I wasnt arguing, just saying.
On Jul 19, 2011 12:19 PM, "Wookey" <
wookey@wookware.org> wrote:
> +++ Josip Rodin [2011-07-19 09:15 +0200]:
>> On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 10:11:04PM +0200, Joost van Baal-Ilić wrote:
>> > Op Mon 18 Jul 2011 om 08:15:52 +0200 schreef Velimir Iveljic:
>> > > Some people just think if you wear shoes that you
>> > > are more "integrated" in the society.
>> >
>> > Or: integrated in "the" society.
>>
>> Or: how about we all show a hint of grace expected from a guest and shut
>> the hell up when the sponsor asks us to do one trivial thing?!
>
> Nobody argued except Adnan :-) Not even the guy who doesn't even own/bring
> any shoes.
>
>> I mean seriously, of all the immensely bizarre things about this DebConf,
>> more bizarre things just keep piling up, where does this end... We are all
>> coming from by and large advanced western countries to a country whose
>> status as less developed is utterly undisputed, using up their hospitality
>> to the maximum (with an apparent disregard for the latter circumstance
>> AFAICT), and then still have the audacity to engage in numerous rounds of
>> whining about an eminently simple matter of 'when in Rome, do as the Romans
>> do'?
>
> Josip - I was talking about American rules, not Bosnian ones, or at
> least the general case of 'cultural rules disguised as health
> regulations that apparently make no sense' as was the message I was
> replying to. So no need to take offence on behalf of less developed
> countries.
>
> And I wasn't having a go at the hotel guy who can't quite cope with
> having a load of wierdos in his hotel :-) It's an intresting (to me at
> least, I'm sorry you find it embarassing to discuss) academic
> question: why do people (all over the developed world, not just
> America and maybe Bosnia) think that shoes are more hygenic than feet?
>
> In fact if you re-read the thread there is very little whining, indeed
> I think the posters have been very tolerant of the cultural norm we've
> been asked to comply with.
>
> OK, it's a bit of a debian-curiosa thread, and we probably should shut
> up now, but your grumpiness and embarassment is misplaced. We're just
> geeks, and worry at the details of things, especially things that
> don't really make much sense :-)
>
> Wookey
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