Well, Cameron and I asked for examples of 'culturally biased' questions and you posted the two examples we have been discussing. You have to forgive a good old boy when he asks a question and assumes what he gets in return was actually an answer to that question.
So, again (and I will reword using your terms), if a question goes against 'the cultural norm' why is it immediately the question and not the 'culture' that has the problem? On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 8:57 PM, Dana<[email protected]> wrote: > > You know -- I try hard not to pigeonhole you as a good old boy. > Sometimes you make it hard. > > a) I did not say biased, you did. I said "contains a cultural norm." > > b) I also said that whether this is an issue depends on multiple factors. > > please explain what part of this is hard to understand. > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 6:45 PM, Scott Stroz<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> OK..it would make the question culturally biased, how? >> >> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 8:10 PM, Dana<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> actually I didn't say racially I said culturally. And if people of >>> different cultures think different answers are correct then there is a >>> cultural norm in the question. >>> >>> Whether this is unfair depends. >>> >>> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Scott Stroz<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Dana<[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> But there are also groups where "ratting" is always the wrong answer, >>>>> and without ignoring the situation you can also take him home. I can >>>>> think of several people I know who would do exactly that. >>>>> >>>> >>>> And that would make the question racially biased, how? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Scott Stroz >>>> --------------- >>>> The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who >>>> are willing to work and give to those who would not. - Thomas >>>> Jefferson >>>> >>>> http://xkcd.com/386/ >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:299331 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
