Wednesday April 15th, 2009.

Weekly reflection:
The rational cycle
In the movie Khuda Kay Liye, Mansoor was considered a terrorist only because he was a muslim. He was taken into custody and was tortured to such ans extent that this physical action imposed upon him changed the emotions within him. It led to the growth of fear in him. This fear was brought about as a result the external stimuli which was the American officer. He had made a firm generalisation that all Pakistanis who come to the U.S.A either work at gas stations or grocery shops and travel by subways and buses. However, Mansoor stood out as he lived in a Luxury apartment, was studying music and also drove a convertible sports car. All of this led the officer to have a biased perception. And this biased perception led to nothing but fallaciuos reasoning which made the officer further believe that Mansoor was the terrorist even though he was not and was saying the truth. This was finally let out by the officer through emotive language when he said, "All terrorists are not muslims, but all muslims are terrorisists"