Don’t be surprised
The article makes it sound as if the genetic make-up of Pakistanis has an active violence gene.
LONDON:
Some parts of George Fulton’s article ‘Don’t be surprised’ (August 25) are valid, particularly the bit about minority killings but the rest sounds like an emotional rant. The article makes it sound as if the genetic make-up of Pakistanis has an active violence gene. In fact, I would say that all human beings have a propensity for extreme violence which will exhibit itself in certain circumstances. In Pakistan, the lack of rule of law, the fact that the average Pakistani does not expect to get justice, and the fact that mob violence has historically not been prosecuted has created precisely such circumstances which resulted in the killings in Sialkot.
Yusaf Khan
Published in The Express Tribune, August 27th, 2010.
Some parts of George Fulton’s article ‘Don’t be surprised’ (August 25) are valid, particularly the bit about minority killings but the rest sounds like an emotional rant. The article makes it sound as if the genetic make-up of Pakistanis has an active violence gene. In fact, I would say that all human beings have a propensity for extreme violence which will exhibit itself in certain circumstances. In Pakistan, the lack of rule of law, the fact that the average Pakistani does not expect to get justice, and the fact that mob violence has historically not been prosecuted has created precisely such circumstances which resulted in the killings in Sialkot.
Yusaf Khan
Published in The Express Tribune, August 27th, 2010.