On 2014-11-27, Volker Braun <vbraun.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > ------=_Part_139_1145915590.1417081457926 > Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > boundary="----=_Part_140_769974834.1417081457926" > > ------=_Part_140_769974834.1417081457926 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Wednesday, November 26, 2014 8:53:39 PM UTC, Dima Pasechnik wrote: >> >> To the contary, I have seen way too much of this shit in my youth, FYI. >> "Laws of the pioneers of the Soviet Union", >> "Moral codex of a young builder of Communism", >> > > Funny that you mention it, but I always noticed many parallels between > Russia and the US. They even both get quite mad real soon if you compare > them to the other side. I don't know, I lived in SU, and I lived in a country called Russia for about 3 months or so. I don't relate to them much any more.
> In any case, that is just another example of cultural baggage. Which is > neither good nor bad, its just how things are. Rather, it's another example of psychological trauma. It has little to do with culture (well, a lot with lack of culture). > But we are using English to > communicate, so we have to use the existing concepts in the English > language to communicate. I don't see how language is relevant here. These issues are language-agnostic, IMHO. > And its known as > a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_of_conduct, trying to invent another > name for it just means that the majority will misunderstand your intentions. > > Definition from wikipedia/IFAC: "Principles, values, standards, or rules of > behavior that guide the decisions, procedures and systems of an > organization in a way that (a) contributes to the welfare of its key > stakeholders, and (b) respects the rights of all constituents affected by > its operations." The following fits quite well here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_Code_of_the_Builder_of_Communism -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
