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Re: Gobby notes from diversity/inclusion BOF/workshop, Cambridge

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On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 02:23:35PM +0000, Ian Jackson wrote:
>...
> Robust discussion is important but the time to stop is *before*, not after,
> it's become personal. Is it possible to have a 'personality moderator' role in
> Debian which could be used to help calm down argument?
>...

"personal" by the standards of which culture?

As one example, polite/rude are partially the other way round in Germany 
and the UK, just like yes/no often have a swapped meaning in the UK.

Worth reading:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-37799805

A quote from that article:
"In Germany ... not saying what you mean is not forgiven.
 It's seen as dishonest, confused and ineffective."

I am German.
If you say "yes" when you mean "no", depending on the circumstances this 
is something I might consider a personal insult - and after that I might 
permanently consider you a dishonest person that cannot be trusted.

I am pretty sure there are also lots of things I say or do that are 
completely normal and not rude in my culture, but might come across
as rude to people in the UK or elsewhere.

cu
Adrian

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       "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out
        of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days.
       "Only a promise," Lao Er said.
                                       Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed

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Gobby notes from diversity/inclusion BOF/workshop, Cambridge Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2016-11-12 15:30 +0100
  Re: Gobby notes from diversity/inclusion BOF/workshop, Cambridge Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2016-11-13 04:20 +0100
    Re: Gobby notes from diversity/inclusion BOF/workshop, Cambridge Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2016-11-14 17:30 +0100
      Re: Gobby notes from diversity/inclusion BOF/workshop, Cambridge Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2016-11-14 18:50 +0100
        Re: Gobby notes from diversity/inclusion BOF/workshop, Cambridge Gunnar Wolf <gwolf@debian.org> - 2016-11-15 20:20 +0100
          Re: Gobby notes from diversity/inclusion BOF/workshop, Cambridge Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2016-11-15 23:40 +0100
          Re: Gobby notes from diversity/inclusion BOF/workshop, Cambridge Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2016-11-16 07:10 +0100
  Re: Gobby notes from diversity/inclusion BOF/workshop, Cambridge Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> - 2016-11-15 20:20 +0100
    Re: Gobby notes from diversity/inclusion BOF/workshop, Cambridge Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2016-11-16 03:20 +0100

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