[Reader-list] Take the time to know Obama

[TaraPrakash]

Hi Gora and all.
I don't know who you mean by "we", however, there are people on the list who 
stay in the US and some of us have voting rights.
Even if that was not the case, not caring about "a minimal fraction of the 
world" will always be counter productive.
Another thing which is counterproductive is, homogenizing; it is repressive 
and destructive in the context of India, it is equally harmful in the 
context of the US.
So "a minimal fraction of the world" has its fractions who would like to 
express their opinion in the primaries and later in the presidential 
election.
Hope that answers your question.
Regards
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gora Mohanty" <gora at sarai.net>
To: <reader-list at sarai.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 2:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Take the time to know Obama


> On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:46:59 +0530
> "Raheema Begum" <theunderscoredhood at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Not just because of this, but also because of this:
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yq0tMYPDJQ
> [...]
>
> Excuse me for being crude, but why the hell should we care about
> random incidents affecting a minimal fraction of people in the
> world? At least as far as I see it, the US has already taken
> active steps *not* to be a global citizen, Obama, or no Obama.
>
> Regards,
> Gora
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