"more Tamils are questioning the LTTE, while the Sinhalese-dominated government needs to do a better job,"

"In some ways, it's the kind of classic minority-majority relationship," Webb said of the linguistic, cultural and religious differences between the predominantly Buddhist Sinhalese and Hindu Tamils. Her impression is that more Tamils are questioning the LTTE, while the Sinhalese-dominated government needs to do a better job of treating ethnic minorities in a "just and equitable way," she said. - Rita Webb, is a field team member for the Minneapolis-based Nonviolent Peaceforce. The aim of the nonprofit organization in Sri Lanka is to help strengthen civic society at the grass-roots level. - Reported in Facing a sudden disaster, Twin Cities.com