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Post by Aj_June on Jun 23, 2020 2:30:09 GMT
What do you feel about this proverb?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2020 2:36:29 GMT
It's about empathy and relating to people, understanding a different culture from your own.
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Post by redhorizon on Jun 23, 2020 15:39:40 GMT
Strongly disagree.
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Post by ck100 on Jun 23, 2020 15:53:20 GMT
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Jun 23, 2020 15:54:23 GMT
Glad you have a third choice. Some pollsters don't. I think when in Rome do as the Romans do should have some limits.
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Post by Nalkarj on Jun 23, 2020 15:55:42 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2020 17:46:05 GMT
I disagree strongly. I'm true to myself. I do what I do. I do not go along with the crowd.
I hope you people realize this old adage has nothing to do with visiting the Coliseum. It's about conformity and herds of sheep.
I disagree. It's about finding common ground and respecting a culture's customs that are different from your own. In some cultures looking someone in the eye is considered rude. If you are in a place where that is the case, you acclimate to that cultural norm.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2020 19:22:31 GMT
I disagree. It's about finding common ground and respecting a culture's customs that are different from your own. In some cultures looking someone in the eye is considered rude. If you are in a place where that is the case, you acclimate to that cultural norm. I understand your argument. What if you're on a business trip and stay in a racist town in Mississippi for example? Do you act like a racist?
There are reasonable limits. Respecting a custom on some detail is important. But I don't change my general behavior. If people don't like who I am, then oh well, so be it.
No one said common sense needs to go out the window either, and racism should never be a cultural norm anyway.
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Post by someguy on Jun 24, 2020 3:52:40 GMT
It depends on the specific issues. If I’m a high school kid, I feel no shame in fucking high school girls. As a 35 year old man, my dick remains as soft as a mink’s fur around high school girls.
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Jun 24, 2020 5:11:39 GMT
Depends on the context. Respecting local norms is important, but not to the point of completely undermining one's own moral core and personal convictions. Gameboy gave the example of arriving in a racist town, which is an excellent example of the logical limits that must be applied to this maxim.
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Post by dirtypillows on Jun 24, 2020 5:17:23 GMT
I used to scoff at the whole notion of conformity. And while I doubt I never will become what you'd call a person oriented to the group, I do think that - if I am an outsider entering into another culture - I should pay respect. I voted the third choice because it really does depend on the situation, yet whenever I hear the phrase, I do picture myself in Rome or some other place that is foreign to me. Not acknowledging what is different and specific to that culture is, at best naive and at worst obstinate and arrogant.
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Post by Aj_June on Jun 24, 2020 7:36:22 GMT
Depends on the context. Respecting local norms is important, but not to the point of completely undermining one's own moral core and personal convictions. Gameboy gave the example of arriving in a racist town, which is an excellent example of the logical limits that must be applied to this maxim. Yes I agree with that. When I go out with Muslim friends I do not order pork. When I live in any specific place I try not do something that might hurt sentiments of local people. But I do not change my stance about any major issue irrespective of which place I live.
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Post by politicidal on Jun 24, 2020 14:55:15 GMT
Proceed with caution.
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Post by Ass_E9 on Jun 24, 2020 17:40:39 GMT
It's all Greek to me.
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Post by autumn on Jun 24, 2020 18:53:22 GMT
The Royals seem to do it when they go on their worldwide trips.
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Post by Winter_King on Jun 24, 2020 22:19:48 GMT
Agreed. But the Italian police wasn't very happy when I stabbed a statue of Julius Caesar...
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Post by shannondegroot on Jun 24, 2020 22:35:35 GMT
Rome if you want to.
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Post by The Lovers on Jun 27, 2020 1:05:52 GMT
We do.
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Post by ellynmacg on Jun 27, 2020 4:40:18 GMT
But only if you're aboard a B-52.
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Post by divtal on Jun 27, 2020 19:07:49 GMT
There is, certainly, a grace in respecting your host, be it in their home, or in their country.
But, we may be overthinking this one, a bit. There's a practical application, here.
The first time I was in Rome, was with two friends. When we got off of the train, everyone was walking in the same direction. We were sharp enough to figure out that was the direction of the station. We said, in a chorus, "When in Rome, do as the Romans do."
This worked out well for us in; lining-up for/boarding buses, figuring out pedestrian traffic patterns, shopping in all stores ... and, general public group activities.
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