The stench of murder
From the Blog The True Perspective: The stench of murder - It is a crime to be a victim in the Land of the Pure. (Photo: Siasat.pk) Have you ever thought about killing someone? I'm sure we all have. But have you actually gone beyond the emotional stage of enticing yourself to actually kill someone? Like grab a gun, feel its weight in your hand, cock it, and point it at someone's head? For a moment, consider the mentioned scenario. You have a person pinned down and you have your gun pointed at him; will you go through with your instinct of shooting him? Or will that impulse and desire destruct itself? I saw murder today. I actually saw a person empty a magazine firing at someone today. It was in broad daylight, in Saddar Lahore. There was an army check post 700m away from the place of incidence. The shooters calmly got on a bike, and rode away into the blinding sunlight. We were helpless; I was helpless although I had anger bubbling in the pit of my stomach. A friend asked me if I was scared when I saw this happening. No, I wasn't scared. I was furious. I wanted to reach out and probably pull the trigger on the shooter himself. But then that would have brought me down to his level, wouldn't it? So basically, I am morally superior to the shooter because I was helpless. What a farce. We all pretend to be the most religious society in the world. Islam is used as a defining tool for most of us. But Islam lays a lot of stress upon the individual. This got me thinking; in this citadel of Islam what kind of barbarians are we creating anyway? Do these people, who have no qualms about shooting someone in the middle of broad daylight, in a bustling crowded bazaar, ever repent for their sins? Do they believe that God is looking down upon them? Or does blinding rage justify all? What does one expect from the society in which humanistic animals roam around the streets of cities unimpeded with no fear in their hearts of any repercussions that their actions may bring? Is it not ironic that in a society where the victims are the persecuted , we holler about celebrating the "independence of the judiciary"? In the aftermath of the brutal and barbaric murder of Mughees and Muneeb Butt , the national mood was a somber one. There was a general realization amongst the masses that we need to make a collective effort to stop the evil of vigilante justice from taking root. But what about this sort of perverted justice, where a person whips out a pistol blows another person's head off? Who will put an end to that? And then that right there is the sad acknowledgement of our apathy. In a civilized society, one would have expected the law enforcers to stand up to their duties and perform them. In Pakistan, we just try to come up with ways that somehow circumvent the police because we all know that it is perhaps the most corrupt organ of the state, and expecting help from it is tantamount to asking the enemy for water. I remember a few months ago I stopped at a T – Junction just outside of Defence Lahore. I saw a guy scraping another car in a bid to get ahead of it. When the scraped car's owner's son got out and told the scraper to own up to the damage that had been caused by his impatience and carelessness, he pushed the poor kid so hard that he fell back and cracked his head. There was a policeman standing nearby and I asked him to step in. The policeman told me "What can I do?" In that instant, I wanted to crack the skull of the policeman. This incident highlighted the lack of resolve prevalent amongst our society today, for me. I know expecting someone to stand up for me when I am being wronged is not only futile, but downright stupid. But I did expect the police, or the army for that matter, to step in and prevent people from killing someone at the very least. Today I stand corrected; I am just like the rest of the people. Trying to find ways where we can save our society without the law enforcers help. . Read Full Post
Samsung Nexus S Coming on November 8? Makes Sense.
From the Blog SizzledCore - > Samsung Nexus S Coming on November 8? Makes Sense. sizzledcore.com — Samsung might be launching an unbranded Android phone running o nthe Android 2.3 OS, exclusively for Google – and might call it as the Samsung "Nexus S". These rumours started floating when a random tipster leaked out the news on Radio Android, plus I have confirmed it... . Read Full Post
Meego v1.1 unleashed, brings dual boot capabilities...
From the Blog geekword - > Meego v1.1 unleashed, brings dual boot capabilities... geekword.net — Meego v1.1 has gone live and if you own a Nokia N900, then you are in for a treat as the v1.1 of Meego bring dual booting capabilities for your Maemo enabled handset thanks to a feature named U-boot. In case you are hearing about Meego for the first time, then you need to know... . Read Full Post
Why we still need optical drives in our laptop computers
From the Blog TheLifeDigital - > Why we still need optical drives in our laptop computers thelifedigital.com — With the introduction of new MacBook Air laptop models, Apple has opted to not add an optical drive in mainly to keep these laptops thinner, lighter and more power efficient. A solution to install software, however, is provided in the form of a separate USB flash drive which... . Read Full Post
Activate FaceTime on iPhone 4 in Middle East [How-To]
From the Blog ijafri - > Activate FaceTime on iPhone 4 in Middle East ijafri.com — Here comes some great and interesting news for all the Apple iPhone 4 users living in the Middle East, where the iPhone 4 came out with the FaceTime NOT supported. However, this little tweak, called: FaceTime Hactivator allows you to activate FaceTime on the iPhone 4. Follow... . Read Full Post
Samsung Vibrant aka Galaxy S overclocked to 1.6 Ghz
From the Blog geekword - > Samsung Vibrant aka Galaxy S overclocked to 1.6 Ghz geekword.net — Now this is the kind of news which will please every Samsung Galaxy S user especially if you own a Samsung Vibrant which happens to be T-Mobile's version of Samsung Galaxy S. The geeky Team Whiskey hackers have managed to overclock the Hummingbird processor of Vibrant to 1.6... . Read Full Post
Capital Talk 28 October 2010
From the Blog pkpolitics - > Capital Talk 28 October 2010 pkpolitics.com — Justice Ret. Saeed Ulzaman Siddiqi, Jawad Ahamd (Singer) and others in Today's program of Capital Talk with Hamid Mir. . Read Full Post
0 comments :
Post a Comment