Re: [Apology] Re: CoreData.
Re: [Apology] Re: CoreData.
- Subject: Re: [Apology] Re: CoreData.
- From: mmalcolm crawford <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 12:40:46 -0800
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On Dec 4, 2005, at 12:16 PM, Georg Tuparev wrote:
Malcolm just told me that in the modern 21 century english the use
of vodka is inappropriate, because could be related to russians
while I was talking to ukrainians. Herewith I apologize to all of
you who feel strong about naming national alcoholic beverages in
this forum.
Umm, I wrote (off-list) "I think this is just an unfortunate
situation where your comment has been misinterpreted" and that
knowing you personally I don't believe a slur was intended, but
suggested that nevertheless an apology would be appropriate.
Please could we take Georg's apology just as an apology. I
appreciate that his intent here was to defuse the situation with
humour, but it's another case where it could instead inflame.
As I am myself all too aware, especially without the non-verbal cues
associated with a direct social context it is easy to misinterpret
the meaning or emotion of an email. If we introduce into this mix
words or phrases that could be misinterpreted as being derogatory
about a particular group, someone will interpret them that way...
I'm not suggesting that we adhere to extremes of political
correctness, just that we be sensitive the limitations of the medium.
If you have any comments or concerns, please reply to me ** off-list **.
Please let's return to discussing Cocoa.
mmalc
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