From: sherwani@sol.cs.wmich.edu (Naveed Sherwani)
Subject: Re: SALMAN RUSHDIE
Organization: Western Michigan Univ. Comp. Sci. Dept.
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 22:21:36 GMT

In article <BuHHHG.CrM@acsu.buffalo.edu>, memon@acsu.buffalo.edu (Naveed Siraj Memon) writes:
> In article <1992Sep12.190006.11034@sol.cs.wmich.edu> sherwani@sol.cs.wmich.edu (Naveed Sherwani) writes:
> >In article <BuF7o9.M2q@acsu.buffalo.edu>, memon@acsu.buffalo.edu (Naveed Siraj Memon) writes:
> >> In article <1992Sep11.072914.27434@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> bholu@nyx.cs.du.edu (  Bholu) writes:
> >> >In article <1992Sep10.024417.5116@sol.cs.wmich.edu>(Naveed
> >> >Sherwani) writes: 
> >> >
> >> I wrote a response about someone calling names and shouting
> >> obsenities(sp) at my mother, but I fail to picture Mr Sherwani's
> >> cool.  There had to be something that is offensive enough to 
> >> provoke an angry response. This is just a personal response. 
> >> I can see how Mr Sherwani can maintain his composure while my
> >> kick heads to someones crotch. To quote a lame line out of 
> >> Streisand song to go as the musical score as you picture someone
> >> at the receiving end of my anger, "people, people need people",
> >> to straighten them out if I might add.
> >> 
> >
> >Naveed Bhai:
> >
> > Maybe I can remain cool or  maybe I cant. But I sure would try.
> >Anger is short term  ego trip with long term (bad) effects.
> >
> >Well here is a anger situation, that most will find
> >hard to comprehend.
> >
> >Background:
> >You can get a brand new Taxi in Pakistan within three days
> >of your arrival with only 10% down. So dont worry about un-employment :-).
> >(a policy of Nawaz Sharif supported by Naveed Sherwani, I am sure he is 
> >thrilled :-)).
> >
> Thanks for the tip. 
> ".
> >Event:
> >A friend of ours took advantage of this policy
> >and on the very first day, he was robbed, shot in the head and his
> >taxi taken away by unknown (and still free) robbers. His body was found
> >three days later. I guess, the crime wave is catching on.
> >
> >Question:
> >Can my friend's family remain cool ? I cant answer that.
> >
> >Opinion:
> >As my mother says, only Allah[swt] can get angry with this
> >evil kind of people, it is beyond human anger !
> >
> Ahah. religion, the drug. eh!, to loosely paraphrase Marx.
> 
> >regards,
> >
> >-Naveed
> 
> If you get a chance, try checking out Newsline, Aug 92 edition. It has listed
> the so called torture cells are they are maintained by the MQM, PPI, JSSF. Read
> this statement in the same order. i.e PPI-MQM rivalry resulted in more of their
> men heading to the cells. I just wanted to mention this because you mentioned
> your friend's family, and there were a few pictures of mourning families in 
> Peshawar after the Shia-Sunni riots.
> 
I read parts of it. I can appreciate the anger. But I must say, anger
almost never solves anything.

I just came back from PSA meeting. Everybody (almost all students) appeared very
angry about very mudane things. Membership, events, etc. Maybe it is our blood
to get angry too quickly, or maybe it is cultural, whatever, it is, it is
bad. Getting angry is waste of time. 

> 
> the younger, skinnier Naveed

The older and cooler Naveed

regards,

-Naveed

PS: BTW, the remark about `skinnier' is well taken, I am joining gym ASAP :-)


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