Any way you slice it there isn't a whole lot of 'acceptance of reality' going on over there. Today's technology has opened the door to the widest distribution of information and opinion ever seen in human history. I suspect that the government of Pakistan is doing what is necessary to keep order. The people won't protect themselves from their own emotions, so it's the leadership that must do it for them. I write this despite the article pointing out that Musharraf at one time filtered content that
he thought was inappropriate. But perhaps he also had the foresight and did that to keep his people sedate.
*sigh* I hope that there will come a day when they learn that they cannot run from reality, because the truth is that there will always be some smartass out there who wants to draw a funny picture of Muhammad.
Laughter is a healthy thing. It's just so very unfortunate that it sometimes leads to mass riots and truck bombings.
