i am not shy of controversy, never have been and never will be. As controversy results in scrutiny and from that scrutiny comes understanding which gives rise to support or opposition and both are necessary. i am an accomplished writer and there are many that do not agree with what i have written and they write their critique and i either defend my opinion or i accept theirs. But it is all done intellectually and in fair spirit and objective is always to further ones knowledge.
but ignorance is different it is not excusable and interaction with it is futile. Ignorance stems from many aspects, e.g., if someone does not know what i have said or what my opinions are then he has no knowledge of it, and in absence of credible knowledge forming counter opinion is certainly being ignorant. but that is not as bad as the situation with few members on this forum is cause i am assuming that a person has no knowledge of my opinions. but what makes it worst is when i reiterate something over and over again and its on record, its right in front of them and yet they deliberately misconstrue it, then it is ignorance of a higher level, its being ignorant by choice rather than being ignorant by default.
it is sad when i have to actually offer money to a guy for if he could show me that i have said what he has accused me of saying while quoting my post in black and white. if it was not the case then you would not have to mention it in your post that many of them were actually wrong in assuming that i support TTP or have any soft corner for it. You rightly mentioned that I was not aware of the fact that there exists a basic rehabilitation programme or at least some efforts are being made in that regard and I accepted it. I was here to make myself aware of the public opinion not to get into a war of accusations and mud slinging. It is not my style neither am I used to it nor do I want to be accustomed to it.
Thanks for writing to me, I certainly do appreciate it.