Re: Malala Yousufzai attacked
Peace queer
Here is my world view and please tell me if you think it is twisted.
A girl strives to give her cause a voice ... Does so ... But at the price of her own safety ...
Taliban or whoever those tribal militants are on the other hand strive to continue fighting because they are getting attacked for their backwardness ... They do so at the price of their families and friends being killed and themselves too ...
She is being made to defend a noble cause and she chooses to do so ... That is bravery given the track record of Taliban ...
On the other hand women and children who are not even asking for violence are being killed alongside a small number of fighters ... That is the cowardice of the attackers who do so with drones and they can't be asked to take care of innocents ....
Malala had chosen to become a target ... Those kids didn't ... The Taliban attacked her and intended to do so because she was vocal against them ... The drone strikes on the other hand are killing many like her ... Don't you think all of the violence should just stop. It would be better to engage in talks with them instead.
Your world view is a bit unreasonable. And gives far to much credit to criminals. And in fact, you are equvicating between the actions of a little girl, and those of an organization that is responsible for mass murder. What more can I say.
The girl strived to defend her rights, rights given to her by her creator. This does not in any way make her a target, except for those who are twisted enough to make her one.
Taliban fight not because they are bitter over being called backwards, but because they were taught to believe that their standard for living was ordained by god and all those who disagree are violating that decree, and thus forfeit their life.
And who is calling them backwards? Pakistan society generally shies away from openly criticizing them. In fact, it encourages in many cases their sort of ideology. The Taliban are a product of Pakistani society, not wholly separate from it. The Madrasas they graduated from were Pakistani, the people they were indoctrinated by were Pakistani.
She is not being made to defend a noble cause, she does so because she was not cowed by intimidation at the hands of bullies. Everyone would be like her if they weren't terrified into inaction.
The difference between Malala and the Taliban is that Malala strives to empower others even though she is weak. The Taliban are strong, and use that strength to impose their views on others.
Yes, both sacrifice, but Malala sacrificed for the sake of things we value and consider virtuous. The Taliban sacrifice in order to spread mischief (what does the koran say of those who spread mischief...). They murder, they steel, the kidnap, they exploit.
No one asks for death, no one wants to be a victim. Those who speak up take risks, but that does not absolve those who commit aggression towards them...
The drone strike didnt create the Taliban, the Taliban are the cause of the Drone strikes. Its an unfortunate fact of war that innocents die. its the nature of war. I did not make it that way. Should we not fight the aggressor and defend the innocent if there is no way to prevent innocent casualties? If the Taliban continue as they are, murdering as the do, and we have no way to counter them without producing untold misery, we should simpy let them fester and continue their aggression? Just give up?
Islam teaches you to have a soft spot, it teaches everyone that. But it also teaches us that we have responsibilities, that we must defend those who are weak. We are not taught to have a soft spot for the aggressor, we are taught to fight them until they are defeated or yearn for peace. The "Soft" spot is only reserved for those who cease their aggression, who ask for peace. Have the Taliban asked for peace or ceased their aggression?
