No, you cannot ignore this incident and forget it because of what it implies - it shows us that bigotry, hatred and prejudice is on the rise in Pakistan. The people are so knuckle-headed as to resort to deadly violence over political and ideological positions others take.
Taseer's death and the reasons behind it cannot be forgotten, and those who support actions such as those of Taseer's murderer need to be expunged from society - physically or ideologically.
This sorry excuse for a political class has sucked this country dry of all optimism of a better future, cruelly destroying all hope that remained that these cretins could somehow at least steer this great nation away from the economic and political abyss.
At no time has the phrase long-suffering been more appropriate. The vast masses are being crushed between the vice of two tiny minorities both with extreme and dangerous ideologies.
All this bile is lapped up by an incredibly naïve and ridiculously incompetent media class. Responsible journalism seeming like too much hard work, wall-to-wall coverage of this 24/7 fatwa-fest is all our media can ever spew.
Much like his comrades, Salman Taseer found it all too easy to pontificate on Twitter on the issue of the so-called reform of the blasphemy laws from the luxury of Governor House. Typical of the uber-liberal elite, when it came to political drive-by point-scoring from his motorcade, he was the loudest in the room, but when it came to solving the real issues of the people he could barely manage an insincere whisper.
People tolerated it, but for one of his bodyguards, it was a fatwa too far.
As a nation, Pakistanis are willing to endure exquisite torture at the hands of duplicitous politicians. Runaway inflation? No problem. Rampant bribery? Who cares! Blasphemy against Allah and His Prophet (saw)? No way. Quite right too.
His murder is regrettable, but a result of his political miscalculation. Tolerance can only be stretched so far. Todays events signalled a limit.
Let them take everything else, our livelihoods, our hope, even our lives. But they should know even in a land of impurity, at least something must be sacred.