Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 10:20:28 04/05/98
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On April 05, 1998 at 09:11:19, Thorsten Czub wrote: >whenever I discuss with you (or also other guys from US) I have found >out that we have different WAYS and VALUES how to discuss. >IMO this is a cultural problem. >You cannot stand heated discussions ! >Whenever this happens you feel personal offended or you shoot with heavy >weapons back although the other side has NOT thought to attack you or >not thought to kill you. All the other side did was: told an opinion. >My experience with guys from other (european-)countries is different. >We can discuss very heated and very (in your point of view) uncivilized >without beeing enemies or hate each other AFTERWARDS. >I don't know WHY this is. I can only register that IT IS ! > >I have no idea WHY it isn't possible to discuss abstract or even >concrete matters with americans WITHOUT this problem. >Maybe there are cultural problems or differences that produce these >complications. > >We seem to have different ranges concerning personal attack-values. >In europe children and adults learn to attack or to discuss other people >with WORDS and NOT with weapons or hitting each other. >You can come with complete idiotic opinions, found strange parties (e.g. >the beer-drinker party, the car-driver-party, the unemployed-party, ...) >and seriously discuss all kinds of stuff without attacking in personal. I could say a lot about this but I think I'm a little too mad. bruce
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