In reference to my previous post, I would like to add yet another point. It is not just the media who is stupid enough to not highlight the good points of the country and city, it is everything everywhere from internet, blogs groups and what not. We are so stupid that we don't even realize that we ourselves tell the world that we are (a). stupid, (b). Illiterate (c). at fault, and living in a (d). politically and economically unstable country which is supposedly (e). hub for terrorsim!?. What is up with you people!
I will try to make my point clear by using a very recent example from the website Karachi Metblogs (KMB).
I, myself was once an author on KMB, but before I tell you what I am about to say, I should tell you why I joined the blog. I found so many good posts, open-minded people posting everything about Karachi, posting about events, places, and restaurant reviews etc (which were sometimes very useful too). But the reason for me to quit was that "some" of the new individuals were (and still are) openly making personal opinions, critics and unbiased accusations about the politicians of Pakistan, others actively and passionately post about every bomb that goes off, every person getting killed, the next minute of happening. The rest of them try to "be the first" to write about when every politician even sneezes!
I don't know why it was so, but it was clearly killing the better usage of metroblogging and promoting the blog as a political blog and not just that, it was highlighting ONLY the issues of the country and not the good points that could make the world could see how wonderful our country really is. So I quit writing, as I did not and do not want to be recognized as someone who drills holes in what they eat in.
Please note that I am in no way trying to pinpoint any single individual or a website for criticism, I’m speaking collectively, while realizing that not everyone is good and not everyone is a culprit in a blogsphere.
A few days back there was a post made on Karachi Metblogs about an event organized by CIO Pakistan and Badar Khushnood where a discussion was carried out about blogging and bloggers of Pakistan, how it has been going on and what it should be. A few lines from the post...
Just today (2 days after the above post was made) another post was made on the same website. Here are some lines from the post...
Now my point is, this is the exact same website on which both the two contrary posts were made, the irony here is that it is made by the same author, one post consequent to the other by the gap of just two days.
Wasn't it enough to let the world know more and more about killings, crimes, rapes, robberies, bombs, economic issues, "pathetic" services offered by government and almost every company, telco, cellcos, electricity corporation, municipal corporation, WIND, WATER, EARTH, FIRE in Pakistan, that it was felt extremely necessary to write about animals killings? Not just animals but pet cats and dogs too. Yea, so the world could also know how sick, weird and psychologically ill we all are!
My question is, if the media is free, does it mean it should loose its mind and show anything and everything? From live coverage of shootouts to blown up bodies of bombers, gore and blood, from obscene movies to drams made on subjects of illegitimate physical relations between friends, from road shows where the host “dares” teenagers to do “daring things” and gets kissed by young girls in front of the camera as this is what they think is “daring” or being told on TV that the girl slapped her mother on the face just to prove that she was daring! Where have all the sanity gone? What are you educating people, what are you telling the world?
On the other hand, if you have internet (which you are never happy to have, as it is “slow”) does it mean you should write anything and everything? If the technology has made the world just a click away, does it mean you should let others look into your toilets!?
Just think for a minute when you say something, this internet and media are NOT a channel for finding solution, publicity will NOT solve any problem in the country, it will ONLY let the world know, so they could point fingers at you while you yourself strip-naked down to humility.
Pakistan and all of its cities are a wonderful place to live, besides every problem it is still our home and it will be for the rest of our lives. Writing about the country’s problems is like writing about your own homes. Would you be willing to blog on a global scale about the arguments you went through with your wife or husband, what your kids are doing and how they are not listening or getting complaints or bad results back from school, or how you might be worried about your teenage son or daughter or how the grandpa’s health is declining every day? Would you write about it? Or would you like it if your neighbor writes about it? You wouldn’t write it yourself neither you would like anyone else to write about it. So my question is that this country is just a collection of a million such homes…
why are you giving the world the wrong impression?
I will try to make my point clear by using a very recent example from the website Karachi Metblogs (KMB).
