Secular Pakistan: ‘Pakistanis should know Quaid’s Aug 11 speech by heart’

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Re: Secular Pakistan: ‘Pakistanis should know Quaid’s Aug 11 speech by heart’

@Faris_Udeen

He was the founder, of that there is no question.

But he was not the sole founder, others had thier part too, hero worship is also wrong. Yes he is Qaid E Azam but he is not awal aur akhir… nobody can say that another man cannot go further… by your logic lets also say that Bhutto was the father of masses, theres no question when it comes to democratic power Bhutto enjoyed even more support than Qaid E Azam… is Bhutto as important today? Or have people moved on?

Jinnah had it right, but that was then, and even so the man was not entirely faultless, all men make mistakes. Napolean is also the father of Modern France but people there have moved on, just like to an extent Lenin is the father of Russian democracy how times have changed… even America does not follow the steps of Washington, Jefferson or Franklin.

Pakistan wont be able to ressurect Jinnah we need to look for alternatives, I used to think Jinnah was the man who led the Nation to freedom… no he did not, he just put us on the path, freedom is yet to be achieved.

Moses led the Isrealites but it was Yusha ben Noon who completed his task, likewise there is nothing that lasts forever… if people failed Jinnah they probably aint worthy of him anyway, so they can either die or come up with something different.

I agree great ideas are immortal but that does not mean humans will always follow them, Jinnah had it right at the time, but times change even Jinnah would fail today… becuase the challenges are much greater.

People may have moved on, but then they have been moving in the wrong direction.

There are some things that are right for the times, and then there are things which are right for ALL time.

The principle we are speaking of here pertains to a particular speech in which Jinnah espoused secular ideology. He was right in that instance, regardless of what he was wrong about in the past.

You are right that humans don’t always follow great ideas, however, that does not put them in the right. Not following good advice is inherently bad, and usually results in bad consequences.

i think there is a reason why this speech has been edited out of Pakistani text books. The powers that be have wandered from the solid ideological foundation on which Jinnah founded this nation, one that is based on secular principles, that have been tried, tested, and proven, for political reason. In order to maintain their grip on reigns of power, they have exploited religion for their own ends, and created a society of extremes, but managing to retain a power base. By adhering to the principles of Jinnah meant losing the tenuous grip on the reigns of power because it would undermine their central means of exploiting the sentiments of the hyper emotional and sentimental masses.