Fearless Curmudgeon Cowasjee Warns

“democracy is the best revenge”. Now, democracy brooks no revenge; it preaches no revenge; it is a consensual system in which the majority prevails. If we are to have a majority bent upon revenge of any sort, may the Good Lord come quickly to our aid. A message to my compatriots: you cannot fear fear. Thirty-one years ago, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto boasted, “Humari kursi mazboot hai.” Five days later he fell upon Mother Earth, deposed. If his heirs, including Zardari, have revenge in mind, then the game is lost before it is begun.