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- Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
- Path: sparky!uunet!world!bobleigh
- From: bobleigh@world.std.com (Bob Leigh)
- Subject: Re: Courtesy and Civility
- Message-ID: <C0Dv0C.H5H@world.std.com>
- Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
- References: <1993Jan1.114605.303@rlgsc.com> <1i8rroINNdbj@gap.caltech.edu>
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 13:33:47 GMT
- Lines: 18
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- carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan1.114605.303@rlgsc.com>, gezelter@rlgsc.com writes:
- >>In any event, international forums require sensitivity to other
- >>peoples' languages and cultures. For example, in the US, many people,
- >>particularly those in the computing field, are accustomed to informality,
- >>particularly the use of first names. In other countries and cultures,
- >>such unsolicited informality is considered to be in extremely poor taste.
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- >I see. This group is no longer to give a goddamn about technical matters, but
- >it's to be a strictly politically correct forum. BULLSHIT!
-
- I do not see a request that the group not focus on technical matters.
- I don't see anything to justify the comment about political correctness,
- either. I do see a statement that (as the subject line says) people
- really should respond to technical questions with courtesy and civility,
- taking language and culture differences into account.
-
- Bob Leigh bobleigh@world.std.com
-