I doubt that Ken meant to offend anyone. I will defend Ken having know him for
about 40 years and have never seen a slight indication of disrespect for
various cultural backgrounds. We are fortunate to live in a country of free
speech (for the moment) and everyone from diverse backgrounds need to just
lighten up and get a grip. If you are a citizen of the US you are an American.
If your not an American please respect our free speech while your here. I'm
from Texas and pride of my heritage counters all intended and unintentional
jokes about Texans, of which there are many and undoubtedly there now will be
more! Bring them on babies.
Robert EllisEllis Geophysical Consulting Inc.9528 Xanthos LaneReno, Nevada
89521 USASkype: BobEllisEGCIf email returned try: [email protected]
On Sunday, January 31, 2021, 04:12:37 PM PST, Yaoguo Li via SEGMIN
<[email protected]> wrote:
Ken,
Just to follow up on our email exchange, and to provide a context for my
previous email:
My reaction has nothing to do with culture or background. It has to do with
basic human respect. I don’t think you would use an image of a group of gulag
prisoners of Soviet era, or a Rwanda genocide scene, for such a “fun” posting,
so I wonder why you would use this image in such a way?
These are not your proverbial "sacred cows” as you refer to them. What an
insult, although I am sure you didn’t mean it! You are not pushing the
boundaries, nor are you questioning the status quo. You are using an image
without the slightest understanding of, or care for, its context.
Instead of dismissing someone as being from a different culture, wouldn’t
pushing one's boundaries include putting some effort in understanding the
different cultures and a bit of historical context of things one chooses to use?
Sincerely,
Yaoguo Li
> On Jan 31, 2021, at 4:16 PM, Yaoguo Li <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Ken,
>
> I may appreciate your light hearted approach, but your attempted humorous use
> of this image is of poor taste at best and utterly disrespectful on the other
> end of the spectrum. I suppose some thinking just doesn’t change!
>
> Sincerely,
> Yaoguo Li
>
>> On Jan 31, 2021, at 4:06 PM, Ken Witherly via SEGMIN
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>> Dear Colleagues
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>> I was confronted with three contractors, who for a variety of reasons, did
>> not make the deadline. However, their persistent and persuasiveness were
>> compelling and like our very brave citizen in Tiananmen Square in 1989,
>> their steely resolution won out.
>>
>> Best/Ken
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