Cricket and people's choice for ambassador
We started off this week talking about the cricket controversy last weekend after an umpire penalised Pakistan for tampering with the ball. today for their touring captain, Inzamam-ul-Haq, on charges of ball tampering and bringing the game into disrepute.
We might talk about that, and we have been asking you over the last two days about who you would nominate to be an .
Anu saw this story about the debate over rape laws in Pakistan. An alliance of six religious parties in Pakistan has condemned the . The Hudood ordinance dates from 1979 and imposes strict punishments for such crimes as rape, theft and adultery.
Siraju-ul-Haq, a senior member of the MMA alliance, told the 91Èȱ¬ the government was "following a Western agenda to secularise Pakistan".
Some other stories I'm looking at as I warm myself over the nice . in the planets. An online campaign ? Looks like a has begun. Here are some (scroll down below the ads). Or why not just ?
Well, while looking around the internet for Pluto blog posts, I found this. Is the? It's a provocative idea from Bruce Schneier, who writes about security and the technology of security. Everyone is a bit jumpy. There was another .
Bruce says:
The point of terrorism is to cause terror, sometimes to further a political goal and sometimes out of sheer hatred. The people terrorists kill are not the targets; they are collateral damage. And blowing up planes, trains, markets or buses is not the goal; those are just tactics. The real targets of terrorism are the rest of us: the billions of us who are not killed but are terrorized because of the killing. The real point of terrorism is not the act itself, but our reaction to the act. And we're doing exactly what the terrorists want.
Comments Post your comment