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If US-Americans could just for a moment stop trying to impose their "culture" on everyone else, that would be nice. Oh, right, they can't.

delinka 11y ago
Perhaps you could elaborate on how this is even relevant.
- arguseyes 11y ago
  Most people on this planet can deal with opinions just fine. Case in point: the recipient of Linus' message. It only ever seems to be an issue for those entitled, self-absorbed Title IX crybabies for whom every opinion they disagree with is "literally rape". :-)
  - delinka 11y ago
    So you've stereotyped over three hundred million people to be "self-absorbed Title IX crybabies for whom every opinion they disagree with is 'literally rape'." I still don't see how this is relevant or contributes to the discussion.
    - arguseyes 11y ago
      > I still don't see how this is relevant or contributes to the discussion. This is something you should definitely work on then.
      - delinka 11y ago
        Obviously, since your original post was downvoted to oblivion and flagged (neither of which I can do because you replied to me), I must be the one with the problem.
        arguseyes 11y ago
        It has been downvoted and flagged because Americans can't deal with other people's opinion. I think that should have been clear by now. That's exactly the issue I'm talking about. They need to grow up and learn that their culture isn't the only one that counts.
        dang 11y ago
        We've banned this account for repeatedly breaking the HN guidelines.
    - byroot 11y ago
      I'm not the OP, and I think he makes a bad job at expressing his opinion being so confrontational and dismissive. That being said I agree with his core point. There is tons of things totally unacceptable in the US society that are just fine in other cultures, and US people tend to impose their moral view on other cultures. One example that come back very often is Facebook "censorship" of "l'origine du monde": http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/11461004/Facebooks-nudity-policy-laid-bare.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/11461004/Face...
      - delinka 11y ago
        But how's any of this relevant to the Linus rant?
        byroot 11y ago
        It's relevant because OP find this rant unacceptable. It's a judgement based on his own culture, not Linus'. In many cultures, mine included, such rants are ok.
norea-armozel 11y ago
Or perhaps everyone can learn to communicate in a clear and concise manner? Just an idea.
- arguseyes 11y ago
  The recipient of Linus message understood all his points fairly well.
  - norea-armozel 11y ago
    I didn't. And I can see others having the same issue.
    - arguseyes 11y ago
      So f...... what? Is this serious? Are you kidding me? He talked to a specific person. This person understood what he said. That's it. Why should he care about your or other people's entitled whining? He isn't even talking to you.
nnethercote 11y ago
I'm the author of the post. I'm not American.

delinka 11y ago

Perhaps you could elaborate on how this is even relevant.

arguseyes 11y ago
Most people on this planet can deal with opinions just fine. Case in point: the recipient of Linus' message. It only ever seems to be an issue for those entitled, self-absorbed Title IX crybabies for whom every opinion they disagree with is "literally rape". :-)
- delinka 11y ago
  So you've stereotyped over three hundred million people to be "self-absorbed Title IX crybabies for whom every opinion they disagree with is 'literally rape'." I still don't see how this is relevant or contributes to the discussion.
  - arguseyes 11y ago
    > I still don't see how this is relevant or contributes to the discussion. This is something you should definitely work on then.
    - delinka 11y ago
      Obviously, since your original post was downvoted to oblivion and flagged (neither of which I can do because you replied to me), I must be the one with the problem.
      - arguseyes 11y ago
        It has been downvoted and flagged because Americans can't deal with other people's opinion. I think that should have been clear by now. That's exactly the issue I'm talking about. They need to grow up and learn that their culture isn't the only one that counts.
        dang 11y ago
        We've banned this account for repeatedly breaking the HN guidelines.
  - byroot 11y ago
    I'm not the OP, and I think he makes a bad job at expressing his opinion being so confrontational and dismissive. That being said I agree with his core point. There is tons of things totally unacceptable in the US society that are just fine in other cultures, and US people tend to impose their moral view on other cultures. One example that come back very often is Facebook "censorship" of "l'origine du monde": http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/11461004/Facebooks-nudity-policy-laid-bare.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/11461004/Face...
    - delinka 11y ago
      But how's any of this relevant to the Linus rant?
      - byroot 11y ago
        It's relevant because OP find this rant unacceptable. It's a judgement based on his own culture, not Linus'. In many cultures, mine included, such rants are ok.

norea-armozel 11y ago

Or perhaps everyone can learn to communicate in a clear and concise manner? Just an idea.

arguseyes 11y ago
The recipient of Linus message understood all his points fairly well.
- norea-armozel 11y ago
  I didn't. And I can see others having the same issue.
  - arguseyes 11y ago
    So f...... what? Is this serious? Are you kidding me? He talked to a specific person. This person understood what he said. That's it. Why should he care about your or other people's entitled whining? He isn't even talking to you.

nnethercote 11y ago

I'm the author of the post. I'm not American.