News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on I'm a creep. I'm sorry. Parent comment

Re:I'm a creep. I'm sorry by paulddraper on Sunday July 02, 2017 @08:37PM (#14685107)
I had a high school German teacher who said politics and religion were two taboos for polite American conversation, but Europeans can have more civilized discussion about these topics.

Is this not true?

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:I'm a creep. I'm sorry by BrandoElFollito on Monday July 03, 2017 @02:41PM (#14690453)
It is, but religion is not a very trendy subject.

Politics yes, and I would not say that it is very civilized, so people avoid it not because of political correctness (so to speak) but rather because these discussions tend to get heated.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:I'm a creep. I'm sorry by tripzilch on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @07:14AM (#14695115)
I'm European and I can have super uncivilised discussions about these topics.

Otherwise, yeah, but I think it matters a lot what crowd you hang out with. The USA is a big place, and so is Europe.

[ Parent | on HN ]