“Facebook fanatics & Hamid Mir” – by Roman Ahsan

 

“Facebook fanatics & Hamid Mir” – by Roman Ahsan

-      April 22, 2014

Posted at: http://bit.ly/1i997JQ

Closed minds can never prosper which is what happens when people tend to ‘totally’ follow the views of any particular media house or any political party or any institution. In Hamid Mir’s case, we are seeing extremes on both sides. There is no doubt that GEO TV (from Jang Group) needs to be careful with its undue criticism of Pakistan Army and ISI. However, Pakistan Army and ISI are also not above the law, and accountable to the nation for any wrong decisions and moves though we do acknowledge the services and sacrifices of our soldiers and officers.

And then there are the Facebook fanatics with little education and grooming running Facebook pages who sometimes cross all limits in defending the image of Pakistan Army and ISI with their below the belt and filthy abusive language / posts which is opposed to what Islam teaches. There should be ethics involved in publishing content which is seen by thousands of followers of Facebook pages also. A continuous wrong trend can give rise to hate culture which can affect the psyche of some of the innocent youth looking for adventure. Who can control them and what if they get charged up actually trying to kill the person who is continuously being targeted by the runners of FB pages? We are not hinting at anything here but this happens all over the world and we have cases where the youth have shown violent behaviour after being exposed to some stimuli (videos, movies etc.)

A careful observation reveals that youth spend more time on social media compared to adults and due to lack of overall experience in life they have greater chances of falling for absurd philosophies that have little relevance with truth or reality. If the shooting of Hamid Mir is a drama by GEO to defame ISI as opined by a journalist, then it should also be admitted that we have no proof of that right now. We should neither let any media house defame Pakistan Army and ISI by levying false charges, nor the “blind lovers” of Pakistan Army and ISI should get carried away at this moment. It is alarming though that GEO TV blamed the ISI chief for the attack on Hamid Mir without any concrete evidence. Thus all of us need to mellow down and assess our personal attitudes and behaviours!

- Above, A Concern Has Been Addressed About Some Facebook Pages Run By Very Raw & Fanatic Elements In Pakistan Who Have Been Constantly Using Abusive Language/Posts Against GEO And Its Journalists (Even Attacking Ansar Abbasi Who Tries To Give Neutral Insights)

- Below We Have A Post Floated By A Defence Analyst On The Hamid Mir Issue On His Facebook Page - The Rest Of What He Says Is True But Two Of His Lines Are Very 'Wrong' (lines given below followed by full post) –

1- "When a journalist commits treason, why he should not be punished ??" [ So Mr. X wants that people should take law in their own hands and start shooting down others - Such stupid and irresponsible statement ]

2- "Geo claims that it has the right to criticize anyone. Who has given them this right ????"

[The defence analyst himself criticizes everyone including the Hindu Bunya, the liberals, Deobandis etc., and has even called both Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan as traitors for initiating peace talks with tribal people in North even though majority of Pakistan is in favour of them]

COMPLETE POST FLOATED BY THE DEFENCE ANALYST (Mr. X):

Geo claims that it has the right to criticize anyone. Who has given them this right ???? who has give the right to the media to destroy everything that is sacred ?? when they claim full freedom for themselves, why do they ally with criminals to silence their opponents ?? when a journalist commits treason, why he should not be punished ?? Geo has owned its crimes. Now the time for accountability begins..... Time to shut down this haramkhor channel. Our program on Waqt news today.