AS A display of contempt towards the sanctity of humanitarian assistance, a massacre, blamed on Sri Lankan soldiers, of 17 locally hired aid workers last summer takes some beating.

• 作为一种蔑视人道救援神圣性的展示，去年夏天斯里兰卡士兵对17名当地救援工作雇员的屠杀可谓是最好的一种方式了。