On Thursday, November 27, 2014 12:25:52 PM UTC, Dima Pasechnik wrote: > > > 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). >
There are multiple meanings to "culture", I meant the anthropological sense. Not: Theater and opera. I don't see how language is relevant here. These issues are > language-agnostic, IMHO. > How is it language-agnostic, we had two weeks that were mostly discussion about language. It should/should not be called "code", phrased differently, imperative vs. voluntary, written or unwritten. None of these change anything in the message, surely we agree on being nice to each other. > Definition from wikipedia/IFAC: "Principles, values, standards, or rules > [...] > The following fits quite well here: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_Code_of_the_Builder_of_Communism > Sure, principles can be good or bad. We all have (written or unwritten) principles, values, standards, and rules. Whats your point? >From the organizational perspective, it makes it very hard to argue (in writing / on a mailing list) about anything that is unwritten/implicit and/or that does not use standard terminology. Sure there are a bunch of fine points in the English language that might cause misunderstandings (especially if you are not a native English speaker), starting with what a "code of conduct" is and is not. But that really applies to any concept. -- 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.
