[ExI] India and the periodic table

[efc at swisscows.email]

Thank you very much for the clarification Bill, those nuances make much 
more sense to me and it is more enlightening for me.

Best regards,
Daniel


On Fri, 9 Jun 2023, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat wrote:

> Daniel, any time one makes a generalization you can criticize it for ignoring details.  Of course the US South is the most
> conservative and the coast more liberal, but look at what you can put on TV?  Where can you put a bare female breast on TV?  Not
> around here.  France, yes.  SCandanavia?  Overall we are still conservative.   I taught a course in sexuality, and there were
> Southern and Northern versions.  In the Northern versions they showed pictures of various body parts etc.  In the South those were
> converted to drawings!  How silly can you get?
> bill w
> 
> On Fri, Jun 9, 2023 at 2:52 PM efc--- via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>       Hello Bill,
>
>       On Fri, 9 Jun 2023, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat wrote:
>
>       > People in the rest of the world may think that the US is a live and let live country.  Far from the truth.  We rate on
>       sexual matters
>       > as conservative, at times radically so.  Europeans go to bed on the first date. That is far from common practice here. 
>       Paranormal
>
>       Doesn't that differ by state and sub culture how conservative things are
>       from a sexual point of view?
>
>       When it comes to europeans, let me assure you that europeans going to
>       bed on the first date is far, far from the norm. Maybe in some
>       countries, but definitely not in any of the countries I lived in.
>
>       > sexual things like crossdressing, make for good humor in conservative circles in the past, but not now.  My college put
>       on such a
>       > show and everyone laughed at the Dean in drag.  Perhaps they don't do that now.  bill w
>
>       Right now there is a huge political controversy in sweden since
>       crossdressers have been invited to libraries to read stories to
>       children. The left is pro, the nationalists contra and the middle quiet.
>
>       Best regards,
>       Daniel
> 
>
>       > On Fri, Jun 9, 2023 at 8:53 AM efc--- via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>       >       Hello spike,
>       >
>       >       On Thu, 8 Jun 2023, spike jones via extropy-chat wrote:
>       >
>       >       >> ...I propose "the third way" where companies return to their roots and only
>       >       > focus on long term profit and skip the politics...
>       >       >
>       >       > The third way you propose, if anything, is an understatement.  I would
>       >       > emphasize that the CEO is hired specifically to maximize profits for the
>       >       > shareholders.  It is one's ethical duty to do the job one is hired to do.
>       >
>       >       Oh how far we've gotten from that simple, rational and logical model. =(
>       >       I agree with you, but the past 2 years I've met with many CEOs and
>       >       chairmans of the boards of small to mid sized swedish companies, and
>       >       they are all about diversity, inclusivity, equity, greenwashing and
>       >       anything else that you might read in your center/left newspaper.
>       >
>       >       But I believe that we'll see more CEOs eventually who will revert back
>       >       to Classic Capitalism (TM).
>       >
>       >       > The CEO is not hired to right every wrong in society.  That is what we elect
>       >       > politicians to do.  CEOs should check their politics at the door, focus on
>       >       > making money.  That's their job, their only job, and their duty.
>       >
>       >       Or so one would think. But at least in sweden, that is a minority point
>       >       of view. About the US I think it is one of those polarizing questions.
>       >
>       >       >> ...What do you think? Could this be a new trend?
>       >       >
>       >       >> ...Best regards,
>       >       > Daniel
>       >       >
>       >       >
>       >       > The Bud Light signal is hard to ignore.  It was an object lesson that most
>       >       > CEOs heard loud and clear.  A few missed it.  Target missed the target,
>       >       > ended up alienating nearly everybody.  Fire that CEO, get one who will keep
>       >       > quiet, serve everyone, don't participate in society's culture wars.
>       >
>       >       Where the CEOs of Bud Light and Target fired in the end?
>       >
>       >       > It would be nice of the universities would likewise back away from culture
>       >       > wars, but those seem to be the primary battle fields.
>       >
>       >       I read something about, was it... Florida, trying to roll back the
>       >       politics in some public schools and this generated a lot of tears among
>       >       students and faculty.
>       >
>       >       Best regards,
>       >       Daniel
>       >
>       >
>       >       > spike
>       >       >
>       >       >
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