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

[Anne Wilson]

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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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