From: Kambiz Aghaiepour <kambiz@oceania.com>
Subject: Re: Iran is not your kingdom Mr. King!
Reply-To: kambiz@oceania.com
Organization: Oceania Health Care Systems
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 01:54:48 GMT


Loren,
  I very much agree with everything that you have said here and I
feel ashamed for all of humanity when I see people like Seyyed who
are so fanatical and judgemental of others for expressing their
ideas.
  I am a frequent reader of SCI and I am also frequently unsubscribing
to this newsgroup for the following reason.  I find that a lot of the
articles are flames, or a lot of senseless name calling without much
content.  Isn't this a newsgroup where we should share our
ideas regarding our culture?  Some things I would like to see more of
in this newsgroup would be :

  1) Discussions regarding Iranian food
  2) Peoples thoughts on US politics and how they feel the recent
     election effects Iran.
  3) Discussions on Persian litrature
  4) Postings of upcoming events of interest (i.e. Plays, movies,
     poetry readings, etc)
  5) Postings which are well thought out and deserving of respect as
     well as giving respect to others; I see to many postings that 
     basically amount to "You suck!" or "Eat Shick and die!"

When I started reading this newsgroup some time ago (about three years
ago), these were the kind of postings that I would see, and that is
what made the newsgroup so appealing to me.  Not to mention the sense
of joy and closeness that I felt knowing that I was interacting with
people that probably understood me and my past more that others who
aren't as close to Persian culture as most SCI readers are.  But now it
seems that maybe we all hate each other and all we can think of is ways
of putting each other down.  This is ridiculous!!!  I hope to see
some decent postings in the future.  I'd hate to think that the content
of this newsgroup reflects what Iranians living in America are like.

The thing that really bites is that a lot of people reading this are
probably going to delete it and call it nonesense. I'm really concerned
people.  Let's pull together and start acting like a family.  I thought
that that was part of our culture too (to respect on another and treat
everyone as family).

--Kambiz

Loren King writes
> And the problem is that many Muslims are forced to do just
> this, i.e. "pack up and leave," for the sole reason that 
> they desire to explore their beliefs, or to express their 
> individuality as something separate from their faith.
> 
> The problem is not me, Seyyed ... among others, its the women 
> who are threatened by their brothers and fathers back at home 
> for being "too educated."  Women who have to fly from their
> country just to explore the wonders of intellectual life.
> What about them?  Is Iran such a static kingdom that they'll 
> never be able to broaden their minds and express themselves 
> within the nation of their birth, within the country they love, 
> soley because they are women?
> 
> What about it, Seyyed?  If its not my business, is it
> theirs?  Or don't they count?  Are they not "real Muslims"?
> 
> Cultures are about sharing, including and embracing new
> ideas.  I hope that your exclusionist view of Iran is
> a minority position maintained by extremists.  
> 
> 
> _______
> 
> Loren King
> MIT
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