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	<title>Comments on: Long March as it happens</title>
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		<title>By: kaami</title>
		<link>http://lahore.metblogs.com/2009/03/12/long-march-as-it-happens/comment-page-1/#comment-12483</link>
		<dc:creator>kaami</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 13:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>On a serious note I am pasting my response to my dear &quot;kabirdas&quot; posted on another blog but relevant here as well.

@kabirdas

Again I respect you and what you are trying to achieve. I have seen lawyers community up and close and the lows they can go to, hence my views....I can be proven wrong.

For a society whose social fabric is founded on injustice the desired goal cannot be acieved by inviting chaos or revolution or by re-instatement. In modern times revolutions are an outdated concept and do more harm than good. The way forward for opressed societies is not to waiver in their quest for sustained development and growth. Look at Dubai and absolute monrchy and a police state but, day by day, year by year their citizens and even expats are getting more and more rights and goodies. Ok this might be an outlandish example but where is justice in China? however, if they maintain half of their current pace for the next 25 years, their society will be completely transformed. Another example Singapore or South Korea and now even India.

So in my humble opinion on the road to progress you need to side line the advocates of instability and just create enough room for useful people to do useful work (Kaam ke logoon ko Kaam karne do). As was the message of that great movie Field of Dreams - &quot;If you build they will come&quot;. And I add &quot;If you destroy they will flee&quot;

P.S. By useful people I mean: Enterpreneurs, economists, engineers, businessmen, educationists, scientists, doctors, accountants, architects, designers and other professionals etc.

This sounds like my own Schindler&#039;s List doesnt it?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On a serious note I am pasting my response to my dear &quot;kabirdas&quot; posted on another blog but relevant here as well.</p>
<p>@kabirdas</p>
<p>Again I respect you and what you are trying to achieve. I have seen lawyers community up and close and the lows they can go to, hence my views&#8230;.I can be proven wrong.</p>
<p>For a society whose social fabric is founded on injustice the desired goal cannot be acieved by inviting chaos or revolution or by re-instatement. In modern times revolutions are an outdated concept and do more harm than good. The way forward for opressed societies is not to waiver in their quest for sustained development and growth. Look at Dubai and absolute monrchy and a police state but, day by day, year by year their citizens and even expats are getting more and more rights and goodies. Ok this might be an outlandish example but where is justice in China? however, if they maintain half of their current pace for the next 25 years, their society will be completely transformed. Another example Singapore or South Korea and now even India.</p>
<p>So in my humble opinion on the road to progress you need to side line the advocates of instability and just create enough room for useful people to do useful work (Kaam ke logoon ko Kaam karne do). As was the message of that great movie Field of Dreams &#8211; &quot;If you build they will come&quot;. And I add &quot;If you destroy they will flee&quot;</p>
<p>P.S. By useful people I mean: Enterpreneurs, economists, engineers, businessmen, educationists, scientists, doctors, accountants, architects, designers and other professionals etc.</p>
<p>This sounds like my own Schindler&#8217;s List doesnt it?</p>
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		<title>By: kaami</title>
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		<dc:creator>kaami</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 01:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So far I see an underwhelming response to an overwhelming hype by media and bloggers.

While the rest of the country amuzes themselves with the show on TV its now upto Lahore and Pindi to perform.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So far I see an underwhelming response to an overwhelming hype by media and bloggers.</p>
<p>While the rest of the country amuzes themselves with the show on TV its now upto Lahore and Pindi to perform.</p>
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