The articles ends with the following..* It might be too early to tell who was behind these attacks, as old-fashioned journalists are fond of saying, but we can safely say that pictures of young men wearing sneakers, backpacks and brandishing AK-47s, and TV presenters demanding revenge, will be the only spectator sport on Pakistani TV channels for some time.*
On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 12:57 PM, damodar prasad <[email protected]>wrote: > * > http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20090316&fname=Cover+Story&sid=4 > * > *Exploding Cherries* > *Where is the backlash of the Pakistani cricket fanatic* Imran Khan is > one of the many mainstream politicians, commentators and socialites in > Pakistan who seem to think that if they slip in a nice word about militants, > they will reciprocate by showing restraint, or at least not attack the only > cricket team in the world brave and friendly enough to visit Pakistan during > the past 14 months........... > ................Pakistanis also have some other well-documented passions: > they love to send their children to the best schools they can afford, they > are mad about pop music, and they like to also indulge in the occasional > dance routine. > > During the past few months, militants have shown no respect for any of > these popular pastimes either. There was no backlash when more than 200 > schools were demolished by the Taliban in the Swat valley. There was not a > squeak of protest when more than 500 music shops were shut down in Mingora, > the main town in the valley. There were only murmurs of horror when a dancer > named Shabana was dragged into the city square and killed. ("Don’t slit my > throat, just shoot me," Shabana was reported to have said.) Intellectuals > like Imran Khan who are remarkably, and rightly I must add, articulate when > it comes to lecturing America about its foreign policy, and documenting > Israeli atrocities in Gaza, did not utter the word ‘dancer’ or ‘Shabana’ > because they thought it might infuriate the militant > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
