Shall we laugh on this?

Well, this particular video is going VIRAL on Facebook, these days. It comes from Islamabad. While a lot of us will sit and joke about this one, we should all ask ourselves some questions. Why a guy like him is on the streets? Why are we here joking?

Yes Pakistan, it is easy to joke. It is easy to make fun. It is easy to laugh off things. It is easy to blame it on "conspiracies" but then again why this guy was on the streets and why we were not there.

I saw this video from a friend. The remark from him was "HAHAHA! Agaya Inqilab! (Here Comes Inqilab!)". I am sure that my friend would have been staying inside his cool office on that Friday afternoon, continuing with his hobby of making OneNote books of 'Why Shias are not Muslims?'.

I believe it would not be wrong if I say that I am equally guilty of not coming out as well. Past Friday, I was not working. I should have been out as well, protesting.

Guess what guys?

سالا برگر جیت گیا! ممی ڈیڈی ہوتے ہوے بھی مردانگی دکھا گیا!

I am not going to translate that one line. It is not for the world to read but it is for Pakistanis to read, especially those who live in the urban centers.

This video is a mirror for a lot of us. For people like you and me, this guy shows that the courage Pakistan has. He showed that for the right cause, with the right voice, he can make a point. With all the "oddities" in his life, he is responsible for his actions. Even though, he complains about the weather and the "harsh" conditions, he is there.

There is a message for a people who will every day write how Pakistan is a mess. This guy shows it is not. Pakistan is different now; it has a different young mindset. A part of the last generation who lived in urban area has pushed the future to study. This new generation is young but it is waking up and it has logic which is louder than rants.

There is a message for the people sitting in the Parliaments. An elite kid is out on the street; something is going wrong. Quick, fix the situation or this elite kid would not support the Bilawals, Hassans and Mounises. Then again, it is kinda too late. I hope you will buy him an iPad 2 but I think he is not going to accept it.

However, there is a point which impressed me when he asks the crowd if he is lying. The crowd agrees that he is not and he is not lying, indeed. Had the Raymond Davis being caught by the Punjab Police, he would have been released in a matter of minutes. Raymond Davis was caught by the People of Pakistan and he should have not been let free that easily. The 'bloody money' smokescreen is bullshit. We do not care if the family wanted to prosecute or forgive the killer but we would like to know why Raymond Davis was carrying a 9mm Glock in Pakistan. Even if he had the gun by any chance, where did he get the ammo from. It was the responsibility of the state to do that. Furthermore, if the families have forgiven him, why the sudden urge to disappear?

I guess the Davis matter will be forgotten as time passes by. However, it would be best that we take a note of inspiration from this guy and do something.