singh@sierra.Stanford.EDU (Harinder J. Singh) (02/13/90)
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
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 _______________________________________________