The "new-killer" deal?
A joke for you my lovelies:
A father and son are walking on the beach when suddenly a wave comes and takes the son away. Shocked, the father looks up at the sky and says: "God, I have been a good man please bring back my son, I will be forever greatful!" The next second, another wave comes and suddenly his son is standing ..alive and in the exact same spot where he was before the first wave hit. The father took one look at his son and looked up at the sky and started crying his eyes out and started cursing God..after a minute or so he stopped and he shouted up to the sky and said: "God, you forgot his hat!"
Aren't we like that often times?
Whining err...criticizing (excuse me for that horrendous blunder) is a collective property of individuals who belong to a nation or anything that is established basically. More on that, we are seeing a whole lot of self-criticism nowadays in Pakistan. We are whining as to how the leaders in the past used politics to gain power and money earlier and how they are doing right now without sparing a thought or two for the awaam under this "fully democratic functioning government". As falling stars hit the ground in Karachi, another file of arguments has started as per the responsiveness of the government of Pakistan to such incidents. Especially before the security-heightened romantic meeting between the leader of the closest ally of war on terror and the man in charge of war on terror. Apparently, it can be known by pictures of some random security camera at the location of the incident that who the suicide bomber was. This isn't the first time so we don't have much hope but what people/organization it reveals is still gonna be interesting. My deepest condolences to those who've lost their loved ones in this incident.
They say "curiosity kills". What is certainly bothering me is the timing of this nuclear deal with India by George W. Bush. Whatsup with that? That too when he plans to land in the borders of the military foe of that very deal-struck nation just days after. Iran cannot use its own resources to exercise its power ability but on the other hand, India gets a deal for its appetite for "energy". Care if I use the word "hypocrisy" in here. Anyhow, I am still unable to guess the rationality and reasoning behind it from Pakistan's point of view, which happens to be the "closest ally of United States in an ongoing war on terror". Drop me a line on this query, if you can please.
In other news, Muralitharan has completed 1000 international wickets and blogspot has been banned in Pakistan:)
A father and son are walking on the beach when suddenly a wave comes and takes the son away. Shocked, the father looks up at the sky and says: "God, I have been a good man please bring back my son, I will be forever greatful!" The next second, another wave comes and suddenly his son is standing ..alive and in the exact same spot where he was before the first wave hit. The father took one look at his son and looked up at the sky and started crying his eyes out and started cursing God..after a minute or so he stopped and he shouted up to the sky and said: "God, you forgot his hat!"
Aren't we like that often times?
Whining err...criticizing (excuse me for that horrendous blunder) is a collective property of individuals who belong to a nation or anything that is established basically. More on that, we are seeing a whole lot of self-criticism nowadays in Pakistan. We are whining as to how the leaders in the past used politics to gain power and money earlier and how they are doing right now without sparing a thought or two for the awaam under this "fully democratic functioning government". As falling stars hit the ground in Karachi, another file of arguments has started as per the responsiveness of the government of Pakistan to such incidents. Especially before the security-heightened romantic meeting between the leader of the closest ally of war on terror and the man in charge of war on terror. Apparently, it can be known by pictures of some random security camera at the location of the incident that who the suicide bomber was. This isn't the first time so we don't have much hope but what people/organization it reveals is still gonna be interesting. My deepest condolences to those who've lost their loved ones in this incident.
They say "curiosity kills". What is certainly bothering me is the timing of this nuclear deal with India by George W. Bush. Whatsup with that? That too when he plans to land in the borders of the military foe of that very deal-struck nation just days after. Iran cannot use its own resources to exercise its power ability but on the other hand, India gets a deal for its appetite for "energy". Care if I use the word "hypocrisy" in here. Anyhow, I am still unable to guess the rationality and reasoning behind it from Pakistan's point of view, which happens to be the "closest ally of United States in an ongoing war on terror". Drop me a line on this query, if you can please.
In other news, Muralitharan has completed 1000 international wickets and blogspot has been banned in Pakistan:)
posted by feveri at
4:37 AM
6 Comments:
I just don't understand people in Pakistan sometimes.
Tolerance is needed, and that can only be achieved through education. Basically, there needs to be a change in culture.
I wrote a rather lengthy post about the whole cartoon issue if you want to read it:
http://ganai.com/archives/2006/02/08/the-muhammad-caricature-controversy/
By
Anonymous, at 3/03/2006 9:15 PM
Let me try the link again.
Click.
By
Anonymous, at 3/03/2006 9:16 PM
i agree with your point of view. i think bush upset the balance of power by giving india access to US nuclear resources. this double standard US foreign policy is causing a lot of harm to the world.
By
Anonymous, at 3/03/2006 11:40 PM
omar - thanks for the link. Yeah, I did read through it and you make some valid points.
I agree with your comment that tolerance can only be achieved through education but my concern is what kind of education exactly?
We need to define that first. Does few tons of bio and checm books does it all? Of course not! (and I'm just adding onto your thought here) Actions also speak and we need to focus on them also. Our government's actions need to speak. Upcoming generation's definition of "education", I think, must be changed as to what it is right now if we really want to change the culture.
By
feveri, at 3/05/2006 10:02 PM
The schools need to teach Pakistanis how to think critically. Question everything. Question themselves, question their government, and question their faith.
The present culture of "Do what I tell you to do, because the Quran says so!", is leading to a bad way of thinking.
I realize that religion is important, but what's the point of it if you just blindly follow it?
I admit that it's very easy for me to say as a person living in the States, and as a person that has never actually "lived" in Pakistan (although I do visit every 4 years or so).
But getting pissed off at a cartoon so much that it leads to death and violence is downright embarassing.
When the majority of Pakistanis begin to think in a independant manner, only then do I see a change in culture, and hope.
By
Anonymous, at 3/06/2006 10:47 PM
omar - yeah agreed with your thought there. It is totally understandable that the education system needs to be redefined and everything must be questioned (after all that is how religions were spread at their respective times when people actually questioned their faiths and accepted what seemed true to them) but then WHO does it?
That is another broad issue that needs to be addressed and HOW do we exactly do it? Remodeling of schools is necessary but who'll take charge of that task. It has to be someone in near future before this situation gets even bleaker.
Yeah, I understand your frustration on the protests regarding the "cartoon issue" and I share your viewpoint.
"When the majority of Pakistanis begin to think in a independant manner, only then do I see a change in culture, and hope.
Yeah and I understand the change isn't gonna be overnight (just adding on it). It'll take time but we really need to envision the right channels through which the culture can be changed. We keep talking about it but HOW do we do it? I, personally, can't think past remodeling of schools and reforming our education system per se but there must be more ways of getting it started as our country isn't the only one ever to be stuck in this dilemma...
By
feveri, at 3/07/2006 1:30 AM
Post a Comment
<< Home