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----- Original Message ----- From: "Bell Ex-One" <stepintime@juno.com> To: <idm@hyperreal.org> Sent: Thursday, November 25, 1999 3:14 PM Subject: (idm) gobble gobble gobble gobble, gobble gobble, gobble gobble gobble, gobble.

quoted 1 line happy thanksgiving!

> happy thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving was six weeks ago, depending on where you live. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, Superfuzz wrote:

quoted 3 lines happy thanksgiving!

> > happy thanksgiving! > > Thanksgiving was six weeks ago, depending on where you live.

Or doesn't exist at *all* if you don't live in North America. Not to point fingers, but it really amazes me how insular people can be when it comes to stuff like this. Americans are particularily notorious for this sort of thing, but I've seen similar attitudes in people from other countries as well (including right here in Canada): the assumption that everything in the rest of the world is exactly like it is at home, so doing something like sending out greetings regarding an American holiday to an international forum seems totally normal to them. I once had a discussion with a U.S. resident who couldn't understand why we didn't celebrate the 4th of July in Canada. I then told him that we have a 1st of July holiday instead, and that just confused him even further. Sigh. Greg -- Greg Clow - greg@stainedproductions.com - http://www.stainedproductions.com - feedback monitor - electronic & experimental radio/reviews/interviews - - http://www.stainedproductions.com/feedback/ - - Dead Voices On Air & Not Breathing - December 22nd - Reverb - Toronto - --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

quoted 18 lines happy thanksgiving!

> > > happy thanksgiving! > > > > Thanksgiving was six weeks ago, depending on where you live. > > Or doesn't exist at *all* if you don't live in North America. > > Not to point fingers, but it really amazes me how insular people can be > when it comes to stuff like this. Americans are particularily notorious > for this sort of thing, but I've seen similar attitudes in people from > other countries as well (including right here in Canada): the assumption > that everything in the rest of the world is exactly like it is at home, so > doing something like sending out greetings regarding an American holiday > to an international forum seems totally normal to them. > > I once had a discussion with a U.S. resident who couldn't understand why > we didn't celebrate the 4th of July in Canada. I then told him that we > have a 1st of July holiday instead, and that just confused him even > further. Sigh.

Try explaining to them that it's summer in Australia right now. Er, or about to be. Er, for various values of "summer". --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, Greg Clow wrote:

quoted 8 lines Not to point fingers, but it really amazes me how insular people can

> Not to point fingers, but it really amazes me how insular people can > be when it comes to stuff like this. Americans are particularily > notorious for this sort of thing, but I've seen similar attitudes in > people from other countries as well (including right here in Canada): > the assumption that everything in the rest of the world is exactly > like it is at home, so doing something like sending out greetings > regarding an American holiday to an international forum seems totally > normal to them.

well, i've seen this thread come up nine billion times, and i suppose i still don't get it. i wouldn't get upset if i were accidentally wished a happy guy fawkes day, or queen margerethe's birthday, or bastille day, or chinese new year, or whatever. i suppose that the deal behind it is that americans think they own the planet so they always say happy thanksgiving or fourth of july to everybody else who doesn't care. i say, rest of the world, start sending messages to mailing lists wishing the whole planet a happy whatever local holiday you want. the americans will probably pick up a little multiculturalism at least. * #### a disturbance in a system. #### laerm. @voicenet.com ##:# icq: 5562209 never been closer to heaven/never been further away --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org