From: bavafa@netcom.com (Hooshyar Naraghi)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian
Subject: Re: A socio-cultural question.
Date: 4 Jan 93 04:04:01 GMT
Organization: Globalization of Citizenship

In article <lkb0tqINNa0r@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> smortaz@handel.Eng.Sun.COM 
(Shahrokh Mortazavi) writes:

>pesar amoo writes:
>
>] " Suppose that five Iranian folks RANDOMLY are selected by
>] alliens and put in a beautiful,cool place in space. They're given no
>] agenda nor are forced to follow any rules in communication. There are
>] enough amount of food, water and of course air. They are given 12 hours
>] to share with each other and after that they are returned to thier own
>] places. Question: How do you describe the last 15 minutes of that 12
>] hour? " Thanks for your time. Pessar Amoo.

[Shahrokh's realistic and hypothetical responses deleted for brevity - HFN]

He then az ghol-e man mifarmAyad:
>hooshyar:
>[9 page quote deleted due to lack of space - summary: can we all
>get along?]

Which I acknowledge that he has understood me right this time.  BTW, how
is that for a good start in this new Gregorian year Shahrokh jAn?

I wanted to thank pessar amoo to have come up with this intriguing question.
I thought to share my 9-page view that Shahrokh had deleted because he had
no space, but not me.  :-)

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I promise to post less lengthly articles to sci, initially set at the
equivalent of two (V) net screens.

set MULTIMEDIA on
[The sci readership is saying: oh, sure. 'to goftiyo mA bAvar kardim!']
set MULTIMEDIA off
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I think in the last 15 minutes they will enage in an exciting, emotional,
breath-taking, aggressive, adventurous, and eye-bulging-out [(c) Shahrokh,
93 - this is 93's first copyright] communication with the aliens to 
EXTEND the stay in space.  They would have loved the experience so much,
and their spirits would have been lifted so high that they wouldn't like
to return.

Among reasons they would offer these aliens I bet 100 Universal Currencies
that they would cite the few following:

o "The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens."
o The concept of world citizenship would be a direct result of the
  contraction of the planet into a single neighbourhood from the 'gerdali'
  [(c) Amoojoon, 92] window of the spaceship.
o They would like to EXPERIENCE how to conduct a discussion if non-sense
  limitations did not dictate to them how to reach conflict resolutions.
o As long as our species remembers, or we have discovered our written 
  history, we have fought for man-made boundaries and territories.  Now,
  for the first time they are confronted with a situation to view, feel,
  touch base with, and ultimately love humanity as a whole.

I wouldn't know if aliens would have granted the request based on the above
reasonings. But if they didn't I venture to say by the time the 15 returned
to their places, they would TRANSCEND beyond their nationalistic, political
or religious front-end differences (or indifferences).  They would most
likely refer to themselves as "world citizens."

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PS1.  Has any one tried playing soccer in space, or begun to venture into
its plausibilties?

PS2.  World Cup 94 tickets ought to be available for sale effective Spring
      93.  Iran will be playing at Stanford.  FIFA ruled out LA, because
      they were afraid the whole Rose Ball(?) stadium will be filled by
      Iranians (exension of your imagination will help here!)