Adil Najam
The story told in this video takes around seven minutes to tell. But it will haunt you for much longer.
What do you make of this story? About the commentary on the story? About what it says about technology? About us as a society? About our notions of morality? And, indeed, about how violence and criminality gets legitimized in the confused clash of all of the above?
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It is a bit funny but not entirely surprising to see how easily the commentors have polarized into two groups. On one side we have those who think that the crime of murder overshadows the presumed moral transgressions. The other side seems to believe that murder may be the lesser of the two crimes; committed as the last resort to stop infidelity.
This is not surprising, as most people in Pakistan adhere to a moral standard where the worst crime is deviance from the proscribed sexual norm. The emphasis on sexual morality drawfs any other social taboos. We are willing to tolerate lies, frauds, bribes, corruption, murder, and almost anything else as long as someone keeps their pee-pee hidden. The worst slander in our society, esp. for a woman, is “loose character”. This explains all the talk about “khandani” values and the popularity of honor killings.
The idea that the “crime” of pre-martial consensual intimacy is at most as bad as any other crime, and should not be a reason for murders, is not very popular in Pakistan. It is no wonder then, that the two groups of commentors are unable to understand each other; the two moral standards are irreconcilable.
This is a case of murder, not of morality. Those who make this about morality, specially by blaming the victim (which often happens in crimes against women) are de facto supporting the murder.
I came across this video this evening while making a new post for my blog. Adil, it might shivers you just like it would give to any noble and Khandani Pakistani person. Welcome to Lahore.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2Ui_SyhPPA
Offcourse modern and non-Talibanic type *intellectuals* would not pay attention to this unless the fire reach to their own homes.
Lo Ji, Ab taliban type hogaye. These clean shaved *intellectual radicals* are not going to leave us all alone either.
Baig, opposing ignorance of someone and discussing the issue does not mean endorsing the killing. Tell one single comment where any one endorsed the killing? If someone is opposing the ignorance of a person than it does not mean killing is being justified. Bhai apna dimagh ko Chashma pahnao takay saaf dekhay. This Mullah or Taliban bashing is not covering your ignorance about the entire matter. If you don’t have ability to give a solution then it does not mean you start shooting every one else.