http://pakistaniat.com/2009/04/20/taliban-pakistan/

Barring a few occasional comments in support of Talibans, most are against them.

Kumar_N:

Thanks. But I must clarify the metaphor a bit.

The immaculate conception refers not to a virgin birth but to someone born without the Christian concept of original sin. Jesus’s mother, Mary, was conceived immaculately (born without any original sin, but Mary’s mother was not a virgin) but Jesus was born without a human father (that is, Mary was a virgin.)

In other words, immaculate conception refers to the birth of Mary, not Jesus.

I have not seen the Lok Satta manifesto. There’s also been no exchange of ideas between JP and me. But I am glad to learn from your comment that JP is in favor of building new towns and educational vouchers.

Thoroughly enjoyed your take on the Taliban being a love child but not of immaculate conception

Coming to the grave matter at hand, I have been reading some Pakistani blogs, and there doesn’t seem to be as much fear about Taliban taking over the country, as one would expect from the western educated youth.So, probably most of them won’t mind ’sharia’ for the rural poor as long as the cities are allowed to party and have access to the Internet.

Off-topic, but have you seen the manifesto of Lok Satta? There is a lot of overlap between JP’s ideas and yours. (Building 1000 new towns in AP and education vouchers come to mind immediately).Has there been an exchange of ideas?