I wasnt arguing, just saying.
Sent using Android (Nexus S) On Jul 19, 2011 12:19 PM, "Wookey" <woo...@wookware.org> wrote: > +++ Josip Rodin [2011-07-19 09:15 +0200]: >> On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 10:11:04PM +0200, Joost van Baal-Ilić wrote: >> > Op Mon 18 Jul 2011 om 08:15:52 +0200 schreef Velimir Iveljic: >> > > Some people just think if you wear shoes that you >> > > are more "integrated" in the society. >> > >> > Or: integrated in "the" society. >> >> Or: how about we all show a hint of grace expected from a guest and shut >> the hell up when the sponsor asks us to do one trivial thing?! > > Nobody argued except Adnan :-) Not even the guy who doesn't even own/bring > any shoes. > >> I mean seriously, of all the immensely bizarre things about this DebConf, >> more bizarre things just keep piling up, where does this end... We are all >> coming from by and large advanced western countries to a country whose >> status as less developed is utterly undisputed, using up their hospitality >> to the maximum (with an apparent disregard for the latter circumstance >> AFAICT), and then still have the audacity to engage in numerous rounds of >> whining about an eminently simple matter of 'when in Rome, do as the Romans >> do'? > > Josip - I was talking about American rules, not Bosnian ones, or at > least the general case of 'cultural rules disguised as health > regulations that apparently make no sense' as was the message I was > replying to. So no need to take offence on behalf of less developed > countries. > > And I wasn't having a go at the hotel guy who can't quite cope with > having a load of wierdos in his hotel :-) It's an intresting (to me at > least, I'm sorry you find it embarassing to discuss) academic > question: why do people (all over the developed world, not just > America and maybe Bosnia) think that shoes are more hygenic than feet? > > In fact if you re-read the thread there is very little whining, indeed > I think the posters have been very tolerant of the cultural norm we've > been asked to comply with. > > OK, it's a bit of a debian-curiosa thread, and we probably should shut > up now, but your grumpiness and embarassment is misplaced. We're just > geeks, and worry at the details of things, especially things that > don't really make much sense :-) > > Wookey > -- > Principal hats: Linaro, Emdebian, Wookware, Balloonboard, ARM > http://wookware.org/ > _______________________________________________ > Debconf-discuss mailing list > Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org > http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
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