PARTLY FACETIOUS: Public opinion can play role in ending terror wave

"That certainly saddens me."
"You need to narrow down what saddens you in this country - there is a lot that is going wrong."
"Malala Yousufzai..."
"That has saddened the entire country and need I add those who approved the attack are still justifying themselves but what is truly a sad event is that media email groups have begun attacking the 14-year-old in a rather bizarre manner."
"What did you expect? The Taliban were bound to justify the attack."
"Right and need I add, this was the first time that the Taliban justified an attack repeatedly, and the power of public opinion was patently evident in such a move."
"Indeed, and let's be honest the government needs to commemorate those who die in such dastardly attacks instead of just condemning such attacks, and then forgetting about them. Public opinion can play a role in ending the terror wave. "
"OK, but I would like to refer to Bilawal Bhutto Zardari's statement after the assassination of his mother: democracy, he said, is the best revenge. I agree to a large extent..."
"There is no democracy within our political parties and..."
"OK, but the sycophants in the parties are at fault as they are not challenging the decisions of their party heads, you and I can't challenge those decisions. Be that as it may, I think the best defence of the dastardly attack against Malala is to promote education, after all that is what she stood for and that is what saddens me."
"Because neither her province nor the rest of the country invests adequate amounts to ensure education for all; why we as a country don't even spend the minimum 4 percent of GDP on education?"
"That has been a long standing failing of our governments - be they dictatorships or led by the two current major parties. But that is not what saddened me."
"The fact that the establishment is considering taking her to the UK, surely India got independence the same time as we did and they don't have to send their sick abroad for treatment."
"No, what saddens me is that the PPP is holding a jalsa in Hyderabad and has not thought twice about cancelling exams and closing education centres to ensure the success of their jalsa."
"Oh God be praised! Sounds like round one to the Taliban."