tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876030204011866371.post8832879373191123938..comments2023-08-11T19:08:44.499+05:00Comments on Assorted Mundanities.: When will pigs fly?Majazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12940659902381143803noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876030204011866371.post-42438361412091754632008-08-17T22:53:00.000+06:002008-08-17T22:53:00.000+06:00That's the idea, babe!That's the idea, babe!Majazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12940659902381143803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876030204011866371.post-37595865329292754592008-08-17T22:17:00.000+06:002008-08-17T22:17:00.000+06:00every single minute of today, fate has been trying...every single minute of today, fate has been trying to prove that men ARE jackasses. All of em.<BR/><BR/>http://www.quackonline.net/creative-writing/keep-staring-this-font-might-be-female/<BR/><BR/>you started the fire, baby!Hira S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08943207076572127607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876030204011866371.post-568684031579262162008-08-15T06:29:00.000+06:002008-08-15T06:29:00.000+06:00Thank you, Hufsa.You've got to keep trying though....Thank you, Hufsa.<BR/><BR/>You've got to keep trying though.Majazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12940659902381143803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876030204011866371.post-14307738703673795352008-08-15T06:26:00.000+06:002008-08-15T06:26:00.000+06:00*stands up**claps loudly*Alhumdulillah, written so...*stands up*<BR/>*claps loudly*<BR/>Alhumdulillah, written so perfectly and also with such great arguments! You have expressed how essential equality is in such a clear way! Hopefully the people who read this and get pissed off will think again and actually realize that you're right! And you know, nothing will change unless the women themselves start to let themselves get their rights..if they're not even going to bother trying..then well, it's totally futile. <BR/>Props to you :) Greatly Written.Hufsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04938210941757212218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876030204011866371.post-20648745452694551132008-08-15T04:10:00.000+06:002008-08-15T04:10:00.000+06:00Pearls of wisdom, Hira and Reja. Kudos.Pearls of wisdom, Hira and Reja. Kudos.Majazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12940659902381143803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876030204011866371.post-21544314021532168162008-08-15T02:06:00.000+06:002008-08-15T02:06:00.000+06:00"... A woman must never think of herself as a more..."... A woman must never think of herself as a more capable person, no. She must control her outbursts, keep her emotions in check, and stop speaking when her anger gets the better of her."<BR/><BR/>no no no no. we control our outbursts, keep our emotions in check, and stop speaking when too angry...because men cant. and often don't. it is when we solemnly regard, perched on the family couch, our better half fly in a rage, ranting and raving over the inconsequential (not to him though!) misfortunes of life that have unjustly attached themselves to his indignant soul do we come upon the reality that we.must.remain.calm.<BR/>not in fear of that rage being directed at us (though sadly for some women it has happened) but because we know *sigh* hell someone has to.<BR/><BR/>impassioned emotions, uncontrolled anger, sharp frustrated outbursts... are never dignified, belittle a lady's decorum and make you look very silly in the end. look at Lady Caroline.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876030204011866371.post-23921675176818469822008-08-14T22:35:00.000+06:002008-08-14T22:35:00.000+06:00The thing is the more you consider different peopl...The thing is the more you consider different people as 'them' and not as people at all, you're bound to become chauvinists, or racists, or homophobic or xenophobic whatever. Our society suffers from way too much sectarianism. We've divided people into so many phylums, sub phylums, sub-sub phylums etc... women are just one category to be reviled and subjugated. <BR/>Aga Khanis, Homosexuals, non muslims face the same level of prejudice. The difference is that they don't make up 50% of the population. A chauvinistic society is a paralysed economy.Hira S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08943207076572127607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876030204011866371.post-59669171511076919872008-08-14T18:49:00.000+06:002008-08-14T18:49:00.000+06:00Aah.*self-satisfied grin*Aah.<BR/><BR/>*self-satisfied grin*Majazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12940659902381143803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876030204011866371.post-2059151891507304452008-08-14T17:38:00.000+06:002008-08-14T17:38:00.000+06:00The very first question that you mentioned: opinio...The very first question that you mentioned: opinion on women. It's such an open-ended query.