The point is, if Indians can see what was a peaceful exercise of a civic prerogative as reason to take to the skirts of the PPP then they are not being reasonable. Further, this protest is not unexpected. It is what happens at elections time and what is predictable. The good thing this time is there were none of the habitual violence.quote:Originally posted by Mara:
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The PPP and the PNC are the same in terms of how they look at the world. If the PNC gets there with the same autocratic powers they will steal. To view any exercise on one side or the other as reasonable is itself unreasonable. One therefore let the exercises and the rituals and the processions play out and hope that in the act of decision making in the new circumstance, the expected adversarial relationships distill some reason.
Again, I care little about who claim and hold sacred their sense of victimization. If truth be told, the majority claims of these two groups subverted and subjugated the only group with natural patrimony in the state. Their greedy grasping practices marginalized these people and ignored Annex C of the independence agreement completely. The corrupt PPP as the PNC before them. insist that they have too much land for their numbers ( as if we asked so many to come!)
We therefore need reason, fair government, a balanced system and a constitution that will not allow any racial group to exercise authoritarian power. I care little for the sentiments of Indians if blacks take to the streets. Their fear is the reason blacks are there as well since it is their fear of Indian dominance that motivates their actions. We have to take the racial motivations out of politics and convert it into communal conversation spaces.
The PPP did not see fit to take us into an new era. They accept the fact blacks will take to the streets and saw that as a minor inconvenience and one they can control hence the regimentation and water cannon in advance of the election. The idea that blacks in the streets means a reversion to the dominance of the PPP is simply playing the same game.
The dynamics has changed. There are three parties in a plural arrangement. Decision making in pluralities can stalemate or they can do wonderful things. I am betting on wonderful things