[Mageia-discuss] Cultural difference: "Let your yes be yes" <---> "It is rude to say no"

Fri Jul 13 12:21:19 CEST 2012

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+On 13/07/12 08:08, Doug Laidlaw wrote:
+> 
+> Nowadays, even a local community is multicultural.  Here, my
+> brother kept using the phrase "spot the Aussie."  That didn't mean
+> Aboriginals, but white descendants of the British settlers.  In
+> London even, there doesn't seem to be an "English" face.  If you
+> can get on well with your neighbours, you are half-way there.
+> 
+The problem is, perhaps, with the other half.  If we get on well with
+our neighbours there is a natural tendency to treat them exactly as we
+expect to be treated, which may not equate to their expectations :-)
+
+Interesting conversation.  I know tht Marja was commenting precisely
+on our interactions within the community and regarding work here, but
+it's always good to hear about other communities.
+
+Anne
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