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To: TBP
“I have not really studied the situation there.”

Why not? The nobody paid you to do that? Have you heard nothing about the genocide in Balochistan and Sindh? What world are you living in?

“Do they speak a different language? Are they different religiously? Ethnically?”

Yes they speak Balochi and Sindhi which are completely different from Urdu or Punjabi. Ethnically too they are different. They have a distinctly different culture. They also don't follow the Wahhibi brand of Islam that the Pakistani establishment follow.

“Nations should not be broken up over what Jefferson called “light and transient causes” but the right to your onw self-determination is the essence of democracy and freedom is the birthrigt of all peoples and nations.”

So doesn't that apply on the Sindhis, Balochis and Mohajirs? dont they have the right to self-determination? Dont they have a right to democracy and freedom?

Since you want me to condemn Indian excess in Kashmir and Punjab wont you join me in condemning Pakistani army genocide in Balochistan and Sindh?

65 posted on 05/18/2007 3:57:42 PM PDT by Gengis Khan
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To: Gengis Khan

I already hve condemned it. Ylou either weren’t paying attention or your narrow little Hindutva blinders didn’t allow you to catch that.

As I said, I’m not an expert on Balochistan and Sindh, but from what I can gather I’d certainly be for independence there. Ultimately, however, it’s their decision to make. Not yours, not mine, not India’s, not Pakistan’s. They have to want independence. Self-determination is making that choice.

The same principles apply there as apply to Khalistan, Kashmir, Nagaland, etc. What I would be for is self-determination. Why not just have a vote on the issue? Wouldn’t that be the most likely way to end the violence?


67 posted on 05/18/2007 5:10:21 PM PDT by TBP
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