms of the lease, citing the criminal activity she had reported to police." What criminal activity did she report to police? Was it the gun in the house? Was it something to (posted to Domestic violence survivor evicted for reporting abuser )
• That's what I was thinking about. I hope the landlord wouldn't evict her for doing the safe thing. But if there was criminal activty that could get them involved in charges themselves, lawsuits from other tenants or put other tenants (posted to Domestic violence survivor evicted for reporting abuser )
• Someone save her!! Do children and women not matter anymore? (posted to Domestic violence survivor evicted for reporting abuser )

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