Subject: Re: yes just the usual over bordermarkers (India-Pakistan)
Date: Sep 16, 2004 @ 16:35
Author: aletheiak ("aletheiak" <aletheiak@...>)
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> but at least they are reported burning the midnight oil togetherhttp://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_30-8-200
>
> 4_pg1_3contested
>
> --- 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
> > glaciertime
> >
> > 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
> > 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