Lament of a Disillusioned Citizen

What constituion Fareeha? The one that tells all the politicians to ignore the masses or the one which tells them that people WONT even need basic things, or the constitution that allowed Benazir and Nawaz to do what they wanted. Forget Pakistani constitution. It is more worthless that a prostitute`s word or for that matter this article. Spare us the Benazir/Nawaz rhetoric of how good democracy can be. I lived through those years and unlike you I dont have a bad memory.

{ They forget the zamindars and the waderas and the jahil high school pass doodh walas who were sitting in the assemblies. they forget the idiots who were our finance ministers. }

Sir, if only someone will give us the chance to forget them. Who do you think are sitting in the assemblies under the great Musharraf ? Enlightened Moderates and righteous messiahs. It is the same bullshit all over again with a different package and with a much longer indefinite term in power. Mr. hasanmahmood the only reason why i support democracy is because atleast there is hope for improvement. Atleast there is hope that one day good leaders will come to power. If we adhere to the constitution atlest there is hope that people will stop raping it. Atleast there will be hope that someday its true spirit will be followed. With democracy and a constitution atleast we have hope. Withe military dictators we do not even have that. Because these generals will gladly piss on the whole country and will get to the assemblies anybody who is ready to lick their boots without giving a damn for the whole country. The situation of the people right now is evidence!!!! And please stop considering a graduate degree to be a mark of perfect knowledge. Many great politicians in the past have been just high school graduates and not even that for that matter. There is a reason why no superpower has ever been ruled by rocket scientists and there is a reason why plato`s philosopher king never got crowned.

{ Nawaz was so drunk with power that he tried to kill the military general.}

And yahya was so drunk literally and with power that he gladly sacrificed more than half the country.

{ Nawaz was so drunk with power that he tried to kill the military general.}

And yahya was so drunk literally and with power that he gladly sacrificed more than half the country. Take your pick!! And if you are going to say that that not every dictator is a Yahya than please first consider that not every democratic leader is a nawaz or benazir. There may be better people in the waiting if only the military will just stick to its own job. You talk about forgetting too soon. Rather its you who has clearly forgotten all the bullshit we have inherited from the military dictators. A booming economy from Ayub all the wealth of which was carelessly lost in a baseless war. I have already talked about Yahya. And Zia with his floods of money due to dear old Afghanistan whom he protected more than he ever cared about the Pakistanis for whom he left legacies like the Hudood Ordinance. Musharraf will be no better with his aid from america and abuses from Pakistan. What has he given us anyway except twisted and unrepresentative statistics which are supposed to be a great economy. A worthless fountain on the sea. Soaring sugar prices and of many other commodities. A big fat lie about the uniform. Increasing terrorist activity. Increasing redundany of public services like electricity, water and transport. If only you would remember much more and stop criticising who remember much more than you do. i do not say that the democracy we have experienced was exemplary but neither was the dictatorship. And adding to the analysis that we have had much more of the latter the only conclusion a sane person can make is give democracy a chance!

Re: # 69

Don`t be an ignorant fool by using the convenient baton of generalization to back your argument. But I guess idiots like you can do no better. I wasn`t talking about world issues, my comments were just about the discussion boards here at chowk. So, I repeat my question, don`t you have anything better to do with your pathetic life?