Tiger ban blown away with the smoke ban

"Thaaththa," Bindu Udagedera asked, "what will happen to the Tigers now?"
"Why, Bindu, why are you worried about them?" Bindu's father wanted to know.
"Why, thaaththa, shouldn't they be very worried now?" Bindu asked.
"Why should they worry all of a sudden, Bindu?" Percy queried, "is it because Bala is said to be terminally ill?"
"That may also be a problem when someone else has to write Prabhakaran's annual speech," Bindu declared, "but that is not what I was concerned about…"
"What bothered you, then?" Percy wanted to know.
"Why, thaaththa, they say the Tigers should be banned…"
"What is so worrying about that?" Percy was puzzled.
"Why, thaaththa, just imagine what would happen if they ban the Tigers…"
"Why, do you expect the Tigers to just retreat into their jungle hideouts and never return?" Percy demanded.
"Well, there would be no more interviews with their spokesmen and poor Thamilselvan will be out of a job…" Bindu suggested.
"Quite apart from Thamilselvan, even Erik Solheim may be without a job…" Percy said.
"And there would be no more joy rides to Geneva …" Bindu said.
"That is true," Percy said, "and there would be no more meetings with foreign dignitaries and smiling for the television cameras too…" Percy observed.
"Is that why everyone now wants the Tigers banned, thaaththa?" Bindu asked.
"Well, it is not exactly everyone who wants them banned…" Percy said.
"Why do you say that, thaaththa?"
"Why, they said that even the Cabinet was divided as to whether the Tigers should be banned…"
"With such a huge Cabinet," Bindu argued, "they are likely to be divided on almost any issue…"
"Well, even the Greens don't seem to be very keen to ban the Tigers altogether" Percy pointed out.
"But thaaththa," Bindu said, "the rathu sahodarayas and the Buddhist monks are equally insistent that they should be banned totally…"
"And will that solve all our problems?" Percy wanted to know.
"They certainly seem to think that it will solve most of our problems…" Bindu said.
"For that to happen," Percy said, "the Tigers should be banned and then they should be defeated militarily…"
"That is not impossible, I suppose…" Bindu countered.
"What is also not impossible is for the Tigers to attack whenever and wherever they want, just like they did a few days ago…" Percy declared.
"What should be done then?" Bindu asked, "if they keep on attacking and planting bombs when every effort is being made to talk to them?"
"I guess there are no easy answers to that," Percy said, "but banning them altogether is like banning smoking in public places…"
"Why do you say that, thaaththa?" Bindu was puzzled.
"Well, expecting the Tigers to fall in line just because you ban them is like expecting all people to stop smoking, just because you bring in a news law banning smoking in public places…" Percy suggested.
"And just like in smoking, a lot of innocent people who happen to be at the wrong place at the wrong time will lose their lives…" Bindu said.
Percy couldn't agree more.