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Whose Life is it Anyway?

Ather Naqvi May 13, 2008

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#16 Posted by eyecontact on July 3, 2008 1:56:45 am
Well, i don't know what to say about it.
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#15 Posted by eyecontact on July 3, 2008 1:56:23 am
Well, i don't know what to say about it.
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#14 Posted by tahir on July 2, 2008 10:20:54 pm
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#13 Posted by eyecontact on July 1, 2008 7:56:22 pm
After all, wasn't it the US that overturned elected governments in many parts of the world, including South Asia? See the entire picture!!!
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#12 Posted by eyecontact on July 1, 2008 6:31:52 pm
Dear Tolkinin! you are showing just one side of the picture and totally ignoring the origin of the deaths mentioned below. The United States is the real cause behind all this. Believe me, it is the mother of all evils!!!!
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#11 Posted by TOLKININ on July 1, 2008 8:34:25 am
Re: # 8

What makes you think


"What was the fault of Danny Pearl, may I ask?

Or of Rupin Katiyal, the newlywed?

Or the thousands killed in WTC?

Or the hundreds killed in aircraft bombings like the Kanishka?

Or the countless killed by the Kashmiri Jihadis?

If you are sincere about it - you ought to condemn ALL violence - especially those which have traditionally originated in Pakistan."

IS NOT CONDEMNED.???????????
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#10 Posted by eyecontact on July 1, 2008 5:42:19 am
Re: # 9 Very true! The OIC has failed to perform its assigned role. But this is just one aspect of the whole situation. The oil-rich so-called Muslim countries such as Saudi Arabia have also to be blamed for this situaiton.
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#9 Posted by kaptain on July 1, 2008 3:02:43 am
It's not America's fault..it is it's inborn nature to befriend and then destroy..

the blood blame is on OIC..the bloody organisation which is as good as a dead donkey..
whenever the OIC is summoned..why don't the Jihadis strike it with some Suicide Bomber instead of innocent civilians..?
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#8 Posted by BJ2 on June 30, 2008 8:09:36 pm
Ather miaN,

The world is full of atrocities.

It happens everywhere and most of it has little role for the US to play.

What was the fault of Danny Pearl, may I ask?

Or of Rupin Katiyal, the newlywed?

Or the thousands killed in WTC?

Or the hundreds killed in aircraft bombings like the Kanishka?

Or the countless killed by the Kashmiri Jihadis?

If you are sincere about it - you ought to condemn ALL violence - especially those which have traditionally originated in Pakistan.
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#7 Posted by Leadenwinter on June 30, 2008 5:40:14 pm
Teleology is a form of argument by which the nature of phenomena is determined from its consequences.

The teleological truth, in very blunt terms is that "this" is happening very simply because white-anglo-saxon-protestants of all descriptions and their zionist friends are all criminals.. to a man....(probably by some genetic basis) and each and everyone one of them believes fundamentally (no matter what ever else they say) that all else in the world exists only to their benefit, a belief which may be realised at the expense of all other life on the planet.

This is the truth and anything said beyond this is deontological lies and propaganda.

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#6 Posted by Mystic on June 30, 2008 8:56:40 am
There is nothing you can do any thing about it


just Wonder..
zindagi Hairaan hon maie

Pareeshaan hone maine ...


u looking for meaning ,logic ,justice, fault, redress, accountibility, responsibility ..ha ha ha ha
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#5 Posted by eyecontact on June 30, 2008 8:19:29 am
Very true, Mooquin! impressive!
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#4 Posted by quin on June 30, 2008 7:20:55 am
I summed up my pain in this poem some time ago, titled:

CRY O MIDDLE EAST

I left the TV set and tried to sleep.
Strange images that night
Spectres of awful sights
Rose in my slumber deep
I heard the hooves of horses
Striking against the rocky plains
Gathering on the steppes of Asian lands
Gathering like a storm
Fully clad in arms
Barbarian fierce and strong
Genghis Khan
It is Twelve Century.
Soon, they will descend on cities.
Like locust.

Their heads full of lust
Blood in their eyes
They are swelled with pride
Their nostrils smelling gold
The barbarian hordes
Like a hurricane
A typhoon or plague
They fall on Baghdad.

Blood and flames
Death’s reign
Towns are raped
Fields disgraced
Sacred is turned into sacrilege.
The smoke contains books’ soot
Ancient treasures are for the loot
Towers are built of human skulls
Higher than the highest minaret
The fallen are dragged in the streets
And are hanged like “ordinary thieves�


Is Genghis satisfied and pleased?
He had said there is no pleasure more
Than to vanquish and crush your enemies
Ride their horses and rape women folks
And lay hand on their treasures of gold.
Orgy of flesh is the highest force.

Cry O Middle East! Howl and cry!
You are slated for democracy.

Mutaal Mooquin
January 3, 2007
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#3 Posted by eyecontact on June 30, 2008 5:52:27 am
True, this is the fate of a uni-polar world. no surprises there!
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#2 Posted by eyecontact on June 30, 2008 4:58:23 am
Alas! but reality carries no meaning to the heartless!
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#1 Posted by eyecontact on June 30, 2008 1:51:39 am
Thought-provoking and moving!!!!!
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Interact Index

    #16 eyecontact
    #15 eyecontact
    #14 tahir
    #13 eyecontact
    #12 eyecontact
    #11 TOLKININ
    #10 eyecontact
    #9 kaptain
    #8 BJ2
    #7 Leadenwinter
    #6 Mystic
    #5 eyecontact
    #4 quin
    #3 eyecontact
    #2 eyecontact
    #1 eyecontact

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