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- From: bunny@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Marsh)
- Newsgroups: rec.arts.poems
- Subject: Re: Anglocentricism in rec.arts.poems Re: Urdu Knowledge. Re: Urdu Ignorance (part II)
- Summary: Diversity isn't a bad thing...
- Message-ID: <3173@bsu-cs.bsu.edu>
- Date: 21 Nov 92 01:16:11 GMT
- References: <1992Nov19.175925.14938@zip.eecs.umich.edu> <1992Nov20.180410.342@zip.eecs.umich.edu>
- Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, Indiana
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- I've been following this thread haphazardly for awhile and am surprised by
- some of the comments and the general feeling emanating from the participants -
- in my experience it is a pleasure to stumble upon poetry written in other
- languages (with or without translation) and I'd hate to see r.a.p. lose
- that special kind of contribution. All work is relevant, however much one
- might ignore some styles in favor of others, and creating separate
- newsgroups for one culture or another, or for a specific style/genre/etc,
- will ultimately make this group not worth reading.
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- Diversity is a wonderful thing to be strived for, not a detriment to be
- avoided. The creation of an Urdu poetry newsgroup is necessary if
- enough people want it but please, before taking such a step, try to post/
- discuss and see what happens...some people may not like it but, hey, I'm
- not about to try to get a "post-modern" poetry group started just because
- that's my personal preference!
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- Just my opinion...do with it as you will.
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- Tracy Flynn-Marsh
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