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India-Pakistan
Needless point-scoring
2014-07-19
[DAWN] HAVING heard the news of escaped convict Adnan Rashid's recapture, there was the obvious temptation to write him a letter listing the million and one reasons why the ideology he and others of his ilk adhere to is despicable and why they are safer behind bars than free.

But a letter from a mere mortal, a columnist, was hardly likely to have an impact where illustrious and accomplished men of letters have tried before and, from the look of it, failed. The self-righteous murderous thugs are beyond reformation.

Therefore, a letter would have been just point-scoring. And given there are many, many more so adept at that game that one can only aspire to attain such excellence, sanity demanded that the game is best left to them.
Posted by:Fred

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