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- From: riehm@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Carl Riehm)
- Subject: Re: American mathematical hegemony
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.151137.27447@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca>
- Organization: Department of Computer Science, McMaster University
- References: <2176@sjfc.UUCP> <sooz.711677426@vincent1.iastate.edu> <1992Jul21.135206.25360@dcs.qmw.ac.uk>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 15:11:37 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul21.135206.25360@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> mmh@cs.qmw.ac.uk (Matthew Huntbach) writes:
- >From: sooz@iastate.edu (Susan F Bradley)
- .
- .
- >> this idiotic notion that the British are more polite than Americans.
- >> This woman was decidedly middle class, supposedly well-bred. Where I come
- >> from, what she did was not only rude, but mean-spirited and completely
- >> uncalled for.
- >
- >I doubt the intention was to be deliberately rude. Probably
- >they just found your accent quaint and amusing. Remember that
- .
- .
- >yourself, but not vice versa. Anti-Americanism is acceptable
- >because Americans tend to be wealthy, and the USA bosses the
- >world around. It is not so acceptable to laugh at disadvantaged
- >groups.
- >
- >Matthew Huntbach
-
- There is SOME truth to what Mr. Huntback says, but it is mostly rationalization.
- To realize how impolite a lot of Brits (and French too, by the way) are, one
- only has to travel in Italy, say. The difference is truly remarkable.
- Carl.
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