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876030204011866371.post-65514709558608126752008-08-14T15:38:00.000+06:002008-08-14T15:38:00.000+06:00A balanced middle is deeply craved when it comes t...A balanced middle is deeply craved when it comes to our nation. It's either a corrupt dictator or a corrupt democrat, it's either mobs on streets for a dead politician (whom they didn't care about in the beginning in the first place) or a total apathy.<BR/><BR/>A balanced middle is deeply, deeply, <I>deeply</I> craved.<BR/><BR/>Which questions scared you the most, I'd like to know.Majazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12940659902381143803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876030204011866371.post-45639226195512722442008-08-14T12:24:00.000+06:002008-08-14T12:24:00.000+06:00I wrote a long comment and then IESCO made the pow...I wrote a long comment and then IESCO made the power go poof. :/<BR/><BR/>Anyway, your questions were scary. And I agree with Mr. D, you can't expect an 18-year-old to be <EM>that</EM> rational. Most of them are very everything-is-either-black-or-white beings, and some of them are smart alecks like the one you recommended.<BR/><BR/>But yes, the adjectives and stereotypes associated with "<EM>aurat zaat</EM>" are quite crude. Again, the black-or-white thing. We Pakistanis are wired in that way -- it's either this side of the spectrum or that one. Who cares about a balanced middle?<BR/><BR/>And I might be going off-topic here, so I guess I'll stop.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876030204011866371.post-40436210631261261422008-08-14T00:37:00.000+06:002008-08-14T00:37:00.000+06:00What struck me as a surprise, Cynicalutopian, was ...What struck me as a surprise, Cynicalutopian, was that even nice loving, caring people can be chauvinists. As my friend says, it's more like a school of thought nowadays.<BR/><BR/>And like I said.. it's surprising that you don't always see them dressed as the Grim Reaper. But rather as the Little Red Riding Hood or Cinderella, sweet and caring.<BR/><BR/>I feel for your days in the government where you'd have to prove your worth every day just because you're Mem Sab and that other ridiculously pig-headed guy is Saab Jee.<BR/><BR/>God be with you. Chauvinists won't change. All we can do is yelp and stomp and bardashtofy the stereotypes.Majazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12940659902381143803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876030204011866371.post-35939713594407598512008-08-14T00:27:00.000+06:002008-08-14T00:27:00.000+06:00I dont see why it came as a surprise considering w...I dont see why it came as a surprise considering what our society is like. Yes I feel as strongly about it as you do, more but its definitely not surprising. For me the heart rending thing isnt how men behave its how women who are in a position to help other women go out of their way to subjugate,humiliate and overall derogate them into fitting the mould society has fitted for them and that is something which sucks.<BR/><BR/>your question will bring about a change.... maybe a long time from now (humans evolved mullishness if nothing else!) but I guess one must do what one can in their individual capacity if there is ever to be a change.<BR/><BR/>Btw nowhere do you see this crap with such force as in government service, one of the reasons which makes me a firm advocate of the belief that its people who have nothing to recommend them who need to put down others (including women) to bolster their own shaky egoes. it was definitely not very pleasant realising that when I went to office the 1st day I had to work to prove myself to the CLERK and the PEON among others while a guy was a "sahab" by virtue of his gender from day 1. there is not much if anything I appreciate in those around me nowadays, this post is just a long run of stuff where I yearn to be convinced otherwise....in vain :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876030204011866371.post-64547991219484209822008-08-14T00:14:00.000+06:002008-08-14T00:14:00.000+06:00I hope I piss em off. I hope I piss em off into be...I hope I piss em off. I hope I piss em off into being more sensible.<BR/><BR/>Sad part is, they don't introspect either, once they're pissed off.<BR/><BR/>It just gives them a better opportunity to be more sexist than before.<BR/><BR/>Ruddy idiots.Majazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12940659902381143803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876030204011866371.post-10969797424073854062008-08-14T00:12:00.000+06:002008-08-14T00:12:00.000+06:00Should you really bother about how many you piss o...Should you really bother about how many you piss off? Given the type of questions you have been asking people, you are the type of person who should actually let them piss themselves off. Am I glad that you did it. It would, if nothing else, let them have an opportunity to introspect. Hopefully, it will contribute to bring up a better sensitized generation of men. The change will be gradual, but it will be there, inshallah.Mampihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02151567171626446275noreply@blogger.com