On Sunday 22 March 2009 17:18:44 Ron Johnson wrote: > > The debate of top/bottom posting is much alike elbows on/off the table, > > burp/not burp after a meal, etc, > > Hmmm. Manners or No Manners; it's an easy choice.
No - the poster has a valid point. Both the cases he cites are cases where cultures do not agree on what is polite. I am half English, half Hungarian Jewish. When I visited my English relatives I had to keep my hands on my lap. Anything else produced strong reprimands. When I visited my Hungarian relatives, my hands had to be above the table. They didn't mind about _how_ I kept my hands above the table, just so long as I did so. There are, I know, cultures (e.g. Anglo-Saxon ones) that regard burping as rude, and others where burping at the end of a meal is obligatory in order to show your host that you are well fed. The solution in both cases - manners and where you post - is surely: when in Rome, do as the Romans do. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
