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On Tue, 10 May 2005 23:02:24 -0700, "Jay Beckman"
wrote in Sdhge.8009$Fa1.6309@fed1read02:: I see it like this: We all speak "aviation" here, but Canadian and European pilots have an accent. Given the fact that usenet originated in the US, and the largest group of computer users reside in the US, usenet is dominated by articles posted from, and written about occurrences in, the US. Some pilots in other countries have their own news groups: aus.aviation can.aviation eunet.aviation fr.rec.aviation uk.rec.aviation So it may be natural to assume the articles posted in the rec.aviation.piloting newsgroup are authored by, and written about, aviation in the US, but I would characterize such as presumptuous. When an author's country is readily apparent from his e-mail address, it is more likely s/he is referring to aviation occurring in the country indicated by that address. That is a somewhat subtle point, but valid none the less. Of course, it demands an acceptance of membership in the global community, rather than an American-centric bias, to expect articles from other localities at all. |
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