what a world

We live in a crazy fucked up world.

A couple of days ago Benazir Bhutto was assasinated. As per custom in that part of the world she was buried the next day and (thanks to her family's wishes) no post-mortem was performed. Now her body is at the centre of a storm, because the precise cause of her death is of political significance. Was she shot as some witnesses and the doctor on the scene suggest? Was she killed by the subsequent bomb blast? Or did she hit her head when she tried to duck inside the car?

Such is the significance placed upon a death that can be considered a martyr's death that there is now talk of exhuming her body in order to prove she is a martyr. If she died from a blow to head caused while ducking the bullets/bomb she would not qualify as a martyr. I repeat, this is a crazy fucked up world.

And now, in the latest twist in the history of the young Pakistani nation Bhutto's legacy has been placed in the hands of her 19 year old son. I fear for him.