Does anybody know how to say "Go fuck yourself" in Urdu, the official language of Pakistan? It should be moved to the forefront of common knowledge, I think, simply because of the Pakistan Prime Minister's most recent remarks concerning the gang-rape of a woman in 2002.
I wrote a
piece on this very topic in June, in fact. I had hoped that the Canadian coverage of such a heinous crime across the globe would send messages rippling to the proper "authorities" [cough, cough] in Pakistan.
I was, of course, wrong.
The most recent article can be found
here.Apparently he thinks the whole thing was a sham to gain quicker passage to Canada. Apparently, also, we here away from the
Land That Reason Forgot don't understand the situation in a strange and magical place like Pakistan.
"You must understand the environment in Pakistan. This has become a moneymaking concern. A lot of people say if you want to go abroad and get a visa for Canada or citizenship and be a millionaire, get yourself raped."
Seriously!? "Getting yourself raped" is the ideological kin to saying "Hey, you want sympathy for crimes committed against your people? Go through a holocaust." Amnesty International is asking for a public apology but obviously that won't cut it. Public apologies do nothing to remove private sentiment.
Hang the bastard. No, better yet, order him to be gang-raped. He deserves nothing less.
