Re: [Leica] and personal space....

["Joe Codispoti" <joecodi@thegrid.net>]

From: B. D. Colen <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 11:49 AM
Subject: RE: [Leica] and personal space....

> I am forever amazed at the  territoriality displayed by certain ethnic
> groups.
>
> ----
> Dr. Blacktape wonders:
>
> What did this post, or issue, have to do with ethnicity and
territoriality -
> as opposed to sense of privacy and dignity?
>
> Are lawyers or British Princesses ethnic groups now?



What it has to do is that from personal experience, I find that certain
groups of people (Anglo-Saxons more than others) are more attached to "their
territory" than others.
Have you not notice how Americans, for example, do not stand very close to
one an other when they converse? In fact many do not even face each other
but stand at an angle so as not to appear too forward.

The French by contrast stand very close when talking and the Italians and
Latinos in general not only stand close but touch each other as well while
talking.

An other area of "privacy/territoriality" is displayed at the wheel of an
automobile. In the USA we cherish the regulation space around our vehicle
(and we become very upset when that space is invaded as shown by "road rage"
incidents) whereas in certain other countries that space is not sacrosanct.

There are ethnic differences in this regard.

As for politicians, they thrive on publicity. And celebrities and royalty? I
should be so lucky to experience their "loss of dignity".
And lawyers? Well, I would not touch that one with a pogo stick

Joseph Codispoti