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diff --git a/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/2012-July/008240.html b/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/2012-July/008240.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..e3b17046c --- /dev/null +++ b/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/2012-July/008240.html @@ -0,0 +1,97 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> +<HTML> + <HEAD> + <TITLE> [Mageia-discuss] Cultural difference: "Let your yes be yes" <---> "It is rude to say no" + </TITLE> + <LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" > + <LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:mageia-discuss%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-discuss%5D%20Cultural%20difference%3A%20%22Let%20your%20yes%20be%20yes%22%0A%20%3C---%3E%20%22It%20is%20rude%20to%20say%20no%22&In-Reply-To=%3C5000B2F5.1050208%40laposte.net%3E"> + <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index,nofollow"> + <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> + <LINK REL="Previous" HREF="008239.html"> + <LINK REL="Next" HREF="008242.html"> + </HEAD> + <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> + <H1>[Mageia-discuss] Cultural difference: "Let your yes be yes" <---> "It is rude to say no"</H1> + <B>andre999</B> + <A HREF="mailto:mageia-discuss%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-discuss%5D%20Cultural%20difference%3A%20%22Let%20your%20yes%20be%20yes%22%0A%20%3C---%3E%20%22It%20is%20rude%20to%20say%20no%22&In-Reply-To=%3C5000B2F5.1050208%40laposte.net%3E" + TITLE="[Mageia-discuss] Cultural difference: "Let your yes be yes" <---> "It is rude to say no"">andre999mga at laposte.net + </A><BR> + <I>Sat Jul 14 01:44:53 CEST 2012</I> + <P><UL> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="008239.html">[Mageia-discuss] Cultural difference: "Let your yes be yes" <---> "It is rude to say no" +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="008242.html">[Mageia-discuss] Cultural difference: "Let your yes be yes" <---> "It is rude to say no" +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#8240">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#8240">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#8240">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#8240">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>peter f miller a écrit : +><i> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 11:10 AM, Johnny A. Solbu<<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">cooker at solbu.net</A>> wrote: +</I>><i> +</I>>><i> I am an person who have leard a few ways to avoid answering without beeing rude, without the questioneer knowing while beeing truthfull in what I say. :-)= +</I>>><i> +</I>><i> You're not really being as truthful as you seem to think. Part of the +</I>><i> definition of a lie is "something meant to deceive or give a wrong +</I>><i> impression". Regardless of whether or not what you are saying is +</I>><i> literally true, looking away from someone and saying you don't see +</I>><i> them is by your own admission something you are doing to give a wrong +</I>><i> impression and so it's a lie just the same. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>Exactly. +And someone who, by good intentions or misinterpretation, seems to +promise something that they later don't follow through with, would in +fact not be lying. +It is intentionally misleading others that consistutes lying. + +Further, the expression "white lie" refers to misleading others for a +socially positive goal, such as saying that someone who is sensitive +about their weight is "not fat", or telling Khadafi's henchmen that you +did't know of any neighbours who opposed his regime (when they all did). + +Which contrasts with another approach that can be taken, diversion. +Someone asks if you have seen someone, and you respond with a question, +such as why they are looking for them. And further questions if +necessary so that they forget about their original question. +Of course that could be seen as dishonest as well, and possibly socially +positive depending on the circumstances. + +-- +André + +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="008239.html">[Mageia-discuss] Cultural difference: "Let your yes be yes" <---> "It is rude to say no" +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="008242.html">[Mageia-discuss] Cultural difference: "Let your yes be yes" <---> "It is rude to say no" +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#8240">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#8240">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#8240">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#8240">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |