Conversation on this thread is moving slightly off topic, don't want to contribute but find it hard to resist. It is very difficult for people coming from India to resist Paki Bashing usually!
It holds true to some extent for me as well.
First of all, SM, I agree with you on the fact that Pakistani and Indian citizens should learn to live together. Both nations need to understand that no matter how much the you hate your neighbour, they are still going to be your neighbour! No matter what you do, so it is better to live in harmony together as compared to live in enimity together.
Unfortunately, in real life the 60 year old prejudice, holds more important than any other. Sometimes I find it hard to understand the Indian stance on Pakistan, they are such a small country as compared to India, instead of competing with China in terms on economy and growth, they compete with Pakistan. It is like India is fixated on Pakistan. Not that Pakistan is that much better, with its entire ideology built around Kashmir, which is one of the stupidest philosophies one state can have, viz. lust after land that does not belong to you. But hey you see that all over the world, right from the US and Japan, to Indonesia and Australia, Greece and Turkey. But to forment terrorism, support insurgency, foster hate amongst the people. I think that is taking things too far.
While I don't have anything against a normal Pakistani, I pretty much loathe their political system. The average Pakistani, is pretty much flooded with false propoganda and a religious frevor. the people in power uses the poverty and illiteracy of the common man to keep themselves in power.
I guess the only solution is to actually build people to people contacts, but how can you trust a country that turns around and stabs you in the back, like the shimla accord and Kashmiri insurgency? Lahore declaration and Kargil? But I guess something has to be done! There is no way we can all live under a nuclear cloud. Pakistan must have a real working democracy! That is the only way to progress. We must make an effort to understand and explain our points of view to them, to show them we are all of the same blood! The differences are just created by the policiticians. *sigh* I doubt if that will happen in the lives of anyone on this board!