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Skriven 2010-01-30 15:14:11 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
     Kommentar till en text av Robert Bashe (2:2448/44)
Ärende: Perception
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Hello Robert,

On Friday January 29 2010 06:39, you wrote to me:

 MV>> I don't. In my perception it is YOU who is doing it to me. You are
 MV>> the one playing a deaf ear to the fact that language and cutural
 MV>> barriers can lead to misunderstandings. YOU are the one insisting
 MV>> your and only your definition of terms is right and mine is wrong.

 RB> Say, whose language is this anyway? Dale's and mine or yours? Dale and
 RB> I speak English as a first language, you learned it. Now you're trying
 RB> to act as if your perceptions _in English_ are binding.

Not at all. I am merely pointing out that misunderstanding can easely arise and
that it is arrogant and unfair to blame only one party for that.

Especially when I get told to consult a dictionary when that ius what I have
been doing for half a century and it is the dictionary that gives me the wrong
answer. Wrong in their perception that is.

That pisses me off. I try to do it right, but whatever I do, what I get told is
"you are wrong".

I am getting tired and pissed off in having to play game where the deck is
stacked against me and where the rules change on the fly so that no matter what
I do, not matter what concessions I make, I end up with the short stick.

When I try a compromise like: Ok I will accept that "America" is the name of
the USA, when you accept that my country is called "The Netherlands". But no,
that does not work. You won't compromise. You want to play the winner takes all
game. You invent another rule that puts me in the wrong no matter what.

 RB> As for the word "government", it can mean a variety of things.

Right. So why is the first response always: "you are wrong?"


Cheers, Michiel

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