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Nowhere: The Utopian Destination

Farzana Versey December 27, 2005

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#30 Posted by einsteinwallah on December 29, 2005 4:46:31 pm
{Pakistan is a failed state. So is India. }

India is not failed state. Period.

If the government really wanted to destroy evidence would it not be much better to cremate the bodies? Like it happened during KPS Gills`s times in Punjab?

You are an unhinged psychotic. That is all one can say of this article. It is a product of a raving mad person.
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#29 Posted by khamkhwa. on December 29, 2005 3:52:50 pm
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#28 Posted by chowkstaff on December 29, 2005 3:22:29 pm
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Sincerely
Chowk-staff
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#27 Posted by khamkhwa. on December 29, 2005 12:56:09 pm
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#26 Posted by arjun_m on December 29, 2005 12:44:44 pm
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#25 Posted by Salim_Chauhan on December 29, 2005 11:49:01 am
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#24 Posted by Salim_Chauhan on December 29, 2005 11:46:28 am
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#23 Posted by Saminasha on December 29, 2005 11:42:52 am
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#22 Posted by Saminasha on December 29, 2005 11:18:23 am
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#21 Posted by Salim_Chauhan on December 29, 2005 11:11:22 am
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#20 Posted by Salim_Chauhan on December 29, 2005 11:10:47 am
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#19 Posted by Saminasha on December 29, 2005 10:56:38 am
Re: # 18

still unclear....can anyone explain this sentence to me please?
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#18 Posted by khamkhwa. on December 29, 2005 9:42:26 am
Re: # 17
saminasha...
... all cats are black in darkness...;)
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#17 Posted by Saminasha on December 29, 2005 8:31:34 am
{``Utopia would require a man with clear sight to enter a dark cellar with a torch, find a black cat and proceed to paint it white.``}

Can someone explain what this sentence means?
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#16 Posted by Salim_Chauhan on December 29, 2005 8:08:30 am
#11, {``Salim: You are to be `informed` that ``enjoyment`` does not always result in lethargy....is this all you could come up with? No further discussion? ``}

Farzana,
That`s right... and please don`t forget that, OK?
No more silly and lazy articles like the one you wrote about that Thatcher fellow in Bombay or whatever his name is. You are much better than that. Did your dog write that article? :)
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#15 Posted by MantoLives on December 29, 2005 6:03:56 am
Dear Farzana,

I don`t know what eastern, western or other forms of democracy are... BUT in the constitution of 1973, Pakistan has a consensus document which fulfills expressions of all kinds... all we need to do in Pakistan is follow that constitution... and not try and follow any utopias...

I was reading this morning a college text from Aisha`s junior year.. called ``Approaching Democracy``... in one of the chapters, the writer argues that religion is all pervasive in American politics... but what the idealists aim to do is ``free exercise of religion``. Whatever real or imagined `ideological` aspirations for Pakistan... this ``free exercise of religion`` is central to any modern nation state... it is this what we ``secularists`` or those who harp on Jinnah`s vision want. When he spoke of a secular polity... he did not necessarily talk of building a berlin wall between church and state... but a wall high enough for the state to operate impartially...

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