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2007-08-12 India-Pakistan

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Posted by john frum 2007-08-12 08:30|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Can I get a hit of that, Humayun...

Posted by tu3031 2007-08-12 10:18|| 2007-08-12 10:18|| Front Page Top

#2 The usual Muslim delusions of adequacy.

"Land of the Pure" only refers to their effluent output.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-08-12 13:00|| 2007-08-12 13:00|| Front Page Top

#3 Too bad they had to separate from India. they could've been something.

Posted by Bobby 2007-08-12 16:37|| 2007-08-12 16:37|| Front Page Top

#4 What, then, was partition all about?

"But to recap the usual factors held responsible for the founding of Pakistan, Islam was not in danger in pre-1947 India. Indeed, considering the sectarian violence and religious bigotry we face today, it was in better health then. Nor was democracy the issue because even if partition had not happened, India was getting democracy once the British left. The Indian Independence Act promised that.

So what was the compelling reason for the Muslims to insist on a separate homeland especially when there was no going around the uncomfortable fact that, no matter how generously the frontiers of the new state were drawn, an uncomfortably large number of Muslims would remain in India?

The purpose of Pakistan, transcending anything to do with safeguarding Islam or promoting democracy, was to create conditions for the Muslims of India, or those who found themselves in the new state, to recreate the days of their lost glory."

Posted by john frum 2007-08-12 18:02|| 2007-08-12 18:02|| Front Page Top

#5 recreate the days of their lost glory

From all the incessant murder, terrorism, dishonour killings, fanaticism, polio epidemics and sundry mayhem, I'd say they've done a right tidy job of it.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-08-12 18:27|| 2007-08-12 18:27|| Front Page Top

#6 Jeebus, is there nothing this dipwad won't take credit for? From taking down the USSR to singlehandedly instilling "democracy", this article is as full of effluent as Mexico City's treatment plants after a full day of beans and burritos.

Posted by BA 2007-08-12 21:52|| 2007-08-12 21:52|| Front Page Top

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