What is cultural netiquette?
• International Readership Please remember that a mailing list is very often international in its readership. As a rule of thumb, never send a joke about politics, religion or sex. The hilarious joke in your culture may well be quite insulting on the opposite side of the world. • Racism Racism is that stated or implied communication either that one race, nation or people is superior to any or all others or that one race, nation or people is inferior to any or all others. Such connotations are NOT acceptable Netiquette. • Prejudice Prejudice is the inability to accept new facts due to a preconceived opinion. In an Internet forum where new facts of a technical nature appear every day and where an open mind is essential for progress, prejudice is a poor companion. Almost all people due to failures in their education are prejudiced in some area or another. It can therefore only be through gradual further education through contact with others that such prejudice can be overcome.
