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Just because it is an-other country..

Just because it is 'Pakistan' an-other country, it’s so easy to speak of war or debate on war – or for that matter think and worry about war. The overriding emotion is -Punish the offender, teach a lesson for the hurt generated, give back as much hurt if not more and so on. It’s always easy to talk about ‘other’ than the ‘self’; irrespective of the situation involving individual issues or collective issues. If my watch falls from somebody else’s hand and gets broken, then I become livid and may even slap that person for being careless. If it falls from my child’s hand, my reaction is less hurtful, but I may still vent my anger and shout at the child. But if the same watch is dropped from my own hand, I do not slap or shout ‘me’. I accept ‘my fault’, try to forget the incidence by searching for an alternative and resolve to be more careful. When it is ‘Pakistan’, we are so unified on our offensive. It should be war, teach them lesson. Whom actually war will hurt? The peo