Einstein even practices witchcraft, Quote.

Einstein even practices witchcraft, Quote. By Dr. Sohail Ansari

Conceived and worded by DR Sohail Ansari (originality of concepts and originality of words).

He believes that there can never be a zero scope for improvement and appreciates criticism if it is not for the sake of criticism.

·        Theory needs radical revision if the prerequisites for its implementation become by definition non-existent.

Witch craft cannot invalidate the theory of relativity.  

·        Bigoted, warmongers, idiotic sleazebags are the words that get thrown in ad hominum arguments to describe Talban. This dismissive form of arguments is effective as it get a cheer from ‘the enlightened West’. Bigoted cannot be reasonable; warmongers can’t be peace loving, and idiots cannot be sensible. Granted, Talban may very well be__ despite same Talban were termed crusaders by west when they were up against the enemy of West: Soviet Union. __ but it does not mean they are wrong. No western politician is ever heard of debating the pros and cons of Talban’ views regarding the sovereignty of Afghanistan. These labels make up every western politician playbook and enable him to do mudslinging. Tu quoque fallacy works well; there may be human right violation on the part of Talban; but even it is proved that Einstein practiced witchcraft, his theory of relativity would not be invalidated. Hillary Clinton makes a racist joke about Ghandi running a New York gas station, and Ghandi in fact did run; however this fact cannot justifiably be interpreted in racist terms. The concepts of Talban can be debated and challenged, but cannot be dismissed as ridiculous only because they are different. The views of Talban are not deliberately debated because then such dismissal will not be possible.

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·        Creativity in most sublime form is inexhaustible newness of themes not newness on themes.

Ad N:11/12

Analysis:

           

Both ads are beating the women drum for election in different ways.

(A):     The sex of Benazir lends ad an advantageous position. Care and love intrinsic to the woman automatically associate itself to Benazir and give ad that symbolic value that eludes Nawaz. She (as woman) is assumed to be better placed to relate to the core of every woman; and perhaps more important is her personal life that can make her the source of motivation, pride, and inspirational for every woman to fulfill her promise against all challenges as her journey reads like the life of a woman who ascended to power against all odds; and can be paradigm for women to emulate as she overcame the challenge of restoring the luster of Bhutto’s family. The line: ‘The victory of Benazir enhances the dignity of women’ situates Benazir in a symbolic context and equates her victory as the victory of the women.

Lines ‘Separate bank for woman in previous tenure’ and now ‘Special police force and women judges’ exude love and care typical of mother; thus attempt to establish sex-related edge on Nawaz as ad taps distinctive womanliness of her to inform reader that she can understand and serve woman better as she is the woman.

(B):     The ad of Muslim league seems calculated to capitalize on the concepts embedded in patriarchal societies: leading is not girly thing and motherly image connotes feebleness; but leader has to be macho to be a leader. The distinctive manliness of Nawaz is enough in itself to paint him as the protector of women. The ad of ML, therefore, does not have understandably that emotional appeal which the ad of PPP possesses. The word ‘lion’ connotes power: power that gives protection to weak woman. ‘In the rule of Nawaz…..’ combines leadership qualities with machismo.Anthony J. Mayo and Nith Nohria, wrote in ‘In their time: The Greatest Business Leaders of the Twentieth Century’ that the visionaries are divided by decade and category, but there is a common thread: ‘contextual intelligence.’ What set these men and women apart was more than experience or intellect; it was their ability to understand the period in which they lived and to exploit opportunities presented to them for creating something or turning around a failing venture.’ The ad of PPP demonstrates the contextual intelligence of Benazir as she addresses the molesting and manhandling of women by male police and the problem of women to speak before the male judges. The ad of PPP is specific; it tells exactly what Benazir has done and wants to do and most importantly how she will do it. Ad does not exaggerate to state that during Benazir’s rule there has never been a better time to be a woman; but claims that at least the credit that the long over-due work for women finally got underway goes to Benazir:  benefits open if not from every than one angle. Fact__ the establishment of bank_ speaks for her and that becomes the cornerstone on which to build the claims of ad. Bank could be dismissed as a cosmetic exercise to win votes; because it ignored the larger context as it is not the response to the broader social and political but to the problems peculiar to city women; but ad forestalls by indicating that it is just one realized challenges in a series of many challenges like establishing special police force, special courts and women judges.   

Nawaz had ruled for about three years; and yet it can not mention even a single thing done during his rule that could lend credibility to his claim. Ads are by nature self-congratulatory, but one needs something for bragging. The text is couched in general if not in vague terms; and looks all-embracing which makes the posturing_ natural to politicians_ appear more like antics: ‘Every woman can know.’ Pakistan’s most confident can-do politicians as ad depicts can’t mention even a single thing that contributes to change in social and political complexion of the women during first rule, but now claims to do everything; and interestingly, does not want to tell how.

Both ads have the power of the dreams. Both parties want to make the lives of women pain free. But one party brought the part of dreams to life and gave some reasons to smile. Both ads are colorful, having ambitious proposals. One ad highlights the contributions and then determination; the other only promises and is full of commonplaces. The upshot is: the ad of M.L appears weaker; because work lends credibility to words; otherwise they do not find any traction; and blueprint defines promises. The ad of M.L contains neither.

PICTORIAL REPRESENTATION:

The picture of Benazir inaugurating bank would blend better with text. If ‘Every woman is Benazir’ means that every woman can be as successful as Benazir if given chances, then ad should feature stories of women rose from nowhere to pinnacle due to initiative taken by Benazir. If ‘Every women is Benazir’ means that every woman can pull herself out of blues in a way Benazir has done then important features of the life of Benazir that ordinary woman could relate to should be featured.The picture is familiar sight, and can achieve intended purpose independent of any text. But a narrative technique instead of expanding the symbolic dimension of the pictorial representation creates confusion. From the picture, the only thing that can be inferred is that Nawaz is distributing funds or loans to women as the part of the social services. But text states something very different: it emphasizes the protection they would have against any assault and discrimination; empowerment they would feel against any injustice and cruelty. Text does not blend with picture. Text should have highlighted the benefits that enabled women to establish business or marry their daughters or pay off their debts. Furthermore, text contains linguistic errors. Line number two: ‘Nawaz will provide them all resources to do injustice.’

The line ‘they would have power to eradicate oppression and injustice’ should be ‘State would be with them to eradicate….’