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To: SARMAN who wrote (47754)	3/13/2005 3:06:30 PM
From: malibuca	of 50167

I have been catching up with some of the postings on this thread since I have been away quite a bit and was struck by some of your observations. Iqbal you try so hard to a westerner, I guess there is nothing wrong with that, but you also lost the ability to think for yourself. This is one of the more perceptive observations made regarding Mr. Latif. He tries to be more American than the average American or more Western than the typical Westerner. I have visited Pakistan on several occasions and many of the people there have contempt for a Pakistani - such as Latif - who has been so completely absorbed by Western culture that they have lost their capacity to think critically. They have a name in Urdu for such a person but I cannot remember it. Some Pakistanis attribute this to the colonial heritage of the country and the need that existed for the locals to adapt to British customs in an effort to enjoy the favors of their colonial masters. In the process they tried to reject many of their own customs and traditions. They are still unable to shake the vestiges of their colonial past to this day. Check out the picture that accompanies his articles and you see a guy wearing an outfit that looks like a tuxedo! He does not wear the traditional garb of his own country when it comes to presenting his image for the world to see! Look at events he cites in his posts on "Today in History" or "Idea of the Day" and almost all of them are based on Western historical events or famous quotations by Westerners. He comes from a country and tradition that has a proud and rich history but he cannot bring himself to cite events and quotations that are indigenous to his part of the world. I believe it was Raymond Duray who was so puzzled by Latif's slavish admiration and lack of critical thinking as it pertained to the West and US policy regarding geopolitical issues that he wondered where his loyalties rested. Anyway, your point is well made.

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