George ka khuda hafiz

[RescueRanger]

RescueRanger, sadly I think the thought most strident in the minds of all the educated English speaking as-yet-insulated elite of Pakistan is that you have not yet plumbed the depths of rock bottom.

You make a fair point and i respect it. Let us allow time to be the judge on this, needless to say, sad to see George go.

 

[VCheng]

Show me the magic button, and I volunteer to press it.

The thing is, its a job, it won't be done overnight, it requires effort. We are talking about lifetimes worth of effort.

That is exactly my point AA. There is no magic button, and yet that is what many (not all) people dream of when debating how to fix the multitude of problems that Pakistan has presently.

I will venture a seed point: EDUCATION. Let there be a consensus driven by a political-military nexus with only this task. Nearly half the population of Pakistan is below 21. Teach half of them only three subjects (English, Maths, Science) up to 12th grade level within 10 years, with military officers overseeing the effort on a war footing.

What do you think?

 

[BelligerentPacifist]

^Why do you need to teach Maths, Science and esp. English? Does an English-speaking man trained in one of the Sciences not commit a crime? What use is an education that remains unexploited throughout a life?


I'd rather there'd be no education at all than a compromised one. I might not be sending my kids to school if the wife allows.

 

[BelligerentPacifist]

The goras have to go, ...

You are probably a gora, are you not? Is that because you left? I'm guessing no.

 

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[VCheng]

^Why do you need to teach Maths, Science and esp. English? Does an English-speaking man trained in one of the Sciences not commit a crime? What use is an education that remains unexploited throughout a life?


I'd rather there'd be no education at all than a compromised one. I might not be sending my kids to school if the wife allows.

Sure, your kids can be in the half that are not educated in these three crucial subjects. I have no problem respecting that point of view.

 

[AgNoStiC MuSliM]

This is a disappointment, it feels literally what he said so "I call it quits". I don't know who questioned his Pakistaniat, but to whoever I know he felt like a genuine patriot till he said that. I feel disappointed in him for throwing in the towel. What can be done? We aren't going to leave Pakistan with him, we know its quirks and faults, why tell us about his own failures to cope with them?

Oh well... Still many left to do the job. Khuda hi Hafiz.

A lot of 'extreme' liberals get their 'patriotism' questioned - Pakistan and Pakistanis are not unusual in that. Lets not forget the uproar in the US over the refusal of the French to support the Iraq war, and how many liberals who opposed war and the 'Patriot Act' were initially (and even now) labeled 'anti-American', 'unpatriotic' and 'communists', and were (and are) told to leave the US and go live somewhere else.

One doesn't see liberals leaving the US in droves despite that, so that part of his argument is a flawed one. Most American liberals chose to stay and fight (politically) and advocate for what they believed to be the right policies and laws.

George took positions on certain issues that rankled a lot of Pakistanis, and IIRC, his most controversial article did involve language that many interpreted as demeaning and derogatory towards Pakistan and Pakistanis, which, given his background, he should have been more sensitive to. It is no different in the US - there are certain things that Blacks or Jews can get away with, despite the language they might use, because they belong to that particular community, but the same argument by someone outside the community has to be phrased differently to avoid misinterpretation and insult.

We are not a color blind world/society, even in the US, no matter how much we may wish it, and to ignore that dynamic in public discourse is a mistake, which George made. Crying about it now and using the reaction to his mistake as yet another argument against Pakistan and Pakistanis is dishonest.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Lol on one hand this guy call Pakistan his mother............ on the other hand!??? abandons her....... so much for his patriotism n love for his mother.....

 

[American Pakistani]

It is time to eliminate terrorism from Pakistan. Tell these brainless Bas**rd Mullas that the nation hate you & you have no space in our hearts. Lots of love to George, hope sun will rise again in Pakistan & than you will return.

Hope our security authorities will take full action againt taliban animals & will crush them.

 

[JonAsad]

This was a topi drama from the start- just a paid act- just to clear th image of Pakistan- i feel pitty for Pakistani women who married him- the reality is what you see now- George ka khuda hafiz--

he had the power and money to leave the country- so he is leaving- whats so senti and menti in that?-