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- From: afung@world.std.com (Albert K Fung)
- Subject: Re: Traditional Chinese Values
- Message-ID: <By75wH.GKJ@world.std.com>
- Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
- References: <By5HCx.DLG@world.std.com> <1eq850INN3mc@agate.berkeley.edu> <1992Nov23.221643.10262@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>
- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 01:38:41 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov23.221643.10262@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> c60a-gp@danube.Berkeley.EDU (Jonathan Ming Him Chung) writes:
-
- >Privacy = 'See Yun'
- > ^ ^
- > | |
- > private hiding
-
- Hmmmm ....
-
- Not quite! "Privacy" is a psychological "space" that other people
- acknowledge is yours only. It has nothing to do with "hiding",
- "secretive", etc. kind of negative conotations.
-
- If you're a westerner, telling people that you need some "privacy" is
- quite normal and natural.
-
- Telling your parents you've "See Yun" is going to cause heart attacks ..... :)
-
- Regards,
-
- Al Fung
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