From: root@shearson.com (Operator)
Subject: unnecessary flamage and cultural flak
Reply-To: root@shearson.com
Organization: Lehman Brothers, Inc.
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 16:55:36 GMT

i don't think it is very fair for you to blast people like that.
granted, you may be more "adjusted" to american culture and such
but that does not mean everyone else is. some need familiar momentos
to remind ones' selves of who and what they are; because a foreign 
environment like a new country is sometimes too scary a burden to
bear alone, especially when one is in a locale where one is culturally
unique. so yes, it is often nice to see or hear something that reminds one
of one's "kind" so to speak (i hope i don't get flamed for being p.i.c.).
one of the things that i've noticed is that asian communities tend to be
more close, particularly when the groups consists of people from abroad.
when you have total strangers coming together, what do you think they will
talk about ? i'll give you a hint, the only thing they have in common, their
culture. 
i don't think it is wrong to talk about things such as hk artists, politics,
bbs, lonely hearts and etc. just remember, not all topics is going to catch
everyones' fancy, that is why the gurus of unix created this thing called a
kill-file in which all topics of uninterest will not show up in your news 
session.
pls be more tolerant in the future. some people have a hard enough time
adjusting to a different set of social rules without getting flamed by one of
their own.

just my $0.02 worth.
-dave

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In article 44491@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu, nephilim@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu () writes:
> In article <1992Nov7.002331.44485@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>, nephilim@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
> > In article <1992Nov4.124014.3020@wuecl.wustl.edu>, ppc1@cec2.wustl.edu (Peter Pui Tak Chiu) writes:
> >> In article <1992Nov3.163124.1936@cs.mun.ca> yeng@garfield.cs.mun.ca (Yeng Fat Fai) writes:
> >>>
> >>>Cantonese songs.  I wish I am wrong, because I really, really, 
> >>>really want to listen my home (Hong Kong) songs through the 
> >>>computer.  So if anyone outthere who has the ftp address to 
> >>>the Cantonese songs, please let me know.
> >>>
> >> 
> >> how do you listen to songs through your computer???
> >> if you really miss hong kong songs so much, why don't you ask someone
> >> in hongkong to mail you a tape?
> >> 
> >> pete
> >> 
> > I think this is common w/in HK students.  They are away from HK and they still
> > want to live the way they used to back in HK.  Come on, open yourself, I don't 
> > know how much you know about American culture, not much, I guess.  The HK music
> > scene sucks anyway.  Love, everyday, everysong, everybody, I am sick of it.
> > It is so superficial that it is phony as hell.
> > Well, do whatever you like.  Just some of my opinions.  You are not my sons, I
> > don't care!!!
> > 



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