From: samir@tfs.com (Samir Elias)
Subject: Re: The identity of soc.culture.arabic
Organization: TRW Financial Systems
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 18:58:56 GMT

In article <C19LB5.1qJ@brunel.ac.uk> cs89mcd@brunel.ac.uk (Michael C Davis) writes:
>Ibaa Oueichek (oueichek@gram) wrote:
>:   It seems to me that anyone who is posting anything at t.p.m sets the 
>: cross-post to soc.culture.arabic, WHY ?. This group IS NOT FOR POLITICAL
>: discussions. It's not a matter of opinion, s.c.a was created to discuss
>: about Arabic culture, NOT politics (read the group description, it says
>: explicitely that this group is not for politics).
>
>Yes, I read s.c.a, and have to filter through lots of political/religious stuff which I am not interested in
>to read the few (technical) articles which I am interested in. Isn't it about time this group was
>moderated?
>-- 
>
>-----
>Michael Davis (cs89mcd@brunel.ac.uk)
>
>	And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
>	Come to my arms, my beamish boy!

From a previous post i sent:

|> Some relevant meanings for the word "culture",taken directly
|> From the American,(from all other sources),heritage dictionary,1983:
|> 
|> 1 - Intellectual and artistic taste and refinements.
|> 
|> 2 - Development of the intellect through education and training.
|> 
|> 3 - The arts, BELIEFS, customs,institutions and ALL OTHER products
|> 	of  human work and THOUGHT  created by a people or a group at
|> 	a PARTICULAR TIME.
|> 
|> So i understand BELIEFS to include RELIGION and also POLITICAL ideas,
|> i also understand THOUGHT to all possible facets of human ideas, 
|> just as i understand PARTICULAR TIME to mean "current and past history",
|> and in the same sense "a people or a group" to include both arabs AND
|> muslims.
|> 
|> I should also say that the first and second meanings include:
|> Science,litreture ,education, art (in all its forms i may say
|> including,"Al-Ra'ass Al-Shari'i",which i hope no one will discuss
|> seriosly,but they can and may be will).
|> 
|> So for anyone to say that we should or should not discuss this or
|> that on this group is merely trying to assume the role of a judge 
|> or a moderator which this group does not have.

So who will be the moderator??and if somebody becomes a moderator 
what will prevent another group from coming up??

How reasonable is it to have:

s.c.a.politics.
s.c.a.islam.
s.c.a.christanity
s.c.a.religion
s.c.a.computerscience
s.c.a.geography
s.c.a.history
s.c.a.usa
s.c.a.iraq
s.c.a.Ra'assShari'i
...
...
...

and so on,do you think this make sense or where should we stop??
on what bases?? and who decides the bases??

Dear Sir,i agree with you that you may have to go through a lot
of articles to reach the ones that you need,but this is supposed
to be a group for a variety of people of arabic background and
for non-arab people who are interested in arabic "culture",as
defined above.

Also if you need any information in particular,try to describe
what you need and may be somebody in the group will be able to
answer.













P.S.:
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The above reflects my opinions,they by no means reflects those
of my employer.


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