"We can't do that through divisiveness.
The incumbent Rajapaksa administration had governed largely through divisiveness and fear, and it had persecuted critics.
Under the new paradigm, of course, voters would boot out any politicians who sought power through divisiveness.
Sadly for all of us, there is strong scientific, psychological, and even spiritual evidence that immersing ourselves in negativity and divisiveness -- whether through politics, the media, our jobs, personal relationships, or anything in our social environment -- has serious harmful consequences.
The Russian president has shrewdly exploited whatever gaps western powers have offered him, whether through neglect, divisiveness or miscalculation.
It is also important to distinguish between UN agencies like OCHA (Organisation for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs), which deliver aid and ameliorate suffering, and UN bodies like the Security Council that regularly stymie those efforts through diplomatic divisiveness.
Third, political and community leaders have a responsibility to speak out against discrimination and intolerance, and to counter those who seek to win votes through fearmongering and divisiveness.
As Ross Howard suggested, much of the divisiveness in the country is portrayed through a very narrow frame which limits the public engagement in finding non-violent alternatives and solutions.
However, the damage done through the use of such tactics, the divisiveness sown by these pseudo-patriots, the resurgence of bigotry and hatred enshrined in the dangerous and reckless use of a strategy designed to segregate the country into good and bad, Christians versus Pagans, white versus all others, will be with us for quite some time and the healing process will be painful.
In Hong Kong, for example, the South China Morning Post highlighted the divisiveness of the campaign that led up to election day through a cartoon showing a top-hatted Uncle Sam being sawn in half, watched over by the two contenders.
