Chuck:
> HTML is rude in mail messages sent to this list, just as it s rude to
walk
> around nude on a beach that has not embraced
nudity. So that is the
bottom
line. We may
be HTML prudes, but we're open about it.
While I agree with your ideas about HTML, this example is just ill
constructed. This may be rude in your culture, but over here, nobody
even recognizes such a behavior as 'rude' (Well, maybe if you select
some RV Park beach ...). In munich you will even find naked people
cheering the sun within public parks or along the Isar River, in the
very middle of the City ...
Examples, especialy when comparing to human behaviour are extrem
vulnerable to cultural differences :)
However, one can grow up in a particular culture, only to find out
after-the-fact what is considered by *other people* to be rude...
case in point: I haven't flown much, but ever since deregulation
of the airlines over hear, I've had numberous people tell me that
flying didn't have the prestige it once did; instead, it is like
riding the bus.
So on one particular flight out of San Juan where most people
(apparantly) were complaining it was too cold, it was, for me,
far too hot, and I removed my shirt. Only my shirt.
Boy, I'm still hearing about that one from my co-workers... 8D
-dq