Fox off!

You are one writer who can place expressions like "blood-soaked pictures" and "honeymoon" together -- very courageous writing. Compulsions are strange to writers, things affect us a little more -- wow, you remind me of the time I took a course on Dadaism, I was so angry. It worked.
Well, atleast it made me understand the Movement.
I have always wanted to keep away from Politics, and yet it seems nothing is away from it. My idea is a focus on "bilingualism" -- I am a poet, and have seriously worked very hard ...understanding that my English Work, could possibly be in the dialects of "Urdu" -- has been a groundbreaking realization for me in the recent past.
It has helped me, I want to be able to help with it. "Urdu" the language, is just not as popular as it could be, if you were to take it up, I'm sure you could give words that extra-lingual touch, and bring Urdu into "intellectual"Pop-Culture again.
For example, "zeir-e-zameen" is underground, could that not become a symbol for us mad people? For, no doubt, I am mad, but then ,all Artists are -- here's the redeeming thought.

I'm writing all this to you, because I feel its socially relevant, and I don't know who else to write it to, at the moment.
I started work here:
someextracts.blogspot.com [Archives]

Will work more, if I feel that it will make a difference.

--Fatima.
In the nearest language, it always works.

I think coverage should be judged by its actual effect. For many CJ's extensive coverage was one of the major reasons behind putting Government on the backfoot and making 20th July's verdict possible. This may not mean much to individuals who think that the entire issue is irrelevant but a lot to those who participated in that movement.

Many a times our "judgement" is based on whether we like the issue which is being covered or think that the issue is relevant to the current problems. Moreover our judgement is also based on whether media's presentation of the issue endorses our viewpoint or not. If media is presenting our version than charges of over sensationalism are less likely to take place. Though media does sensationalize but its actual extent is severly disputable.

HP <<< While commenting on politics, one should at least try to understand who is saying what and where they come from. >>>

Great point, tahmed does not understand it because you have insinuated that the objects of his unconditional worship ``might`` have an agenda and might not be spending tens of billions annually in hidden budgets for ``civilization`` and ``democracy`` promotion. While instructing me to learn about the Soviet/Afghan war, he pointed me to the book Charlie Wilson`s War, written by US official bs promoter, 60-minutes producer George Crile, just as he is point others on here to Ahmed Rashid.

One of the reviewers of the book commented about Charlie Wilson`s War on Amazon.com `` The direction of one sided, pro-government ``journalism`` which serves as one of the tools used to brainwash the average American. ``

Finally his end point about HP being a ``lab specimen`` and a hater of Pakistan fits right in with his religion of dehumanizing all those who don`t agree with official US bs (in the fashion practiced by his gods who have segregated and stratified society based on just such criteria), as well as translating hate for the inhumane policies of the US into hate for Pakistan, -similar methodology is employed by the US elite as they try to convince the average American that what they desire is similar to what benefits the common man on the street...

tahmed wrote <<< HP - Please dont make generalizations like ``nothing moves in Pakistan unless the US says so``. An entire mountain moved in Chagai due to explosion of nuclear bombs built by Pakistan over a period of decades despite strong US opposition >>>

Of course when this person`s gods are insulted he has to rise to the occassion to defend them using flimsy reasoning. Better stated his reason should have read thus:

An entire mountain moved in Chagai due to explosion of nuclear bombs built by Pakistan over a period of decades despite the appearance of strong US opposition. Which is quite similar to the appearance of strong US support for democracy in Pakistan. Not to mention that soon after the mountain moved, the leadership that moved the mountain was moved into exile and the institution that has historically done the bidding of the US, assumed power, whose dictator general was fully supported by the U.S elite

Re: # 88 Masadi

``...despite the appearance of strong US opposition...``

Excellent point!