On Apr 23, 2008, at 6:23 AM, David Malouf wrote: > I know that Jorge said that ya gotta play in English today to be a > part of the world, but I'm not sure "ethically" I'm all for that.
I hope my comments weren't misunderstood -- I didn't mean to imply that English is the only solution for everyone, everywhere. It makes all the sense in the world (heh :) ) for local communities to develop in their local languages. However, global communication is very hard to do if there isn't a lingua franca with which to communicate between cultures, and English is it today. IMO the value of lists like IxDA would be diminished if the conversation devolved to just represent POVs from the English-speaking countries, and I'm worried that this is what language-specific lists would accomplish. Cheers, -- Jorge ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
