Our double standards

About a year ago I was sitting in my class attending the economics lecture. The teacher was criticizing Americas policies, regarding Afghanistan and Pakistan, and continuously lashed at Americas unfair attitude towards developing countries and its greed for dominance and imperialism. She even went to the extent of saying that she hated Americans. After about twenty minutes of this charade a boy interrupted and said that his sister has acquired a visa for the United States and that she will be able to live there permanently. The teacher replied by saying, Oh great Congratulations, thats really good. I was stunned at this sudden change of stance or I should rather say at hypocrisy shown by our people. DANISH HASAN, Lahore, June 16.

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