dear Miriam,

to me it doesnt really matter much these are just the
concepts (words)made by us the word stone age ..or
whatever is not really the meaning ..but what is more
importand is the understanding of people that is
target group...like you and me...
understanding that "the superior" is actually "The
inferior" and the inferior is superior...thats TAO
any way

dont mind but ...waste your time for a greater
impact...of influencing the policies


wishes and regards


sanjay


--- Miriam Ross <mr@...> wrote:

> Dear friends,
>
> I'm writing to ask for your help and advice.
> Survival has launched a
> campaign, targeted mainly but not exclusively at the
> UK so far, to
> get the media to stop using terms like 'stone age'
> and 'primitive' to
> describe tribal peoples. Please have a look at the
> campaign webpage
> http://www.survival-international.org/stampitout.php
> for details of
> our postcard campaign. There is also a page where
> people can post
> comments:
>
http://www.survival-international.org/stampitoutuserforum.php
>
> I want to ask for your help in getting this message
> across to the Indian media.
>
> Terms like 'stone age' and 'primitive' are widely
> understood by
> ordinary people to mean 'inferior' and 'backward',
> though they may
> mean different things to academics. We believe such
> language causes
> great harm to tribal peoples by reinforcing the idea
> that they are
> 'stuck in the past' and must be forcibly 'developed'
> for their own
> good. For example, this is what the President of
> Botswana says about
> the Kalahari Bushmen, whom his government has forced
> to leave their
> ancestral land against their will:
>
> 'How can you have a Stone Age creature continue to
> exist in the age
> of computers? If the Bushmen want to survive, they
> must change or
> otherwise, like the dodo, they will perish.'
>
> Survival is particularly struck by the prevalence of
> such terms - and
> others, like 'savages' - whenever the international
> media reports on
> the tribes of the Andaman Islands, most recently on
> the killing of
> two men by the Sentinelese, but also following the
> December 2004
> tsunami.
>
> The campaign has the support of BBC World Affairs
> Editor John
> Simpson, and journalists John Pilger, the BBC's
> Caroline Hawley,
> George Monbiot, Sandy Gall and Christopher Booker.
> These journalists
> wrote a letter which was published in the Financial
> Times a couple of
> weeks ago. The issue has also been discussed in the
> Independent and
> the Guardian newspapers in the UK.
>
> I would be very grateful for any suggestions of
> high-profile Indian
> journalists who could be approached to add their
> names to the
> campaign. I would also like to hear any other
> suggestions as to how
> this issue might be raised in the Indian media, or
> any comments on
> the campaign. Please also let me know if you would
> like to receive
> some of the campaign postcards.
>
> Thanks and best wishes,
> Miriam
> --
>
> We help tribal peoples defend their lives, protect
> their lands and
> determine their own futures.
>
> Survival International
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> London EC1M 7ET
> UK
>
> Tel: (+44) (0)20 7687 8700
> Fax: (+44) (0)20 7687 8701
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>


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