Indian Sympathizers and Pakistani Patriots

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Re: Indian Sympathizers and Pakistani Patriots

@TLK

First of all, everyone loves their country, maybe not in a hardcore patriotic way, but there is a deep sense of belonging which creates this emotional attachment with the land you are born in.

Second thing is that I always believe in being over critical with what I love the most. We yell at our kids for the same things that we ignore oabout other’s kids. Why? Is that because we are pro-other kids and anti-our kids? Heck no. Its the other way around. I love my kids to death, so I am going to point out their mistakes to them.

I criticize Pakistan a lot, and I dont give a damn to India, so dont care much about their problem. If someone sees that as me having soft corner for India and being harsh on Pakistan, then that is their problem, not mine.

Last thing is that we all have self created standards of patriotism. If you say something against Islam, you are anti Pakistani and pro India. You criticize army then you are anti Pakistani and pro India. You say that bollywood is better film industry than Lollywood then you are anti Pakistani and pro India. Sub ne apne apne standards create kiye huai hain, aur har doosre ko patriotism ke daaire se khaarij kerte rehete hain. We used to hear about holier than thou mentality, now we have patriotic than thou crowd emerging left and right.

this is exactly how i see it, and i know many of my friends see it the same way.

not too sure what a lot of people think they gain by showing their immense support for pakistan and a certain level of disdain for india. if you loved pakistan much more than us lowly westerners then you would openly accept that we have a huge problem in pakistan, and if we actually focussed on tackling it on a social and economic level then we could well and truly have a shot at competing with india at a global level. that is the downfall of us as a country, apne girebaan mai ziyada nahin jhaankna.. bas india pay nazar rakhni hai.