h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

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dear VE, it was great to hear from you. thank you very much for making me feel so welcome in this space! despite the fact that i am exceedingly weakwilled, there is a pressing matter that is gnawing at my conscience and is compeling me to write. it seems that the twisted and tortured land of the indo-pak subcontinent is bent upon self-destruction. i realize that i may not be able to do much to stop the unthinkable from happening, but perhaps, just perhaps, WE together may be able to do something....

i do not yet know what that something might be. perhaps a group of concerned individuals, including, both indians and pakistanis (incidentally i'm a pakistani living in london) could get together and somehow use the world media to convey a message of peace to all who may listen - particularly the-powers-that-be in delhi and islamabad ?? perhaps we should visit the capitals...

but most importantly, we need to change the opinion of the man in the street in pakistan as well as india. it appears that the war hysteria gripping the two countries has blinded the people to the reality of their mutually assured destruction. do you think there is a way to show them that better things await if peace prevails ??

perhaps others in the h2g2 community can throw some ideas at this most intractable of problems...

i look forward to hearing from someone

alternating between dread and dispair - yours truly,

weakwilled.

dear EV, sorry for getting your initials scrammbled in the previous posting !!!

yours sheepishly,

weakwilled

Don't worry, I answer to most things...

I think Arthur Dent said it best when he observed, "So this is it. We're going to die." Not that you'd know it from watching the news, as it's clearly not as important as either the Queen's jubilee or the World Cup.

I've been on h2g2 for a while and I think there are a lot of us who would support that kind of campaign... can I suggest you go to <./>Askh2g2</.> and post a similar message there? That way more people are likely to see it and respond.