[OSM-talk] Misrepresentation of OSM by HOT?

[Christoph Hormann]

On Monday 23 October 2017, Frederik Ramm wrote:
> [...]
>
> What would be *your* words to say "Hey everybody, I saw this, and I
> think it is bad and needs to change"? What choice of language would
> adequately express your being upset about what you have seen, without
> being denounced as a poisonous person who harms the community by
> seeking support from it?
>
> This is a honest question; I would really be interested in the, if I
> may, "American version" of what Christoph has written. One that does
> express how you're upset while at the same time *not* being
> "combative" and all those bad things you said about Christoph's post.
>
> Maybe then I can use that to express myself in a more internationally
> compatible way in the future ;)

While i appreciate the intention to discuss and bridge cultural 
differences the topical background here will most likely prevent this 
from happening since the political dimension of this highly political 
topic is likely to prevent actually getting to the cultural 
differences.

In other words: The replies you get to your request will primarily 
express different political views and much less different cultural 
backgrounds.

Actually having this discussion without the fog of OSM politics in the 
way would be immensely interesting but i am not sure if this is 
possible in this venue.

My own experience with Americans in non-political matters is usually 
that they are on average more tolerant than Europeans, at least on 
their own turf (or in other words: They seem less territorial in 
cultural matters).  But if you get into politics (no matter if big 
politics or smaller topical matters like in OSM) my impression is that 
Europeans often have a better ability to put those politics aside and 
communicate without being affected by political differences.  In other 
words:  The likeliness of a Communist and an Ultra-conservative having 
a friendly and open chat about something like philosophy, science or 
art is much higher if they are Europeans.

Note this is a completely subjective impression of me and in no way 
meant to imply being representative for any group of people.

-- 
Christoph Hormann
http://www.imagico.de/