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"No matter who wins in January, the message is unmistakable: To be truly considered Sri Lankan these days, one must accept the primacy and glory of the country’s Sinhalese Buddhist past. Unless it is challenged, this mindset will pose a far greater danger to Sri Lanka than the blows of hard-line thugs."via: http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/01/03/opinion/sri-lankas-violent-buddhists.html?referrer&#38;_r=0