Burning the Country Down

I was going though the newspaper today and I came across this picture of a group of people chanting slogans and burning tyres as part of anti-KESC protests being held in Karachi's Pak Colony. I couldn't help but notice how majority of the people were smiling and enjoying themselves be a part of this barbaric and self-inflicting act.

Why don't people understand that burning tyres, closing shops, holding strikes etc all hurt the country and the population itself. Besides the loss in business hours, asset destruction and lower investments, these images of destruction are carried across the electronic media and showcased as the average citizens of our beloved country. So when I next have a meeting with a buyer/supplier from the west, I first have to explain that we all arent barbaric and I won't end up buring tyres or throwing rocks at his building incase a deal goes sour. In short, we are horrible marketeers of our own country and people. It is a shame since we all know that our region houses the smartest people in the world. Then how come we aren't smart enough to figure out that our "demonstrations" are ill-percieved by the rest of the world??