Trust on Seymour M. Hersh
(Syed Musarrat Ali, Karachi)
Seymour M. Hersh wrote a free
essay on “London Review of Books” which was posted on FB by me on May 11 at
9:40am and till today the no. has gone up to facebook 17081, twitter 15,088 and
a debate is still on throughout 28 Television News Channels of Pakistan
regarding the authenticity of this essay while the LRB website itself declares:
London Review of Books
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The debate going on is about the truthfulness of the essay which has become the
top story these days. I would like to comment that as parent I lose my
credibility when I teach my children to tell any one on the phone (Landline) or
at the door, that I am not home but the very next moment deliver a lecture to
all my children that no matter what happens, you must not tell a lie in whole of
your lives. Is it not contemporary fiction and most entertaining act of mine and
of most of the parents?
Seymour is also a normal human being and Pakistan Army constitutes humans too.
The difference between the two is that one’s job is to write an essay while
other is bound to protect the boundaries / ideology of a state.
I am not supposed to advice, neither a request is needed to Pakistan Army as
regulation of the media is the responsibility of the states in the interest of
STATE.