Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/23
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On 23 Nov 97, Bill Larsen wrote:
<snip>
> I enjoy the newsgroups, even the people that go off topic. Their
> enthusiasm is contagious. But I do not enjoy some of the snide cross
> cultural comments I have read.
Uh, this is not a newsgroup, Bill. Also, you may misinterpret when you
talk of snide cross cultural comments. Perhaps some, but by no means,
many and certainly not serious.
What is different here is the sheer number of posts among folk sharing
a niche interest. This allows us to "get a handle" on our brethren
rather quickly and in some detail. What happens from then on is the
type of exchanges that are quite normal among "family", and believe me,
this *is* family.
In the bunch of lists to which I subscribe (admittedly most are
photographic), English is the default language for the same reason that
it has become that in most international commercial and political
endeavors. Nothing is forever, however, and when the US is toppled as
the leading power in the world, then assuredly, citizens of the US will
have to get off their butts and learn the language of the next
anointed.
- --
Roger Beamon
Naturalist & Photographer
mailto:beamon@primenet.com
When a public offical accepts a gift,
he dissolves the pearl of independence
in the vinegar of obligation.
-- Henry Fountain Ashurst