On Monday 23 October 2017, Frederik Ramm wrote: > [...] > > What would be *your* words to say "Hey everybody, I saw this, and I > think it is bad and needs to change"? What choice of language would > adequately express your being upset about what you have seen, without > being denounced as a poisonous person who harms the community by > seeking support from it? > > This is a honest question; I would really be interested in the, if I > may, "American version" of what Christoph has written. One that does > express how you're upset while at the same time *not* being > "combative" and all those bad things you said about Christoph's post. > > Maybe then I can use that to express myself in a more internationally > compatible way in the future ;)
While i appreciate the intention to discuss and bridge cultural differences the topical background here will most likely prevent this from happening since the political dimension of this highly political topic is likely to prevent actually getting to the cultural differences. In other words: The replies you get to your request will primarily express different political views and much less different cultural backgrounds. Actually having this discussion without the fog of OSM politics in the way would be immensely interesting but i am not sure if this is possible in this venue. My own experience with Americans in non-political matters is usually that they are on average more tolerant than Europeans, at least on their own turf (or in other words: They seem less territorial in cultural matters). But if you get into politics (no matter if big politics or smaller topical matters like in OSM) my impression is that Europeans often have a better ability to put those politics aside and communicate without being affected by political differences. In other words: The likeliness of a Communist and an Ultra-conservative having a friendly and open chat about something like philosophy, science or art is much higher if they are Europeans. Note this is a completely subjective impression of me and in no way meant to imply being representative for any group of people. -- Christoph Hormann http://www.imagico.de/ _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk