A lame excuse on derogatory WT cartoon
12 May, 2005
Pakistani nation as a whole has reacted sharply to the reported desecration of Holy Quran interrogators in Gauntanamo Bay and publication of a derogatory cartoon by the Washington Times which depicts a US solider asking his dog "Well done, now lets go to hunt Bin-Ladin".
The Pakistan Government has hinted at the possibility of initiating legal action against the two provocative acts by the US newspapers and the US soldiers.
So for, there is no official reaction on the part of the US Government to the desecration of Holy Quran by the American solider at Gauntanamo Bay, however , the Washington Times cartoonist Bill Garner says the cartoon was not aimed at humiliating the Pakistani nation. He says the misunderstanding created by the respective cartoon was the result of a "Cultural Gap" between the two nations as dog is a much respectable animal in America.
No matter how much respect is given to a dog in USA, it is general gesture that no one even in America would like to be called or described as a dog.
This is not for the first time when such heinous and provocative things have happened. Following the arrest of Aimel Kasi who later was sentenced to death for murdering two CIA official in USA, an American lawyer had said on record that "these Pakistanis can sell their mothers for money".
Question 1: What should be reaction of Pakistan Govt. to the two incidents?
Question 2: Is the reaction of Pakistani Nation to the WT cartoon result of cultural gap between two societies?
Question 3: Is Pakistani Govt.'s reaction commensurate with the gravity of crisis?
Question 4: Were these acts of American individuals or it depicts the thinking of the US Government?
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