For some reason or the other, disasters happen. What is quite pathetic is articles such as these which contain the basic premise of ‘Is it safe to fly in India?’ Given that this event is tragic, hundreds of flights fly in and out of India every day. Nobody remembers when the last air disaster happened in India. Assuming we have flown for 50 years without any disaster, the all-knowing and omniscient media publish an article which probably will get marketed all over the western world who are just looking for such information.

 And then, you have politicians who announce relief money for the deceased sooner than I can say ‘Hello!’. What’s with the relief money almost everytime anyway? As if that is going to mollify and soothe the kith and kin. At the very least, the middlemen pocket most of this money (probably a percentage goes back to these politicians?).

 Sensationalism knows no boundaries. But in such tragic cases, please – shut the eff up.

 2) Fatwa-galore -   The other end of immense wisdom are these fatwa declarations by these god-knows-who-mullahs. First, there was this fatwa against working muslim women. When serious objections began to take shape, it seemed that the fatwa was misquoted. Don’t get me wrong here. Fatwas are usually written statements and not some random guy shouting on the street that there is a fatwa against so and so. Therefore, misquoting a written statement (the fatwa) cannot just happen. As if that wasn’t enough, some other fatwa was issued against insurance. Please people. There is an economic law called Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility. A fatwa is supposed to be a very serious exercise (anyone remember Salma Rushdie?). A fatwa here, there and everywhere will seriously reduce your mileage of issuing a serious one.

Again, religion is sacred. But in such blatantly silly cases, please – shut the eff up.

3)  Ban-Ban-Ban – The most hilarious news over the past week was Pakistan banning Facebook. And then Youtube. And then Twitter. Last known, they banned atleast 50 sites. Let’s just go ahead and ban the Internet, shall we? I mean, Internet is evil. Social networking reduces productivity. We might as well spend that time polluting young people minds and turn them into jihad. Imagine if these young people get addicted to Farmville. And tweet about their level in Farmville. And upload a video on youtube of beating everyone at Farmville. The horror! That just cannot be done. Let’s ban the whole shit down and sit in darkness, shall we.

 Again, majority of the Pakistani people don’t need this crap. So, politicians, please – shut the eff up.

1) To all those wanting-to-be, waiting-to-be reporters, here is your ideal. The sheer perseverance is commendable and the dialogue delivery succinct and crystal clear.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7hbrPLteNU

2) Seemingly, and I seriously didn’t know this – India is waging a war against a peace-loving nation like Pakistan. Such lines, and more such WTFs in this video. This video will easily make it to the ‘Best of the ‘ series.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eij5o7XizIA

3) Totally, totally NSFW (not safe for work). But insanely funny about atheism.

http://www.freethunk.net/humanistsinlove/deistontop.php

4) Again, NSFW, but this one too, bhery bhery funny. In fact, the xkcd guys should be awarded a Nobel prize in creativity. Almost all of their webcomics are brilliant.

http://xkcd.com/487/