Take a Step Back to Move Forward

[The_Jinx]

This is my first discussion topic in Gupshup (technically second because the first one had disappared some place unknown long time ago, and was never found :()

Anyway!

Let’s just stop consuming our brain cells due to what’s going around in Pakistan for a few moments.

Let’s see what we all think about these questions that are crawling around in my head and I am unable to digest anything I eat these days

Q1 - Why people of Pakistan give votes to the same tried faces again and again, and once they come in power, start cursing them left and right? What type of behavior is this?

Q2 - Why people of Pakistan do not burn public properties to protests against bogus voters lists (not that it’s ok in any case) but are ready to lit everything up when the opportunity presents itself?

Q3 - Anything happens, say a court judgement against Prime Minister, everyone comes out in the street during bright sunlight for or against the decision. Are most of the people of Pakistan “velaaaay”? Don’t they have anything better to do, like some job/work etc.?

Q4 - Related to Q3, do you think one major issue is unemployment in Pakistan? Or lack of education for that matter?

[Amal]

Re: Take a Step Back to Move Forward

@The_Jinx

Q1 - Why people of Pakistan give votes to the same tried faces again and again, and once they come in power, start cursing them left and right? What type of behavior is this?

That's why I say that Pakistanis are the biggest problem of Pakistan. I once wrote in a post that an ignorant voter is as dangerous as a quack. A voter who can give away his vote for a free ride and a free lunch, is nothing less than a curse on the entire system. Anyone who has got conveyance and some bucks to offer one-time free lunch, is a winner. If there is ever an Oscar for the category of Pathetic Voters, it will be atuomatically delivered to our doorstep. Frankly speaking, Pakistanis are still not ready for adult franchise. Until we take vote-casting as serious a business as writing a will, we aren't going anywhere.

@The_Jinx

Q2 - Why people of Pakistan do not burn public properties to protests against bogus voters lists (not that it's ok in any case) but are ready to lit everything up when the opportunity presents itself?

This is just a blame by the opposition. We are fully expert at setting public properties afire for any reason, anytime. As far as agitation on bogus voters' list is concerned, the answer could be traced to my first reply — our problem is bad governance, pirce hike, energy crisis, law & order, unemployment and corruption; Pakistan isn't our problem, we therefore play with our vote instead of casting it properly.

@The_Jinx

Q3 - Anything happens, say a court judgement against Prime Minister, everyone comes out in the street during bright sunlight for or against the decision. Are most of the people of Pakistan "velaaaay"? Don't they have anything better to do, like some job/work etc.?

We are a fun-loving people, just like Romans who would love months of holidays dedicated just for games.

@The_Jinx

Q4 - Related to Q3, do you think one major issue is unemployment in Pakistan? Or lack of education for that matter?

We think this country owes everything to us and it's a unilateral obligation. Lack of unemployment of education, we are getting what we deserve. Unless we want things to improve, neither they would, nor they should.

[The_Jinx]

Re: Take a Step Back to Move Forward

Thanks Amal for replying

I agree with your analysis more or less.

@Amal

That’s why I say that Pakistanis are the biggest problem of Pakistan. I once wrote in a post that an ignorant voter is as dangerous as a quack. A voter who can give away his vote for a free ride and a free lunch, is nothing less than a curse on the entire system. Anyone who has got conveyance and some bucks to offer one-time free lunch, is a winner. If there is ever an Oscar for the category of Pathetic Voters, it will be atuomatically delivered to our doorstep. Frankly speaking, Pakistanis are still not ready for adult franchise. Until we take vote-casting as serious a business as writing a will, we aren’t going anywhere.

But my question is how are we going to make others realise that vote-casting is a serious business? What tools can we use to make people understand all this?

@Amal

This is just a blame by the opposition. We are fully expert at setting public properties afire for any reason, anytime. As far as agitation on bogus voters’ list is concerned, the answer could be traced to my first reply — our problem is bad governance, pirce hike, energy crisis, law & order, unemployment and corruption; Pakistan isn’t our problem, we therefore play with our vote instead of casting it properly.

But I did not hear any protest when it was proved that 45% of the voters’ list is comprised of bogus votes

@Amal

We are a fun-loving people, just like Romans who would love months of holidays dedicated just for games.

I see you are playing optimist version of a pessimist nation :halo:

@Amal

We think this country owes everything to us and it’s a unilateral obligation. Lack of unemployment of education, we are getting what we deserve. Unless we want things to improve, neither they would, nor they should.

This is a sad reality. But there should be some cure or at the least a way out? Question comes back circling around, how can we make people understand all this

[rangoli]

Re: Take a Step Back to Move Forward

Amal is answered it all!

I think our people just love to complain how awful things are in Pakistan, but they just dont do anything to make things better, waiting for a messiah to come and fix everything! ... bes hum kuch na kerein! ... :( people want overnight changes and yet they are not willing to become part of the change, just empty slogans and saying out loud how bad govt is, wouldnt change things.. when you ask others, why just complain 24/7, why not do something yourself, the answer is" humare kerne se kia hota hai ji, kio change thori aayega" :(

[Silaaj]

Re: Take a Step Back to Move Forward

@Amal

That's why I say that Pakistanis are the biggest problem of Pakistan. I once wrote in a post that an ignorant voter is as dangerous as a quack. A voter who can give away his vote for a free ride and a free lunch, is nothing less than a curse on the entire system. Anyone who has got conveyance and some bucks to offer one-time free lunch, is a winner. If there is ever an Oscar for the category of Pathetic Voters, it will be atuomatically delivered to our doorstep. Frankly speaking, Pakistanis are still not ready for adult franchise. Until we take vote-casting as serious a business as writing a will, we aren't going anywhere.

Strongly disagree on the 'ignorant voter' front.

Are you forgetting the fact that 45% of Pakistan's voter list is fake? Out of a possible 80 million registered voters, Pakistan has close to 35 million fake entries, all obviously made by PPP and PML-N for their sake, because they know that they dont stand a chance in fair elections. So its unfair to blame the voter blindly without placing blame on what the waderas are doing.

A fake voter list means that even when voters vote against Zardari, Zardari will win. So what can you do? Agitate? Thats what people are doing now.