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Audeh, Ida wrote
<<As someone who is a "third worlder" and who has many friends from developing countries, I don't think "first worlders" should feel too smug about their manners or anything else. >>
in response to
Pete Sanborn noted, in passing, that <<... in an advanced society, the rules of etiquette are among the few things that separate us from a developing 3rd world country.>>
Well, I'm a "first" worlder, and I was appalled by the comment too. It represents an outdated mode of thinking born from ignorance of other cultures. Not all "first" worlders have the same narrow view of the world, so let me apologize on behalf of all of the ignorant ones out there.
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