<div dir="ltr"><div>I could not agree more, I would vote this paragraph as *required* into any CoC!<br><br>That people are communicating in English here does not mean in any way<br>
they agree to conform to an American or British understanding of what<br>
is and is not acceptable behavior. I know this is much easier for<br>
non-native English speakers to accept but since this is an<br>
international cross cultural project i think this is something also<br>
native English speakers need to accept.<br></div><div><div><div class="gmail-yj6qo gmail-ajU"><div id="gmail-:28h" class="gmail-ajR" tabindex="0"><img class="gmail-ajT" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif"></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2017-12-16 1:04 GMT+01:00 Christoph Hormann <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chris_hormann@gmx.de" target="_blank">chris_hormann@gmx.de</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On Friday 15 December 2017, Kate Chapman wrote:<br>
><br>
> In English it would be okay to say you hate a thing, it is not okay<br>
> to say you hate people or a group of people. What was said was<br>
> completely inappropriate because of that difference.<br>
<br>
</span>A bit of general advise regarding cross cultural communication - not<br>
targeted at anyone in particular:<br>
<br>
It is always a good idea to not think and argue in absolutes when it<br>
comes to assessment of behaviour, especially if it is about behaviour<br>
through which people communicate their feelings.<br>
<br>
That people are communicating in English here does not mean in any way<br>
they agree to conform to an American or British understanding of what<br>
is and is not acceptable behaviour. I know this is much easier for<br>
non-native English speakers to accept but since this is an<br>
international cross cultural project i think this is something also<br>
native English speakers need to accept.<br>
<span class="im HOEnZb"><br>
--<br>
Christoph Hormann<br>
<a href="http://www.imagico.de/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.imagico.de/</a><br>
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