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From: prabhu@amelia.nas.nasa.gov (Dinesh K. Prabhu)
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Subject: Re: Call for discussion -- soc.culture.pakistan
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Date: 7 Feb 90 06:42:00 GMT
References: <7787@wpi.wpi.edu> <559t02Lx86wF01@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>
Reply-To: prabhu@amelia.nas.nasa.gov (Dinesh K. Prabhu)
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In article <559t02Lx86wF01@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> reddy@uts.amdahl.com (T.S. Reddy) writes:
>>In article <7787@wpi.wpi.edu>, araja@m2.csc.ti.com (Ali Raja) writes:
>>> 
>>> This is a formal call for discussion for the creation of the newsgroup
>>> soc.culture.pakistan.
>>> 
>>> Discussions related to Pakistani issues are usually carried out in
>>> soc.culture.indian.  However, there are a number of issues that are
>>> relevant to Pakistan that are not relevant to soc.culture.indian.
>>> 

    Interesting idea. Here's my $0.02 worth.

    The recurring acrimonious exchanges between Indians and Pakistanis on
    soc.culture.indian probably warrant the creation of a new newsgroup. My
    opinion is that such exchanges are related to subcontinental politics
    and have little or nothing to do with the the culture(s) of the Indian
    subcontinent. Therefore, I would personally prefer the creation of
    talk.politics.south-asia (a la talk.politics.mideast) and not
    soc.culture.pakistan(i).


    Dinesh Prabhu
    (prabhu@amelia.nas.nasa.gov)

    Disclaimer: Opinions expressed above are mine.
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