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<H1>[Mageia-discuss] Cultural difference: "Let your yes be yes" <---> "It is rude to say no"</H1>
<B>blind Pete</B>
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<I>Sat Jul 14 09:14:59 CEST 2012</I>
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<PRE>Johnny A. Solbu wrote:
><i> On Friday 13 July 2012 01:35, Frank Griffin wrote:
</I>>><i> I think you're missing the point.
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</I>><i> As did you. I gave a few example on how to avoid to lie, and be thuthfull
</I>><i> at the same time. There is a difference in not telling what they wan't to
</I>><i> hear, and lying just to avoid problems. Besides, telling the truth does
</I>><i> not mean that you should tell the whole truth. There's a difference. :-)=
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</I>>><i> In some cultures, not giving offense trumps telling the truth.
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</I>><i> Which does not defend lying. I really cannot envision a situation where
</I>><i> outright lying is prefered over telling the truth or just shutting up.
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Have you seen the movie, "Terminator"? When Arnold points a gun at
you and asks if you are Sarah Connor say "No", even if your name is
Sarah Connor. Personally I try to stay away from that sort of robot.
><i> If
</I>><i> the truth is to much in a situation, then suck it up and shutup. If you're
</I>><i> not saying anything, you can't be lying.
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</I>><i> There's another way to answer if someone ask if you would do something.
</I>><i> You can say "Yes, I can do that". By that statement you're simply saying
</I>><i> that you /can do it, you didn't say that you Would do it. I did that with
</I>><i> my late grandma, which often asked me to do things that I really didn't
</I>><i> want to do, and I didn't want to tell her that I hoped to avoid it. The
</I>><i> trick is how you say it, which is what lawyers have discovered.
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</I>><i> And yes, this is something that I really have strong opinions about. ;-)=
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blind Pete
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