Xref: utzoo soc.culture.indian:23788 news.groups:17739 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!haven!mimsy!raj From: raj@mimsy.umd.edu (Raj Bhatnagar) Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,news.groups Subject: Re: soc.culture.pakistan Message-ID: <22514@mimsy.umd.edu> Date: 14 Feb 90 02:29:12 GMT References: <35260@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> <36050248@hpindda.HP.COM> <110294@ti-csl.csc.ti.com> <4890@amelia.nas.nasa.gov> <5547.25d7d822@uhvax1.uh.edu> Reply-To: raj@mimsy.umd.edu (Raj Bhatnagar) Distribution: na Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Lines: 41 In article <5547.25d7d822@uhvax1.uh.edu> acsiq@uhvax1.uh.edu writes: > . . . . What you > have to realize is that although Pakistan and India have the same > cultural heritage, their present day societies are becoming more > and more different. Yes that is true about WHAT THE SITUATION IS. > And as long as people continue to ignore this > fact, there is no hope of an understanding between the two countries. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And most of us agree that a better understanding is WHAT WE WANT THE SITUATION TO BE. > So allow us our own identity and soc.culture.pakistan and then maybe > we can talk. Now, wouldn't you agree that it is better to have a common and shared discussion/news group for better understanding? By creating a separate newsgroup you would be reducing the chances of people from both countries getting a glimpse of each other's views. I think the solution suggested by many to rename sci to sc_south-asia should be preferrable as it would remove that occasional (frequent?) voice which makes Pakistanis feel they don't belong to this culture group meant for the entire sub-continent. Anyways, I would vote yes for the change of name for sci but would vote no for sc_Pakistan for the above-mentioned reason. > Faisal. ---raj -- raj bhatnagar raj@mimsy.umd.edu