Deby Novitz wrote: > The behavior comes from the respect of the codes. > No, it doesn't. The codes come from a common understanding of what behaviour is acceptable, and the actors *choose* to abide by them - i.e. the behaviour comes from a free will decision to abide by the codes, or from a fear to be judged negatively by peers if you don't follow the codes.
The codes themselves are powerless (as the actors aren't programmed automatons, but people with free will). Social pressure does have power, and *that* is the forcing factor. Try to transplant the codes into another social setting (with less social pressure to be courteous, codes or not) and they'll fail miserably. -- Alexis Cousein [EMAIL PROTECTED] Senior Systems Engineer/Solutions Architect SGI/Silicon Graphics -- <If I have seen further, it is by standing on reference manuals> _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
