Cave-men of Rawalpindi

cipram #16 poverty is indeed around the world. But it is not so widespread, and the living conditions are not so miserable for the poor, as in Pakistan and other developing countries.

Thus, the biggest problems for many of the the poor in the US is obesity, alcoholism, drugs, irresponsible fathers and mothers. Responsibility for these can rightly be pinned on the poor in those cases.

In Pakistan, the biggest problems are hunger, oppression by the strong (like police, like landlords, like military officials greedy for plots, like hamidm calling for law and order starting by kicking these poor people out of caves because someone has title to the plot). Responsibility here rests with those who are better off in Pakistan. Fortunately, there are many like Mr. Shahzad in Pakistan who do care for the poor and have the humility to know that ``There but for the Grace of God go I``.

hamidm: agreed that we should have law and order and squatters should be ejected. Lets start with those squatting over our right to a duly elected government and our right to a military that does not abuse the brute power at its disposal to rule rather than to serve. We can eject Abdul out of his cave after that.

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cipram #19 you write ``Every Goverment is worried to save pakistan and no one is worried for the people who comprises this country.``

That is an astute observation indeed!! I would add that countries, religions, ideologies are only as good as the benefits they provide to the people they serve (God does not need religion, man does. Countries are artificial constructs resulting from historical events. Ideologies are merely tools in the hands of those seeking power to fool those stupid enough to be ideologues). It is the ordinary people - including the cave-men of Rawalpindi in this article - that governments are meant to serve, not to rule over.

Fortunately, there are people like Edhi, people running private and nonprofit schools in Pakistan, people finding cures to human diseases as well as similar good people around the world who are the true heroes of the human race. Yesterday, I was reading an article by a female Israeli doctor who, along with her colleagues at her university in Tel Aviv, has made remarkable progress in developing a way to repair the human heart after a heart attack (a leading cause of death). Her work benefits all people, including the very mullahs who are most intent in spreading hatred for jews, for example.

``Her work benefits all people, including the very mullahs who are most intent in spreading hatred for jews, for example.``

hear hear. mr ahmed this is the way to go and although i have not liked you enjoying poverty in the past, this is something right that you say.

now happy ramadan/ramazan/ramram folks. i am off to getting me some mean tabouleh..

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