I, myself was once an author on KMB, but before I tell you what I am about to say, I should tell you why I joined the blog. I found so many good posts, open-minded people posting everything about Karachi, posting about events, places, and restaurant reviews etc (which were sometimes very useful too). But the reason for me to quit was that "some" of the new individuals were (and still are) openly making personal opinions, critics and unbiased accusations about the politicians of Pakistan, others actively and passionately post about every bomb that goes off, every person getting killed, the next minute of happening. The rest of them try to "be the first" to write about when every politician even sneezes!
I don't know why it was so, but it was clearly killing the better usage of metroblogging and promoting the blog as a political blog and not just that, it was highlighting ONLY the issues of the country and not the good points that could make the world could see how wonderful our country really is. So I quit writing, as I did not and do not want to be recognized as someone who drills holes in what they eat in.
Please note that I am in no way trying to pinpoint any single individual or a website for criticism, I’m speaking collectively, while realizing that not everyone is good and not everyone is a culprit in a blogsphere.
A few days back there was a post made on Karachi Metblogs about an event organized by CIO Pakistan and Badar Khushnood where a discussion was carried out about blogging and bloggers of Pakistan, how it has been going on and what it should be. A few lines from the post...
In the end came the resolutions and everyone committed to contribute in one way or another to build a brighter and more positive image Pakistan and bring about a change through blogging. People agreed among other things, to blog more positive things about Pakistan, photoblogging more of Pakistan’s art and cultural events and tagging every blog post or picture they upload properly.
Just today (2 days after the above post was made) another post was made on the same website. Here are some lines from the post...
In this country innocents get murdered every day, may they be the victims of a bomb blast, a pedestrian trying to cross a road, a collage student waiting for a bus, a person resisting a robbery bid, or pet dog sitting calmly outside his house.
Here is just another one of the heartbreaking narrative: http://d*****ing.org/murder-****/ (note: I have removed the links)
Now my point is, this is the exact same website on which both the two contrary posts were made, the irony here is that it is made by the same author, one post consequent to the other by the gap of just two days.
Wasn't it enough to let the world know more and more about killings, crimes, rapes, robberies, bombs, economic issues, "pathetic" services offered by government and almost every company, telco, cellcos, electricity corporation, municipal corporation, WIND, WATER, EARTH, FIRE in Pakistan, that it was felt extremely necessary to write about animals killings? Not just animals but pet cats and dogs too. Yea, so the world could also know how sick, weird and psychologically ill we all are!
My question is, if the media is free, does it mean it should loose its mind and show anything and everything? From live coverage of shootouts to blown up bodies of bombers, gore and blood, from obscene movies to drams made on subjects of illegitimate physical relations between friends, from road shows where the host “dares” teenagers to do “daring things” and gets kissed by young girls in front of the camera as this is what they think is “daring” or being told on TV that the girl slapped her mother on the face just to prove that she was daring! Where have all the sanity gone? What are you educating people, what are you telling the world?
On the other hand, if you have internet (which you are never happy to have, as it is “slow”) does it mean you should write anything and everything? If the technology has made the world just a click away, does it mean you should let others look into your toilets!?
Just think for a minute when you say something, this internet and media are NOT a channel for finding solution, publicity will NOT solve any problem in the country, it will ONLY let the world know, so they could point fingers at you while you yourself strip-naked down to humility.
Pakistan and all of its cities are a wonderful place to live, besides every problem it is still our home and it will be for the rest of our lives. Writing about the country’s problems is like writing about your own homes. Would you be willing to blog on a global scale about the arguments you went through with your wife or husband, what your kids are doing and how they are not listening or getting complaints or bad results back from school, or how you might be worried about your teenage son or daughter or how the grandpa’s health is declining every day? Would you write about it? Or would you like it if your neighbor writes about it? You wouldn’t write it yourself neither you would like anyone else to write about it. So my question is that this country is just a collection of a million such homes…
why are you giving the world the wrong impression?
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