I agree, some people are overtly political and many don't even hear the opponent. I would again blame for all this "political" polarizing, because it becomes "show of power", but there are lots of other factors involved as well.
I get involved in political discussion only to an extent, but when a person behaves "kaan pe joon tak na rengna" when told good point by anyone else then I just avoid the person or discussion and move onto different discussion group.
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I think its the percentage of time allocated to politics that is . People would bring something up, say a few things and be over it, move on to a diff topic. In desi circles it can get quite in depth. heh our sports talk also gets into politics pretty quickly, and religion, well u know how that goes in many cases.
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Depending on how much you know about what. Political scene doesn't change every week/month so much to keep anyone ignorant, however sports scene change more frequently.... hence the 'experienced' (read aged) group sticks more to the political discussion.
ive not been in pakistan around election time but from the answers ive received whilst questioning others about politics in pak, no party makes any pledges. the votes are not given or fought for with pleadges and mandates. this is a major accountability problem. if the politicians didnt promise anything, what can we expect them to deliver?