“I always viewed the prospect of the death of regional languages in favour of urdu as being beneficial and cohesive to Pakistan, as it would help remove distinctions amongst its people and help create a more homogenous population.”
This one doesn’t deserve dialogue or discussion. It has unanimously earned ganday anday and saRay hooay tamatar.
But why do regional languages have to die for urdu to flourish? Languages don't create differences it's the propogation of stupid ideas that do that...in whatever language.
Maddy, you live in UK right? What if tomorrow britain passes the law requiring all communication in immigrant tongues to cease for the sake of cohesiveness. I am sure you will be the first one to support it, right?
remember what you say here can and will be used against you in the kangaroo court that is General.
"We all are now Pakistanis, not Balochis, not Pathans, not Sindhis, not Punjabis."
We should strive to make sure that is true in its most literal sense. Enough said
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No, we're Punjabi, Balochi, Sindhi, Pathans, and Pakistani. What's next, we'd all be dressing alike? Eating alike? Wearing grey uniform chanting "hail Qaui-e-azam"?
People who cannot see the visible cultural differences and live with them are totalitarians. People who promote extinction of different cultural artifacts in the name of homogeneity or one desired culture are racist. You could have reached a different conclusion if you had given 1/10 of the time you gave to your so-called chant of homogeneity but the very fact you didn't tells what kinda impulses you have.
At collective level, life and world is about diversity and managing it to one's advantage, not shutting it down because you can't handle the differences.
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Maddy, you live in UK right? What if tomorrow britain passes the law requiring all communication in immigrant tongues to cease for the sake of cohesiveness. I am sure you will be the first one to support it, right?
remember what you say here can and will be used against you in the kangaroo court that is General.
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I haven't proposed nor condoned legal termination of all non-urdu languages. I've just said that the country would be better off if regional languages were allowed to die out
You're not a desi woman, stop exaggerating like one :D
I haven't proposed nor condoned legal termination of all non-urdu languages. I've just said that the country would be better off if regional languages were allowed to die out
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Dekho, if you're getting on defensive (quite understandably so) then at least do it properly.
Maddy, comeon man..have some backbone. if you are gonna say something atleast stick to it.
<< "I always viewed the prospect of the death of regional languages in favour of urdu as being beneficial and cohesive to Pakistan, as it would help remove distinctions amongst its people and help create a more homogenous population." >>
Sounds like a proposition and affirmation right there. Do you want to tattoo on your arse as the final show of attestment?
Roman Roman, tsk tsk....its the kettle calling the pot black isnt it?
Your two friends Matsui and NYA are bigger racist than anybody on gupshup.
Matsui has been banned under 10 different nicks for insulting muslims, including refering to the Holy Prophet as a child molester and refering to the wives of the holy prophet as whores.
I know that because i made sure he was banned on both offenses and good old xtreme here supported that back in the day. But it seems now that he has his head so much up Matsui's ass that he thinks Matsui shouldnt have been banned for posting that infamous picture of his.
NYA has countless offenses insulting muslims, that it would take me hours to draw up a list and sadly i dont think any evidence of these offenses exists anymore giving them a clean slate.
Yet you associate with these two without any problems. So what is all the problem now? Plus as the saying goes "Birds of a feather flock together".
Matsui ask Saba. After all she is one the who banned you. Plus if it is wrong why are you getting so hot an bothered? You after all dont care what a community college reject like me has to say…unless…god forbid…its true!
CM, I've had many tempramental exchanges with Matsui and Madhanee on various occasions. As a matter of fact, I just called Matsui ch******* just the other day in some thread. What the heck is your point?
Secondly, with all the disagreements or what-nots, these guys are still saints compared to many on this site. Go figure.