Pakistani Lawyers Support Assassin

[Bikewer]

The Pakistani lawyer's association, which figured so prominently in the mostly-secular protests against Musharrif's regime, is apparently turning in a more fundamentalist direction:

http://www.npr.org/2011/01/14/132924332/Pakistani-Lawyers-Make-Governors-Assassin-A-Hero

NPR's Morning Edition reports this morning that over 1000 of these lawyers have signed on to documents actively supporting the assassin who gunned down the official he was supposedly guarding.
This individual has apparently not been arrested as yet.... Even though he has been interviewed by the media and has made statements as to his guilt (and his feelings of righteousness...)
The reporter from Pakistan was clearly concerned about a rising tide of extreme Islamic fundamentalism.

 

[WildCat]

These lawyers were showering him with rose petals as he was being lead into court. Disgusting.

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[boyntonstu]

Allah above A-Law

 

[A'isha]

These lawyers were showering him with rose petals as he was being lead into court. Disgusting.

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Yeah.

Pakistan, which was already in a very bad place, is rapidly heading for a worse one.

 

[Giz]

Yeah.

Pakistan, which was already in a very bad place, is rapidly heading for a worse one.

And they have nukes.

India must be horrified.

 

[Mycroft]

Yeah.

Pakistan, which was already in a very bad place, is rapidly heading for a worse one.

How come they can't ever rapidly head in a good direction?

 

[Madalch]

How come they can't ever rapidly head in a good direction?

Because when they do, the anti-immigration people get upset.

 

[geni]

And they have nukes.

India must be horrified.

I suspect india has plans. In all probability so do the US and china.

 

[WildCat]

Because when they do, the anti-immigration people get upset.

 

[Giz]

I suspect india has plans. In all probability so do the US and china.

Like nuking them first? Or sending in Captain Price and 'Soap" MacTavish to smuggle them out of the country?

I fear that there is no "good" plan for dealing with an nuclear Pakistan that descends into madness. Just a lot of crossed fingers.

 

[funk de fino]

Now it must be said then, a lot of the lawyers are extremely right-wing and very conservative

ha ha ha ha

 

[funk de fino]

Out for a wee while and this section truns into a certain posters bigotry soap box.

Its rapidly turning into a cess pit.

Carry on.

 

[commandlinegamer]

Perhaps, but certain other topics do seem to be taking centre stage at the moment so maybe the majority of posters are otherwise diverted.

 

[arthwollipot]

Now they've advised that their defense of Qadri is that Taseer could not be prosecuted for blasphemy because of an immunity clause, so Qadri's extrajudicial action is thereby justified.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=25591&Cat=6&dt=1/14/2011

Basically, justifying vigilantism.

 

[Mojo]

Now they've advised that their defense of Qadri is that Taseer could not be prosecuted for blasphemy because of an immunity clause, so Qadri's extrajudicial action is thereby justified.

I thought that the reason he couldn't be prosecuted for blasphemy was that he hadn't committed blasphemy. His "crime" was to have opposed the blasphemy law, not to have broken it.

NPR's Morning Edition reports this morning that over 1000 of these lawyers have signed on to documents actively supporting the assassin who gunned down the official he was supposedly guarding.

They shouldn't be lawyers. Perhaps they would be more suited to the priesthood.

 

[commandlinegamer]

There is the oft-quoted line from Shakespeare's Henry VI, where it's assumed by some that in order to have a successful revolution you need this to happen:

"First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers."

A careful examination of the play easily debunks this.

However, as regards Pakistan it looks like if there were revolution, lawyers would be in the vanguard.

 

[hgc]

The American Revolution is the quintessential lawyers' revolt. The basis for breaking with England was more of a legalistic idea (the king and parliament violated the Common Law in his dealings with the colonies) than any political philosophy.

 

[geni]

Like nuking them first? Or sending in Captain Price and 'Soap" MacTavish to smuggle them out of the country?

Smash and grab. Remember nuclear weapons don't breed and pakistan doesn't have that many.

 

[Giz]

Smash and grab. Remember nuclear weapons don't breed and pakistan doesn't have that many.

Sounds easier said than done.

 

[WildCat]

Smash and grab. Remember nuclear weapons don't breed and pakistan doesn't have that many.

The only country on the planet capable of doing that is the US, India and China have no ability to carry out that task despite being right next door.