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From: dzhang@redondo.usc.edu
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Subject: Re: Soc.culture.canadian?
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Date: 27 Feb 90 02:13:05 GMT
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I'm forwarding a message which the author said could be posted.

Since I post my original "soc.culture.canadian?" article recently,
there has some discussion in this group with all messages favoring
creation of soc.culture.canadian.  As I said in my original message,
I still hope someone (other than me) will lead a formal discussion
and then take votes.  Any one?

Also in this group I read an article from Japan suggesting the
creation of certain groups, such as soc.culture.canadian,
soc.culture.australian, without voting.  Any comments about this,
spefially from net-policy-making people? 

David

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From: "m. r. erskine-richmond" <globalcp@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>
To: dzhang@redondo.USC.EDU, in00@musicb.mcgill.ca, anton@vax2.concordia.ca,
        jv@mh.nl, RDC@vms.cis.pitt.edu, peg!ianp@labrea.stanford.edu,
        web!robrien@labrea.stanford.edu, cdp!gn!viv@labrea.stanford.edu,
        cdp!gn!mikej@labrea.stanford.edu,
        usernenc%sfu.bitnet@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca
Subject: Re: soc.culture.canadian/canada +
soc.culture.global/soc.culture.future         soc.culture.mosaic ? (was:
Hong Kong Students in Canada)
Date: 	Sat, 24 Feb 90 12:26:48 EST

I would like to second your call for a soc.culture.canada - not just for
Hong Kong students in Canada - but for general discussion of topics relating
to Canadians and Canadian cultural issues.  Additionally, being a mosaic 
culture, Canada might find it well to link with other mosaic cultures - 
eg. Australia, New Zealand, the USA, USSR, UK, etc., etc. - as these are all
potential leaders on the path to globalization - which is also a call for both 
soc.culture.global and another for soc.culture.future!  There is presently no 
soc.culture.pacific or soc.culture.mosaic! However for Chinese in Canada - you 
do at least have soc.culture.china.

For all globe-trotting and/or global-communicating late-20th century residents 
of Earth, GLOBALIZATION makes great sense ... perhaps out-distancing all other 
processes of self-identification.  However, since travellers feel cut off from 
ties in other countries in which reside family, friends and fond associations 
- I sympathize with other ex-patriates.   Therefore, I suggest that new 
soc.culture.----- topics should be able to start to fill the remaining voids, 
without needing to be voted on.  (Others will join as soon as a door opens).  
There needs to be a generous open-door policy for ethnic and national cultural 
sharings, plus trans-national futuristic and global cultural groups.  

So I support the idea of a soc.culture.canada - and ask (being new to these
newsgroups), how to make this issue reach out to the users in general? - 
I think these groups need inter-ethnic group sharing periodically, also.  
This keeps groups from becoming isolated and helps with reaching out and 
finding multicultural bonds.

I would like to share this concept with all users - this letter could be
reposted.
Hope to hear from you and from others who support these issues.
Cheers!
Melcir Erskine-Richmond (globalcp@gpu.utcs.utoronto)
More usually at globalcp@uvcw.UVic.ca/globalcp@UVVM.UVic.ca
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