The courageous many
Were we brave, we would not have lost Saleem Shahzad. Were we brave, Salmaan Taseer’s killer would have been hanged.
KARACHI:
This is with reference to Sami Shah’s article of June 2 titled “The courageous many”. We are the ones who are morally corrupt to the core and also the most insensitive of people. We can’t even get a single person to do what is right. Most of us keep quiet and do not raise our voice despite all that we see happening around us.
The fact of the matter is that we are just happy that it’s someone else who is paying the price for speaking up and not us. We have no sense of community, of social bonding, of kinship — we will not stand for others yet expect the whole world to rise if a wrong is committed against us. Were we brave, we would not have lost Saleem Shahzad. Were we brave, Salmaan Taseer’s killer would have been hanged by now.
Tasneem Chowdhrey
Published in The Express Tribune, June 3rd, 2011.
This is with reference to Sami Shah’s article of June 2 titled “The courageous many”. We are the ones who are morally corrupt to the core and also the most insensitive of people. We can’t even get a single person to do what is right. Most of us keep quiet and do not raise our voice despite all that we see happening around us.
The fact of the matter is that we are just happy that it’s someone else who is paying the price for speaking up and not us. We have no sense of community, of social bonding, of kinship — we will not stand for others yet expect the whole world to rise if a wrong is committed against us. Were we brave, we would not have lost Saleem Shahzad. Were we brave, Salmaan Taseer’s killer would have been hanged by now.
Tasneem Chowdhrey
Published in The Express Tribune, June 3rd, 2011.