A couple of days ago the Lahore Bar Association managed todo what no other bar association has been able to do so far; they lowered theirbar. They decided to ban all products by a company called SHEZAN from beingserved at court premises because apparently according to them SHEZAN is Ahmadiowned. Now you would think that being lawyers they would understand how logicworks and how an argument should be shaped. You would think that a whole associationmade up of lawyers would realize that why banning stuff based on themanufacturer’s apparent religious affiliations is a bad idea.
But you are wrong. Thinking an idea through would haverequired common sense and some actual lawyer work, so they instead chose to dothe stupid thing. And now that it is done, let us take a look at the sort of crapthese geniuses have pulled and what effects it would have.
Firstly, as lawyers they should have known that doingsomething like this would set precedence. That means that now that it has beendone in Lahore, zealots in other Bar Associations would go ahead and start makingsuch moronic decisions as well. So what these idiots have done is successfullygiven precedence for institutionalization of discrimination based on someone’sreligious beliefs. So even though right now it is just juice, they can banother things based on the same logic. It may even get to a point where theymight discriminate against people instead of just products because that istheir logic to start with. Because this specific person has religious beliefsthat are not identical to mine so anything he/she makes is banned, ergo thatperson himself should be banned too. Soyou see where I am going with this. Secondly, these are the same people who talk about Quaid kaPakistan and have the picture of Quaid in their Chambers as Quaid was not only thefounder of Pakistan but a great lawyer too. But with this decision they haveeffectively shit on Quaid’s image of Pakistan. Quaid built this country andassured at multiple instances that minorities will be treated equally. Quaidsaid the following:
Minorities to whichever community they may belong; will besafeguarded. Their religion or faith or belief will be secure. There will be nointerference of any kind with their freedom of worship. They will have theirprotection with regard to their religion, faith, their life, their culture.They will be, in all respects, the citizens of Pakistan without any distinctionof caste or creed. They will have their rights and privileges and nodoubt, along with it goes the obligation of citizenship. Therefore, theminorities have their responsibilities also and they will play their part inthe affairs of this state. As long as the minorities are loyal to the State andowe true allegiance and as long as I have any power, they need have noapprehension of any kind.And if Quaid’s words were not enough, the flag was to be therepresentative of the diversity of Pakistan where the white portion representsthe minorities who are a crucial part of this country. So based on all of this,who the hell are these people to go ahead and take such decisions that negatethe very vision of our founder. How can these people be expected to uphold theconstitution and laws of Pakistan when they do not even share the vision of itsfounder.
All said and done, the point is, we all know that this is abad decision. We all know that these Bar Association people are zealots who arepushing Pakistan down a dangerous path. But what we need to start understandingis that this sort of mentality is now spreading. It is no longer the actionthat is dangerous; it is the thought that has gone in to that. The sort of evilmind that thought this up is the problem for our nation. And that mentality is unfortunatelyspreading. This was a Lawyer’s association, who are apparently educated and ifthis is how their mind is working imagine how easy it would be to influence themind of simpletons with such religious hatred fueled by moronic reasoning.
It’s the mind set we need to be freaking out on, not the nonavailability of a juice.
In case you were wondering who are these people at Lahore Bar Association, follow this link http://www.lahorebarassociation.com/current-cabinet
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