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From: greg@phoenix (greg Nowak)
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Subject: Re: Call for discussion: soc.culture.polish
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Date: 22 Jan 90 21:00:19 GMT
References: <21137@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> <3373@cbnewsj.ATT.COM> <4287@vanuata.cs.glasgow.ac.uk> <21792@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
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In-reply-to: MICHAL@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Michal Chmielewski)

In article <21792@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>, MICHAL@kuhub (Michal Chmielewski) writes:
>In article <4287@vanuata.cs.glasgow.ac.uk>, jack@cs.glasgow.ac.uk (Jack Campin) writes:
>> seems odd to me that we're proposing a group for a specific part of the
>> Slavic world (or of Eastern Europe) before having a more general one.  Do
>> we need to create a soc.culture.montenegrin group before we can mention the
>> place, for example?

Not at all. Newsgroup creation is determined by interest. If we Poles
can get our own newsgroup, great. If not, we can band together with
other slavs until we have a majority. If the Montenegrins want a
group, they can band together with the Slovenes, or maybe they'll all
have to get together with the Serbians to face political reality. We
don't have to wait for a higher-level decision about how to deal with
slavs on the net; it evolves naturally according to people's expressed
interests.  There's no requirement of top-downness for newsgroup
creation.

> Maybe the name of the group is wrong then ? Anyone want to comment on
>it ? Maybe talk.politics.polish will be more appropriate than
>soc.culture.polish ?

I have a feeling that there will be more effective and informative
discussions than would be indicated by a "talk" hierarchy. Besides,
who can separate polish politics and culture these days?

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                           Greg Nowak/Phoenix Gang/Princeton NJ 08540