Board:   [DoveNet] Religious Discussion/Debate/Evangelism
Subject: Re: On deeply held belief
From:    Boraxman
Date:    Thu Nov 12, 2026 08:19

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-=> Dumas Walker wrote to Boraxman <=-

 DW> @MSGID: <6AF49F12.14276.dove-rel@vert.synchro.net>
 B>  I remember when a company I worked for was purchased by
 B> Americans, and the American managers came with their
 B> over-the-top "Gee golly aren't we all great today!"
 B> over-enthusiasm and we all cringed inside.

 DW> I think that the American managers picked some of that up from the
 DW> period when Japanese/other Asian companies started setting up offices
 DW> and plants here.  Several of them would start the day off with
 DW> "employee rallies" that were, at the time, foreign to American
 DW> employers.

Possibly.  Then, don't you guys do bit political rallies with streamers and
flags and stuff, and pep rallies?

We don't do much of that in Australia.  We're more British in that respect...
reserved.

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