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Are u not that guy who goes to clubs?lol. Nobody is erasing the history, both American and Pakistani culture have own pros and cons..
o yeah .. i remeber now .. this is the club guy rolling with his hindu crew lokin down at any paki chicks in da club .. hahA !
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akhrotiat at display... :p
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/yawn...are we done fyting yet?
/hides under bed
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Actually there is no "thousand year history" associated with Pakistan. Don't know about you but my Pakistani school told me we were born in 1947. If anything, we're all Indians before anything else.
Aaa jaa te hain mun utha ke.....
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I am a human being of a particular genetic makeup which makes me more like a certain group genetically than other groups.
and that is where it stops. I really cant be bothered about any particular culture. Just like we find aspects of our culture and 'identity' unique, so do others. cultures change, people change generation after generation. I have no interest or expectation that my great grandkids would be sitting eating biryani, reading ghalib and having a conversation in urdu. They may, they may not, does not really matter.
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Stop whining about your incoherent crap...
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While those thoughts which are expressed by X2 are not uncommon and not intrinsically wrong as free spirited or open minded person may have,
......others may see it as defeated mentality or giving up on trying due to overwhelming influence of other cultures.
Same goes with religious teachings to children. Some say, we are not worried about if our next generations get converted to or adapt other religions. All we can do is tell them what is right or wrong.
For those who are exposed in anyway to various cultures or religions, the** best is to adapt good, abandon bad.**
Even if that means, Biryani with less oil and spices. Urdu mixed with English words, Ghalib with Translation. :)
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diwana- as many of the pakistanis claim to be descendants of turks, arabs and persians, isnt it amazing how few speak arabic, turkish or persian? the point is that when people are not in that particular area, things change generation after generation. I have friends of greek, italian, german and dutch origin in US, they are not like their parents, grandparents, great grandparents etc..while they have kept aspects of their culture alive, they are not the same as greeks italians etc back in greece and italy, they are americans of greek or italian origin.
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diwana- as many of the pakistanis claim to be descendants of turks, arabs and persians, isnt it amazing how few speak arabic, turkish or persian? the point is that when people are not in that particular area, things change generation after generation. I have friends of greek, italian, german and dutch origin in US, they are not like their parents, grandparents, great grandparents etc..while they have kept aspects of their culture alive, they are not the same as greeks italians etc back in greece and italy, they are americans of greek or italian origin.
Yes, and hence the melting pot in US and for that matter in India when people migrated from various countries and lived together for centuries.
Even Urdu was born out of mixture of various languages.
Mixing of good traits of cultures is a good thing. All we can do and should try is.. to promote good what WE bring and not abandon. Who's gonna see good in us, if we do not show and tell?
And who cares about others I mentioned earlier. :)
( I gave example of religion, that is a tough albeit irrelevant to thread issue)
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spend as much time in Pakistan as possible
how is it gonna help Pakistan?
give us the solution not the usual claims.
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^ tourism dollars, punds, euros, dirhams, riyals.
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you're American/Canadian/British/European? Maybe on piece of paper you might be, but you really aren't. So stop kidding yourself, stop looking down on Pakistan and Pakistani people. You never bothered to learn Urdu, you proudly proclaim your Muslim-ness yet downplay your Pakistaniyat, maybe you got a gora crew or you roll with the kalas looking down on the FOBs/Freshers...well guess what? Every one sees you South Asian or perhaps Middle Eastern/Central Asian...you fool no one.
This is not a rant. This is reality. No doubt being born in Europe has given me privileges, but I am not about to throw away thousands of years of my history to pretend to be something I am not. So I'll marry a Pakistani, teach my kids Urdu/Pakhto, spend as much time in Pakistan as possible.
Keep the identity alive.
Why don't you just move to Pakistan?
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pak-one, your so lame!!!!
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hahahhaha this reminds me of this video
lol always cracks me up!!! hahahahhaha
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^^ LOL! That's soooo funny and makes me cringe everytime :S He's too hasty and opinionated though and I have no idea why he's screaming at the girl -- the culture that he's standing up for hopefully taught him more than that
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And the guy is emphasizing Urdu. Great. Fine.
What language is written behind him?
How many English words he used himself?
What attire is he wearing? Is he wearing Qameez Shalwar/Pajama?
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^ hahahah yaaa he is too annoying with his opinions. Even if he is wrong, he just yells and what not but it is funny.
this is good too… lol hahahha
another generalization in there… if ur paki u need to b married before ur 30 or ur considered an old maid hahahah
watch till the end… end is wayyy better than the beginning
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^ lol
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^ tourism dollars, punds, euros, dirhams, riyals.
where? khyber pass?
@OP
lol r, lets see khotcha tum kia kerti hai. :D
