Subject: yes just the usual over bordermarkers (India-Pakistan)
Date: Aug 29, 2004 @ 23:59
Author: aletheiak ("aletheiak" <aletheiak@...>)
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but at least they are reported burning the midnight oil together
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_30-8-200
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--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "aletheiak"
<aletheiak@y...> wrote:
> no need to impute real grumpiness here tho
> for it is just the accumulated burden of history
> continuing to play itself out
> almost mechanically as it were
>
> after all
> these are the same sports who have indeed been getting
along
> so nicely lately
> as we know
> by so fanatically competing again at cricket
> after so long a hiatus that included utter brinksmanship
>
> & by so sheepishly demilitarizing their so clownishly contested
> glacier
>
> etc
>
> etc
>
> etc
>
> & overall
> by actually groping
> however clumsily & fitfully
> toward a comprehensive settlement of their tired old dispute
> from high seas to high mountains
>
> which of course includes marker restoration
>
>
> that is
> they are doing all this whenever they are not holding up their
> respective roles as traditional sparring partners at every level
>
> & they have evidently agreed again to disagree again for a time
> as you see here
> but probably only by sheer dint of habit
> while however actually becoming accustomed & adapting to
the
> rapidly thawing & improving conditions overall
>
>
> thats all really
> & probably even less than meets the eye in this case
>
> their overall trend is more emphatically positive than ever
before
>
>
> & of course
> just getting along
> includes seeing & reporting things as at least no worse than
> they really are
> let alone building a file of grumpiness
>
>
> but that would be in addition to conveying any cheers directly
>
> which are indeed gratefully received & squared & cubed as
ever
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, doug@d... wrote:
> >
> > From the Can't-We-Just-Get-Along file:
> >
> > http://www.keralaonline.com/
> > nationalnews.asp?folder=Headlines&file=1_8243.xml
> >
> > or
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/3uk87
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > Doug