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08/13/08 14:59
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#157470 - Selective memory
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Are you sure that you have pinpointed the original source for the problem?

Is it really the culture where they come from that is the problem?

Isn't it just a problem with the poor and broken-down people in general? It doesn't matter if it is an illegal immigrant or a native who have lived too long without a job and/or a clean bed?

Another thing is that when a native or a foreigner behaves as expected, you don't see him/her.

When a foreigner (or someone looking like a foreigner) behaves in a way you do not like, it is very easy to specifically remember the person as a foreigner.

Selective memory is a common phenomenon, and something you have to be very careful with. More than one person have complained "everyone does ..." and after actually counting found that "everyone" may have been just a few percent.

List of 32 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
Need help regarding modem            01/01/70 00:00      
   Si3010 is not a modem ...            01/01/70 00:00      
   trying to steal?            01/01/70 00:00      
      Let us not force our sense of morality on others            01/01/70 00:00      
         where is \"forcing morality\" in a question            01/01/70 00:00      
            Our moral judgements do not always apply            01/01/70 00:00      
               The important thing            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Yes, you are right ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Forum rule 7            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Protection of what???            01/01/70 00:00      
                           RE: Apparently he didn't            01/01/70 00:00      
                              so, who is now "poassing judgement"            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 There IS a difference            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    What ever the cultural differences...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       Perhaps, but ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                              That could be the case            01/01/70 00:00      
                     correct, but            01/01/70 00:00      
               Not normal            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Nobody said it was "normal" ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Extremism            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Try it yourself, Craig ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Selective memory            01/01/70 00:00      
                              Maybe            01/01/70 00:00      
         Lack of time            01/01/70 00:00      
         re: sense of morality            01/01/70 00:00      
            Nope ...            01/01/70 00:00      
   How do you know that?            01/01/70 00:00      
      Hi            01/01/70 00:00      
   Hi all            01/01/70 00:00      
   Hi all            01/01/70 00:00      
      So what was the problem?            01/01/70 00:00      
         The probelem            01/01/70 00:00      

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