It's the same as banning knives or still better ban the usage of airplanes, which as we know is the most devastating and lethal bomb(hundreds of tonnes of aviation fuel) available to human kind.
Rather than banning it, the anti terrorism squads should hire surfers just like lots of calls centers or content aggregators do. These people will be like the plain clothes policemen we find in the cities, surfing the net for suspicious activities. Ofcourse these surfers should be able to differentiate between plain old flames and serious terrorist activities.
Unfortunately, the fundamentalists do have considerable influence. As I write , the zealots are alreading planning huge protest rallies and threatening civil war. One good thing, about having a military regime and ruler is that the decisions are forceful and unquestionable. President Musharraf has decided to go against the taliban and support the US fully and he will surely clamp down on any kind of violent uprising in pakistan with a strong hand. If there would have been a democratically elected ruler in Pakistan today, then he would have had to take into consultation all the fanatic religious parties, which would have caused lot of confusion and chaos.
Frankly, Pakistan has no other option but to go with the US. Although, they have been supporting Taliban and lots of fundamentalist Islamic groups in Pakistan are pissed with the pakistani govt about the support to US, it certainly makes a lot of political and economic sense for the pakis to back US. Pakistan's economy is in shambles, the sanctions imposed by the US is causing lot of upheavel. Infact, the WTC bombings has come as a blessing in disguise for Pakistan, they can now barter deals with the US, ask for loans, and removal of sanctions which the US are sure to grant. Infact, they can score a lot of political points with the masses by asking US to interfere in Kashmir. By backing the taliban , the people of pakistan would have gained nothing but the support and perverse pleasure of a few zealots.
why can't they have these reports in plain ascii text? It makes life so much easier for people with slow connections. Downloading a hefty pdf or doc is so much time consuming especially when the site suddenly gets so much traffic.
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It's the same as banning knives or still better ban the usage of airplanes, which as we know is the most devastating and lethal bomb(hundreds of tonnes of aviation fuel) available to human kind.
Rather than banning it, the anti terrorism squads should hire surfers just like lots of calls centers or content aggregators do. These people will be like the plain clothes policemen we find in the cities, surfing the net for suspicious activities. Ofcourse these surfers should be able to differentiate between plain old flames and serious terrorist activities.
Unfortunately, the fundamentalists do have considerable influence. As I write , the zealots are alreading planning huge protest rallies and threatening civil war. One good thing, about having a military regime and ruler is that the decisions are forceful and unquestionable. President Musharraf has decided to go against the taliban and support the US fully and he will surely clamp down on any kind of violent uprising in pakistan with a strong hand. If there would have been a democratically elected ruler in Pakistan today, then he would have had to take into consultation all the fanatic religious parties, which would have caused lot of confusion and chaos.
Frankly, Pakistan has no other option but to go with the US. Although, they have been supporting Taliban and lots of fundamentalist Islamic groups in Pakistan are pissed with the pakistani govt about the support to US, it certainly makes a lot of political and economic sense for the pakis to back US. Pakistan's economy is in shambles, the sanctions imposed by the US is causing lot of upheavel. Infact, the WTC bombings has come as a blessing in disguise for Pakistan, they can now barter deals with the US, ask for loans, and removal of sanctions which the US are sure to grant. Infact, they can score a lot of political points with the masses by asking US to interfere in Kashmir. By backing the taliban , the people of pakistan would have gained nothing but the support and perverse pleasure of a few zealots.
why can't they have these reports in plain ascii text? It makes life so much easier for people with slow connections. Downloading a hefty pdf or doc is so much time consuming especially when the site suddenly gets so much traffic.
Atleast they don't bomb each other's colonies with jumbo jets