Ideological Suicide Bombers

Here is an excellent article about how people like Zaid Hamid are misleading the nation. Dawn has taken a surprisingly positive turn and taken the side of reason. The article also states that the two points of view have to collide and Gul's point of view is that it should be up to the Rationalists to take the argument to the conspiracy theorists. I agree, despite the fact that the response is not going to be a convincing argument but a violent backlash. For instance yesterday's blog (below) shows a video about how Facebook had acted against Pakistan   by taking down Zaid Hamids page on it.

Closer inspection showed that violent reaction is being planned against the alleged "Israeli Agents" who launched the campaign against the page and brought it down. There are more then convincing suggestions that the even violent action is justified against these "miscreants".

Zaid Hamid and his supporters are the ideological equivalent of suicide bombers. While a suicide bomber chooses to take his life he also makes the choice to take others with him and without their consent. Similarly, these ideological suicide bombers are planning to take everyone with them with or without their consent.

Would it not be more rational to build a better Pakistan for our children and our children's children rather than dream of a trans national empire with Pakistan at the epicenter.

Ideological suicide bombing forms the basis of the actual act. Therefore, people like Zaid Hamid are trying to keep the ideology alive in a time when rationality might prevail and people make a wholesale rejection of  a very suicidal idea!