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Journalism of Courage
Where r u major?? What happened 2 u ?? I hope u r safe from mad dog jihadis electronic cries of anguish are ringing out across Pakistans Twitter community over the abrupt disappearance of the popular satirist @MajorlyProfound,loved for his acid commentary on the powerful and their prejudices. The unexplained closing of his Twitter account and a related blog on August 4 has become the cybermystery of the moment among English-speaking Pakistani liberals.
The determinedly anonymous blogger behind @MajorlyProfound adopted the voice of a pompous,paranoid,honour-obsessed nationalist Twitter posts typically started with cries of whoa! or OUTRAGE!! then took things a step or three further. The result was a searingly funny and often jet-black perspective on Pakistans rolling crises that pushed boundaries of what is considered politically acceptable or personally prudent.
A Pakistani should have been given the honour of lighting the Olympic flame,@MajorlyProfound declared during the recent opening ceremony,in recognition of expertise at burning things like NATO supply trucks and Indian luxury hotels.
Such jagged wit won @MajorlyProfound more than 10,000 followers on Twitter,many of them influential in the Pakistani and Indian news media.
@MajorlyProfound is jealously protective of his anonymity. He only said he is between 25 and 35 years old and comes from a middle-class background.
His profile picture always features goats because,he said before his disappearance,Pakistani critics might put up with sarcasm from a goat more than from a real person.
