Comments on: Pakistani Charades http://www.cdobs.com/archive/our-columns/pakistani-charades/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:19:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kashif http://www.cdobs.com/archive/our-columns/pakistani-charades/comment-page-1/#comment-1942 Kashif Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.cdobs.com/archive/our-columns/pakistani-charades,1486#comment-1942 I am sure you were high on scotch when writing this. I am sure you were high on scotch when writing this.

]]> By: John Annan http://www.cdobs.com/archive/our-columns/pakistani-charades/comment-page-1/#comment-1943 John Annan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.cdobs.com/archive/our-columns/pakistani-charades,1486#comment-1943 That Ms Storck, obviously a repeat visitor to Pakistan, should display bottles of whisk(e)y at Karachi airport says it all. Are all Americans incapable of understanding the nuances of other peoples' cultures? That Ms Storck, obviously a repeat visitor to Pakistan, should display bottles of whisk(e)y at Karachi airport says it all. Are all Americans incapable of understanding the nuances of other peoples’ cultures?

]]> By: John Walker http://www.cdobs.com/archive/our-columns/pakistani-charades/comment-page-1/#comment-1944 John Walker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.cdobs.com/archive/our-columns/pakistani-charades,1486#comment-1944 Annan: "Are all Americans incapable of understanding the nuances of other peoples' cultures?" Pakistani nuances consist of nested lies, denials and hypocrisy. Whether it is whiskey, terrorism, religious cleansing or oppression of women, Pakistanis avert their eyes in that singularly way, eyes raised, unseeing, as if in quick consultation with Allah. Ogden Nash once wrote: "God in his wisdom made the fly, and then forgot to tell us why". Same holds true for Pakistanis. Annan: “Are all Americans incapable of understanding the nuances of other peoples’ cultures?”

Pakistani nuances consist of nested lies, denials and hypocrisy. Whether it is whiskey, terrorism, religious cleansing or oppression of women, Pakistanis avert their eyes in that singularly way, eyes raised, unseeing, as if in quick consultation with Allah.

Ogden Nash once wrote: “God in his wisdom made the fly, and then forgot to tell us why”. Same holds true for Pakistanis.

]]> By: Ghausia http://www.cdobs.com/archive/our-columns/pakistani-charades/comment-page-1/#comment-1945 Ghausia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.cdobs.com/archive/our-columns/pakistani-charades,1486#comment-1945 It's bad enough to speak lies about a country. It's even worse to do it about a deceased hero. Doesn't Ms. Storck know that Bhutto got her PhD from Oxford? Or does she live in a hole that she doesn't know this? Also, I do not see why it's such a big deal if Benazir doesn't blink, unless that's a sign of terrorist potential. I can't believe the Observer actually published this crap. It’s bad enough to speak lies about a country. It’s even worse to do it about a deceased hero. Doesn’t Ms. Storck know that Bhutto got her PhD from Oxford? Or does she live in a hole that she doesn’t know this? Also, I do not see why it’s such a big deal if Benazir doesn’t blink, unless that’s a sign of terrorist potential. I can’t believe the Observer actually published this crap.

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