Governor Punjab Salman Taseer murdered in Islamabad

[Med911]

re: Governor Punjab Salman Taseer murdered in Islamabad

@Captain1

Extremism creeped up in the society before this law was introduced. Extremism began with Afghan invasion by Russia when Saudi money started flowing in then militant orgs like SSP propped up. So either we try to fight the tree or we cut the roots, the law is now a ‘tree’ while the extremism is ‘root’.

Thats true. But extremism actually began the day the Pak govt started making laws to appease religous groups. Startng as far back as the Anti Ahmadi riots.
The answer isnt to appease these extremists by caving into their demands as the Pakistani govt has done consistently over the past. This has only emboldened them to demand more and more, to the point where the state is completely muted into a place where the extremists define the nature of the state, and where politicians have to bow before their unholy alters just to gain support.
The reason we have such problems are because the Pak govt cowered before these fanatics instead of standing up for principle.
The result is a society that caters to extremists and produces extremists as a result.