In the discussion in the wake of the floods in Pakistan, and the perceived lack of empathy from the outside world, one recurring theme is that the choice of a corrupt, inept government in Pakistan is not the the fault of the people. Until I hear otherwise, Pakistan is a democracy and therefore the government was elected by the people.
Now whether those people voted for the current government because they were able to make a rational choice between different candidates, or because candidate X gave them a chicken and some cash, it makes no difference. The people of Pakistan are responsible for the government they have.
Now some people will say that the people took the chickens and the goats and the cash because they are poor and they are uneducated, etc. Sorry, but that does not change anything. (These same people will take cash, a goat, a chicken to chant Death to America/Infidels as well… or to burn the Union Jack after David Cameron’s comments the other day). All we hear is that it is not the fault of the Pakistani people. This is where I call ‘bullshit”.
There is a word for beings that are uneducated, docile, can’t think for themselves, eat, reproduce, take up space, and only do what others tell them, etc. They are called cattle. So explain to me why I should lose sleep over cattle dying. Because at the end of the day, even if we work to save them, they will still be cattle. And they will still take money to vote for candidate X or burn country Y’s flag or whatever. And they will still blame their misfortune on others instead of themselves.
