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03-23-2004, 11:50

The Pakistani's are a confused bunch as a whole. A part of their brain tells them their future lies in aligning with the US and the western world, the other part of their brain is screaming to shut the world out as we represent a major threat to their islamic religion/isolationism. They can not quite reach out far enough to do it on their own, they need our help reaching out to them to pull them into the first world.

Pakistan's demographics shows that they will struggle with this problem until their people are exposed to education, and positive western influences that will loosen the mulah's fist of control that entraps the majority of the under- educated, western-phobic, extremist islamic man on the street.

As an example. I was having a conversation with a young Pakistani the other day, who is a barrister/lawyer for a national corporation, that has recently become a private/non-government company. He is well educated, UK, and travels to the western countries on business. He and I were talking about mis-conceptions on both sides of this issue of mis-trust and fear of each other's religion/culture. I said that it seemed that it will take the human touch in order to break the walls the exist today. I explained that the media has done both countries a great dis-service in that extreme images, what these news organizations use to generate their revenue, separate our cultures by constructing destructive barriers of fear and mis-trust. Bombings, mobs burning our US flag, Christians being targeted by their extremist organizations, our images of immoral lifestyle, crime in the streets, lack of any spiritual control, and the media's portrayal of the US as a power mad country attacking the Islamic world for our greed and need for oil/power. The media displays these images for ratings and profit.

He admitted that I was one of the few Americans that took the time to talk with him, not just look at him like a potential terrorist. I told him I look at everyone as a potential terrorist...just kidding I didn't say that...maybe thought it but... :-)

Maya

03-23-2004, 11:50	#33
Maya Guest Posts: n/a	SNAP! The Pakistani's are a confused bunch as a whole. A part of their brain tells them their future lies in aligning with the US and the western world, the other part of their brain is screaming to shut the world out as we represent a major threat to their islamic religion/isolationism. They can not quite reach out far enough to do it on their own, they need our help reaching out to them to pull them into the first world. Pakistan's demographics shows that they will struggle with this problem until their people are exposed to education, and positive western influences that will loosen the mulah's fist of control that entraps the majority of the under- educated, western-phobic, extremist islamic man on the street. As an example. I was having a conversation with a young Pakistani the other day, who is a barrister/lawyer for a national corporation, that has recently become a private/non-government company. He is well educated, UK, and travels to the western countries on business. He and I were talking about mis-conceptions on both sides of this issue of mis-trust and fear of each other's religion/culture. I said that it seemed that it will take the human touch in order to break the walls the exist today. I explained that the media has done both countries a great dis-service in that extreme images, what these news organizations use to generate their revenue, separate our cultures by constructing destructive barriers of fear and mis-trust. Bombings, mobs burning our US flag, Christians being targeted by their extremist organizations, our images of immoral lifestyle, crime in the streets, lack of any spiritual control, and the media's portrayal of the US as a power mad country attacking the Islamic world for our greed and need for oil/power. The media displays these images for ratings and profit. He admitted that I was one of the few Americans that took the time to talk with him, not just look at him like a potential terrorist. I told him I look at everyone as a potential terrorist...just kidding I didn't say that...maybe thought it but... :-) Maya