Re: Avoiding Cultural Influences

• From: Marti <marti47@MEDIAONE.NET>
• Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 15:41:58 -0400
• To: "Nir Dagan" <nir@nirdagan.com>, "Kynn Bartlett" <kynn-hwg@idyllmtn.com>
• Cc: <kynn@idyllmtn.com>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
• Message-ID: <001301beb69d$f76896e0$ea50da18@mcculler2.ne.mediaone.net>

Kynn Bartlett  wrote:
Subject: Avoiding Cultural Influences
>
>Is it _possible_ for someone from a particular culture to avoid
>writing things from their perspective?  If so, is it _desirable_
>that authors deliberately do this?
>
In my opinion this is the most frightening thought to come out of this
discussion. A world so "homogenized" we lose the beauty of our differences
and the value of different points of view. You can go to far in the name of
"political correctness"!
Marti

Received on Monday, 14 June 1999 16:23:17 UTC