A
brainwashed public
Sir:
This is with reference to Dr Haider Shah’s interesting two-part article, ‘The
power of beliefs’ (Daily Times, November 2 and 9, 2013). Most people have been
brainwashed into believing certain things. Because they have heard something
many times, they believe it to be true. I have known people who believed that
Hitler, Gandhi and Neil Armstrong (the first man to step on the moon) converted
to Islam before they died. It is commonly believed by Pakistanis that a woman
is to blame if she gives birth to a female child (many women are killed for this
reason every now and then). Another common belief among our people is that the
man who dropped the atom bomb on Hiroshima committed suicide (he died a natural
death in 2005). It will take many years before our people are sufficiently
educated to be able to resist being brainwashed.
SHAKIR
LAKHANI
Karachi
Karachi
Printed in Daily Times, November 11, 2013
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