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From: dupuy@columbia.UUCP (Alex Dupuy)
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: Re: Proposal for net.africa
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Date: Mon, 22-Apr-85 13:43:03 EST
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Another yes vote for net.wherever.africa.  As one of the Columbia University
blockaders trying to convince our University to disinvest from companies doing
business in South Africa (Azania), I know that most Americans (and probably
Europeans as well) are woefully ignorant of conditions and problems in Africa.
A newsgroup is certainly justified.  One of the more interesting sidelights of
the current action at Columbia is the electronic bulletin board debate taking
place on Columbia's academic computer systems.  The debate has for the most
part been high-level (i.e. high S/N ratio, low flamage content) despite the
great emotional force of the arguments on both sides, and has certainly raised
the awareness of those who read it, although it probably has convinced few on
either side.  Interestingly, some of the blockaders have printed out most of
the articles and posted them in a nearby dormitory, so that the debate is even
reaching those without computer access.

@alex