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From: the@cs.utexas.edu (Khe-Sing The)
Newsgroups: news.groups,soc.culture.misc,soc.culture.china,soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.hongkong,soc.culture.taiwan,soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: ******** Call For Votes about creating soc.culture.asean ********
Summary: Mind your own business!
Message-ID: <128@qt.cs.utexas.edu>
Date: 26 Oct 89 20:49:35 GMT
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In article <9553@june.cs.washington.edu>
rkr@june.cs.washington.edu (R. K. Raj) writes:
>I normally believe in the principle of "live and let live," but since
>nothing has been done to address the issue of name, I will take this
>opportunity to request people to vote NO to the group under its present
>name, soc.culture.asean.

I, on the contrary, urge you all to vote YES to the
proposed newsgroup.  Look at the following reasons:

>  (a) nearly all the original objectives of this newsgroup were
>POLITICAL in nature, and definitely not SOCIAL nor CULTURAL.

First, I doubt whether the original objectives were
political in nature.  Second, even if the original
objectives were political, that is not necessary 
the current objective of the proposed newsgroup.

>  (b) During the discussion period, several folks have observed their
>dissatisfaction with the name for geographical reasons -- the name,
>soc.culture.asean, does not address these reasons adequately.

No one came up with a better name.  Besides, the
opponents were either (i) ignorant about the situation
in ASEAN nations, or (ii) upset because not invited
to join the party.

Currently there are several separate mailing lists
carrying the discussions of ASEAN culture, technically
it will be more efficient to merge the pertinent
discussions into one newsgroup.  The members of the
mailing lists in Canada, UK, and USA intended to set
up a newsgroup,  and proposing one newsgroup for each
of the ASEAN nations doesn't sound economical.

>Note that my opposition is to the newsgroup under the proposed name,
>soc.culture.asean. In short, for these reasons and others, please vote
>against this name by sending a message, with

Please vote YES for soc,culture.asean by sending
a message as follows:

   To: harish@ece.orst.edu
   Subject: YES to soc.culture.asean

Voting NO as suggested by R. K. Raj won't help you
achieve anything but creating more net.enemies.

Thanks for your support.

--
Casey The`
the@cs.utexas.edu   the@gardenia.berkeley.edu   the@cis.ohio-state.edu