Re: OT-CHAT: international list - not!
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] OT-CHAT: international list - not!
- From: G* S*
- Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 10:12:48 -0600
From: Glenn Simmons <glenn_simmons@juno.com>
I agree with you Jan, it is fun and interesting to see where everyone is
from. I have edited all my sig files to show my country.
Glenn
Glenn & Linda Simmons
Springfield, Missouri, Zone 6 USA
...
>
> I don't believe it is required on this list that we state our name,
> zone or
> geographical locations, age, gender, sexual preference, or anything
> else.
> However, I do beleive that it is generally of interest on a
> gardening list,
> for all listers to know where each other lives (approximately).
> This information is not relevant to all e-mails, but certainly to
> most. It
> is a fact on this list, that most listers do not mention their
> location. It
> is assumed by almost all listers, that almost everyone else lives in
> the US
> of A. I have had personal messages that indicate this very strongly.
> I believe it is reasonable to assume this because:-
> 1. The use of the internet began and proliferated rapidly in the US
> of A.
> 2. Many other countries do not have sufficiently affluent lifestyles
> to
> allow for use of the internet by large numbers of the population.
> 3. This is an 'English' speaking list.
>
> However there are many lists which do have considerable
> international input.
> A member of one of my other lists made a comment recently which
> indicated
> that he thought most list members were fellow countrymen. He was
> somewhat
> shocked and apologiese profusely, when he discovered that there were
> very
> few American list members, the vast majority being S.E. Asian,
> Australian,
> English, Canadian, and European.
> Never assume anything about anyone - I know for a fact (without
> mentioning
> names) that people have dropped off this list because of this bias
> alone.
> I'm still here because I accept it as one of the idiosyncracies of
> this
> list. What I've learnt about cultivating irises is far more
> important.
> Cheers, Jan
>
>
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