From: morgan@ms.uky.edu (Wes Morgan)
Subject: Re: HELP BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
    <1992Jul16.185804.25012@ncrcae.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM> 
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Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 15:52:22 GMT
Organization: The Puzzle Palace, UKentucky

[I've reduced the Newsgroups: line, eliminating s.c.turkish and s.c.yugoslavia]

ccetinka@symcom.math.uiuc.edu (Cetin Cetinkaya) writes:
>
>First, not many innocent people get killed in every part of the world 
>due to the reluctancy of the U.N. Now you would say: it is not soc.
>culture.UN, it is soc.culture.USA. Well, then, who is the boss of the
>U.N.? Who is paying the bills? What is the international "peace" tool
>of the U.S.A.? Good! Now you got the point, do you not?

No, I do not "get the point"; there is no point to be made.  The relationship
between the US and the UN is hardly a cultural issue.

>Secondly, why the U.S.A. is so slow to take action. Simply, the economy
>is not doing well and in November, there is an election. And the U.S.
>people want to believe that the administration is trying to find 
>solutions for the problems almost every single American is facing
>nowadays. Thus the U.S. policy is to keep low profile on this matter.                                                       
soc.culture.usa is not the proper newsgroup for discussion of US government
policy.  By definition, the talk.politics.* newsgroups are the proper place
for political discussions.  Why not use talk.politics.misc?

>So does the U.N.'s. Meanwhile serbian animals are hunting for innocent
>civilians. This is why the matter is related with soc.culture.USA. 

At this point, you have given three "reasons"; they are:

	- US "domination" of the UN
	- US government policy (and/or inaction)
	- UN policy (and/or inaction)

I believe that we can agree that each of these is a POLITICAL issue,
rather than a CULTURAL issue.  Therefore, we can reach the following
exercise in logic:

	- soc.culture.usa is dedicated to CULTURAL discussions.
	- the topics of this discussion are POLITICAL in nature.
	- "POLITICAL" is not equal/equivalent to "CULTURAL"
	- Therefore, soc.culture.usa is not a proper forum for this discussion.
	- the talk.politics.* hierarchy is dedicated to POLITICAL discussions.
	- Therefore, talk.politics.* is the proper forum for this discussion.

>>There is a difference between what USA should see and what readers of
>>soc.culture.usa should see.   
>
>Which is....
>
>>>       not only watch the golden taps of Kuwait, and must show her
>>>       justice to the world by knowing the bitter facts and 
>>>       acting upon the Serbian barbarism too. 
>
>As an avarage American, what is your answer for this question?  

As an average American, my answer is rather simple:

	If I want to read more about this situation, I will subscribe
        to the appropriate newsgroups, namely soc.culture.yugoslavia
        and (perhaps) soc.culture.turkish and talk.politics.misc.

In conclusion, I ask you to consider a maxim that has been repeated
to me many times, by many people, namely:

        Always use the proper tool for the job.

Ask yourself, "Is soc.culture.usa really the proper tool for this job?".
In the minds of many s.c.usa readers, it is not.  We certainly respect
your opinions; we merely ask that you respect ours as well.

Please stop posting this discussion to soc.culture.usa.


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