Comments on: stray reflections http://lahore.metblogs.com/2008/05/30/2191/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:25:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Hasan Mubarak http://lahore.metblogs.com/2008/05/30/2191/comment-page-1/#comment-10710 Hasan Mubarak Sun, 01 Jun 2008 20:04:03 +0000 http://lahore.metblogs.com/2008/05/30/2191/#comment-10710 We desperately need something to celebrate :P We desperately need something to celebrate :P

]]> By: mohsin855 http://lahore.metblogs.com/2008/05/30/2191/comment-page-1/#comment-10705 mohsin855 Fri, 30 May 2008 08:40:12 +0000 http://lahore.metblogs.com/2008/05/30/2191/#comment-10705 love it, thanks for writing it! love it, thanks for writing it!

]]> By: azface http://lahore.metblogs.com/2008/05/30/2191/comment-page-1/#comment-10700 azface Thu, 29 May 2008 23:12:26 +0000 http://lahore.metblogs.com/2008/05/30/2191/#comment-10700 Faraz, I couldn't agree with you more. I think when a society stoops to a level where we settle our feuds with exchange of women is just plain unacceptable. But who is to blame...surely the people who are carring out these monstrous acts cannot be blamed entirely. For generations, the masses have been kept systematically illiterate and poor to feed the greed of corrupt rich people, feudal lords and overzealous religious hate preachers. What hope is there for people in far flung villages where there is no law but the law of the feudal lord. It is sickening I tell you. The fact that this is all happening in the 21st century is even more shocking. I really think the people ought to over turn the whole political and social fabric of our society and start from scratch. I appreciate it's easier said than done but we must start from somewhere. I think the first step could really be regular inter-racial/religious/class/provincial dialogues where we end up discussing our problems and find common solutions. On a silly note, something along the lines of Jerry Springer show where you vent out your anger but end up solving most of the issues. I don't mean that we have to wrestle each other during the discussion! Faraz, I couldn’t agree with you more. I think when a society stoops to a level where we settle our feuds with exchange of women is just plain unacceptable. But who is to blame…surely the people who are carring out these monstrous acts cannot be blamed entirely.

For generations, the masses have been kept systematically illiterate and poor to feed the greed of corrupt rich people, feudal lords and overzealous religious hate preachers. What hope is there for people in far flung villages where there is no law but the law of the feudal lord. It is sickening I tell you. The fact that this is all happening in the 21st century is even more shocking.

I really think the people ought to over turn the whole political and social fabric of our society and start from scratch. I appreciate it’s easier said than done but we must start from somewhere. I think the first step could really be regular inter-racial/religious/class/provincial dialogues where we end up discussing our problems and find common solutions.

On a silly note, something along the lines of Jerry Springer show where you vent out your anger but end up solving most of the issues. I don’t mean that we have to wrestle each other during the discussion!

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