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A Collective Failure to Fail

Syed Shah March 20, 2007

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#2 Posted by joieya on March 21, 2007 3:42:47 am

The article has fairly a good voice among the slogans of death first and then grief cycle after the exit from WC.

I recollect that French football team was the winner of 1998 WC but they were elimianted in the first round of 2002 WC itself. There was acute criticism but no `` Arrest `` slogans or bizarre stuff that we observed over the last few days.

We must remember though that day to to day life has become so futile for the so called `` common man `` of Pakistan that the only cheapest escape available is media hypnotic sport of cricket. This is the only window of fresh air for many amid of now ever chaotic circumstances in almost all walks of our society.
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#1 Posted by ballukhan on March 20, 2007 5:36:29 pm
Conspiracy theory runs in the blood.
Even Musharaff is claiming ``conspiracy`` against him.
Infact Islamist version of TNT remains the best conspiracy theory - the SDPI report on the Pakistan`s Text books shows how the Pakistani State`s historiography depicts Pakistani nationhood to be founded so as to save sub-continent muslims from ``conspiracy`` of British and other communities ?
Masadi is the most recent re-statement of what happens when Islamist-TNT meets the Marxist-Elitism conspiracy theory. Al Qaeda is already eyeing Masadi as a possible candidate for being their chief ideologue who can cut and paste from Marxist-Elitism and make his conspiracy theory sound ``intellectual``.
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