Re: Feeling genuinely sorry for Pakistani fans…
I hope the moderators will let the below slide. I will try and stay way from politics in KK henceforth.
Back in 1999 - it was the early days of internet and in the immediate aftermath of the Kargil War I was looking for Pakistanis to let it all out - and I found GS…
12 years on I am much less “venomous” (and may I say more “mature”) but I will not try and pretend that I am a 'turn-the-other-cheek when slapped’ kind of person yet. I am also a realist. I had similar feelings when 300+ people of my adopted home city were massacred by Pak based terrorists. (Imagine 300 people in Lahore being killed by Hindu Militants from India - you will get the idea).
But I also see so many good things that both countries can share/exchange and be better-off as a result. It is such a pity that events like the above happen and sour everything just as things start to get back on track. ( In the first edition of IPL - in one of the games I remember the Jaipur crowd booing Sreesanth for giving Kamran Akmal the stare , Sohail Tanvir was a hero to many people supporting the Rajasthan team - and then Mumbai happened and tainted the budding India-Pak love affair)
Sidenote to some old GS Members : Do you ever go back and read your posts from years ago ? Sometimes I do…and many times I cringe reading my own posts. 
Did some searching of GS archives - and I note that ‘queer’ was a wise man even back in the days : http://www.paklinks.com/gs/all-views/460-india-and-pakistan.html