> I wasn't even implying that these cultures are 'good' or 'bad', just > that they exist and differ from the various regional cultures which > exist all over the world. I think people were quite touchy at my line > of questioning. I recognise that there are differences between i.e. > LA and Seattle or SF and NY, but those differences pale in comparison > to the differences between Moscow and LA, Beijing and NY, or Sydney > and SF -- and those are all still large international cities.
Give me a break Forsku. Could you care to share how you feel imposed upon or feel disenfranchised by this discussion not being sensitive to your culture? How does a code of conduct, or how would discouraging “micro-aggressions” disrespect your lived experiences or make it uncomfortable for you to contribute to GCC? > The fact that over 50% of the SC is based in (probably?) urban North > America should give pause to some humility that it may not represent > the truly global nature of hackerdom. On a technical front this isn't > important, but if you're trying to impose *culture* on a global group, > it might be useful to remember that you have a steering group in which > over 50% of its members represent urban North America, but in the > world, only about 2% of the population live in urban North America. As far as I understand it Chris Punches lives in North America. Only 2% of the world population lives in the US, indeed, most live in China. It’s interesting the unkind reaction Liu Hao received in this very thread when they encountered the arguments making a false equivalency of these proposals to their countries’ history. I’m sure he felt not great, being forced to either defend the CCP or not share their views on the questions of this conversation. What is even the argument you are making at this point? Aaron
