Peter Luger vegetarians and 42nd Street virgins

Topic started by Salim_Chauhan on Sep 24, 2008 10:03:01 pm

"Feudalism is a curse and it should be eradicated from Pakistan, but not in my home province of Sind and certainly not my family's lands." Leading "moderate" Paki patriot.

"Extremism and violence are bad and that is why I want the Air Force to carpet bomb FATA and kill all the terrorists." Leading "moderate" Paki human rights activist

Considering this type of thinking, is it any wonder that Pakistanis cannot solve their own problems?

#140 Posted by majumdar on September 24, 2008 9:05:39 pm
{"Salimbhai,

Both accurate and entertaining at the same time, an usual hallmark of all your FP articles. Will leave behind comments in details later, esp Kashmir-Hyd."}

Majumdar Bhai,

Thank you for your positive feedback and I look forward to your dependably polite and interesting comments.

I am rather disappointed by some of my usual detractors. Not one of them noticed the main theme of the article. They could not comprehend or refused to acknowledge that curbing military spending, restructuring the army on a national service model, and relying on tactical nuclear weapons, instead of the customary expensive toys, will help resolve many of Pakistan's problems.

Some of these Peter Luger vegetarians argued passionately in the defense of their respective sacred cows. One so-called Pakistani even suggested that just because Mahmud Ghaznavi destroyed Hindu temples, religious extremism was already present in Pakistan long before Zia enforced Nizam-e-Mustafa. Of course the fact that "Major Daddy" was part of the ruling clique did not prejudice this selectively logical expert on Pakistan.

Another Pakistani interactor, more resourceful than the first one, reconfigured historical events to prove that religious extremism was really a Karachi-based Mohajir conspiracy that forced Zia to become a pawn in their grip. Our very liberal Morse code enthusiast attributed the spread of extremism to the lack of razor blades in the rank and file of the Pak military.

Most of the Indians had a very simple suggestion for so-called "moderate" Muslim Pakistanis. Forget Kashmir, abandon Islam, and engage the extremists in one hell of a civil war. They really don't care who prevails as long as both sides lose with maximum losses.

Of course, like most things on Chowk, there is no absolute truth, logic, or vision. Everything is relative to one's personal agenda, personal associations, and the viewpoints of a person's allies and of course, whose ox is being gored.

Salim Chauhan