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janab-e-ali · Jun 14th, 2009, 01:12 PM

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We're talking about the past 6 months or so, not the past year. And I'm sure I don't need to point out the fact that some of the highest profile terrorist attacks in Pakistani history occurred in the weeks leading up to the statel assembly elections (including the Islamabad Marriott bombing, and the Orakzai boming), not to mention the Bombay attacks. It hardly seems plausible that an LeT attack on Indian soil, killing 170+ people, didn't scare off the 51% who allegedly voted in the state assembly elections...but some alleged rise in terrorist activity in Pakistan since then has so dramatically destroyed voter turnout in Kashmir a couple months later. I probably should also point out that there were actually fewer civilian deaths due to terrorism in Pakistan during the recent Lok Sabha elections than there were during the state assembly elections (411 during April/May, 2009 vs 503 during November/December, 2008).

But thats all besides the point. You, despite in all likelihood never having met an actual Kashmiri before, let alone set foot in Kashmir, are now pretending to know why we do and don't vote. It's hardly surprising that the best excuses you can come up with are patently absurd.

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janab-e-ali Senior Member Join Date: Oct 4, 2005 - 12:43 am Location: usually somewhere between srinagar and san francisco Posts: 1,423	^ We're talking about the past 6 months or so, not the past year. And I'm sure I don't need to point out the fact that some of the highest profile terrorist attacks in Pakistani history occurred in the weeks leading up to the statel assembly elections (including the Islamabad Marriott bombing, and the Orakzai boming), not to mention the Bombay attacks. It hardly seems plausible that an LeT attack on Indian soil, killing 170+ people, didn't scare off the 51% who allegedly voted in the state assembly elections...but some alleged rise in terrorist activity in Pakistan since then has so dramatically destroyed voter turnout in Kashmir a couple months later. I probably should also point out that there were actually fewer civilian deaths due to terrorism in Pakistan during the recent Lok Sabha elections than there were during the state assembly elections (411 during April/May, 2009 vs 503 during November/December, 2008). But thats all besides the point. You, despite in all likelihood never having met an actual Kashmiri before, let alone set foot in Kashmir, are now pretending to know why we do and don't vote. It's hardly surprising that the best excuses you can come up with are patently absurd. Last edited by janab-e-ali; Jun 14th, 2009 at 06:12 PM..