It was bad. Deplorable. Despicable. Abhorrent. And all the words implying this meaning. It was nauseating to see that helpless girl being whipped like that. People are disturbed, obviously, as evident from the demonstrations held by rights activists, civil society members, workers and NGOs. Asma Jahangir, Human Rights Commission Pakistan (HRCP), Commission for Peace and Human Development (CPHD) have all condemned the horrible incidence. Good, well done. That should be the spirit.
Now the terrorist attacks every day in Lahore and Islamabad and other cities and the daily drone attacks by America. No demonstrations. No HRCP. No CPHD. No Asma Jahangir. Can't they stage protests against the drone attacks too, that kill innocent civilians during marriage processions and funeral services, the suicide bombings that kill ordinary people? Why have these become acceptable? I hear that students and lawyers also protested. Thats good. But why don't they protest against drone attacks?
Just in case you are thinking these two things are unrelated, here is the comparison. It's about human beings, right? Basic human rights. Should one type of violation arouse more hatred than other? If yes, then killing is more deplorable that beating. No? Is it just Taliban phobia?
1 comment:
Great!
depicts the mentality of the hypocrite "liberals" here in our part of the world!
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