acsiq@uhvax1.uh.edu (02/13/90)
In article <499@sierra.stanford.edu>, singh@sierra.Stanford.EDU (Harinder J. Singh) writes: > As an occasional reader of s.c.i., and an Indian national > myself, I've felt sad and disgusted by the abusiveness of a number > of my fellow Indians on the net towards Pakistani posters on s.c.i. > No one should have to put up with that sort of garbage - so I fully > support the right of Pakistani netters to create their own newsgroup. > This is another YES vote for the proposal. (I do not know how one > votes, other than by a followup posting such as this.) > > It is by far easier to destroy goodwill and create hurt > feelings than it is to foster understanding, tolerance and harmony > amongst diverse communities and religious groups. Thus it is no > big victory for those Indian netters who WANTED to drive Pakistanis > off s.c.i.; it takes just a few foul-mouthed mud-slingers to create > or exacerbate a polarization. > > My best wishes to all our Pakistani friends for a successful > voting period for the new newsgroup and for a successful forum! I'm > sorry that you had to endure indignities on s.c.i. - the shame is ours > on s.c.i. for not having conducted ourselves more decently. > > Inder Hear hear. Finally one of you guys had the guts and decency to admit to the real facts. -- Faisal. _______________________________________________ Faisal Usmani, Dept. of Electrical Engineering University of Houston, Houston, Texas. _______________________________________________ faisal@crcc.uh.edu, acsiq@uhvax1.uh.edu _______________________________________________