See here's the pity. We all would like to see just laws in place and just laws actually being executed in a justful manner, which would be something new for Pakistanis, sadly to say. And sharia, in its original form, allows for such things, believe it or not. What the Taliban propogate and refer to as "sharia" is not necessarily the same thing that the people of Swat and other areas want when they say they would like "sharia". This is clear, because when you listen to what the people of Swat have to say about the activities of the Taliban, they are utterly horrified.
The other thing we have to keep in mind, is that the Taliban have a tactic of infiltrating into villages with the facade of being truly religious - they'll intervene and try to resolve conflicts, they'll help people out, and be everything you want them to be, and then once they're ready to fully take over the village, their true colors come out.
So for those of you who defend people asking for Sharia, keep in mind that what extremists are offering is nothing close to Sharia, and for anyone to support the spread of this "sharia" in these lands is nothing short of ignorance. And its because of such ignorance, that these terrorists exist in the first place. No suprise there.
As long as most people keep agreeing with the Talibans in principal in their demands for enforcing Sharia, Taliban and their supporters will find a moral justification for their deeds. It makes them beleive they are on the right path when they see people agree with them. Their methods are logical conclusion of forcing "correct" beliefs on people. To counter Talibani idelogy, the philosophy that religion is a private and individual matter, not to be enforced upon other people. This enforcing religion thought needs to countered. Only the laws are to be enforced not religion.