Board:   [DoveNet] Religious Discussion/Debate/Evangelism
Subject: Re: On deeply held belief
From:    Dumas Walker
Date:    Thu Nov 12, 2026 22:51

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B>  DW> I think that the American managers picked some of that up
B>  DW> from the period when Japanese/other Asian companies started
B>  DW> setting up offices and plants here.  Several of them would
B>  DW> start the day off with "employee rallies" that were, at the
B>  DW> time, foreign to American employers.
B>
B> Possibly.  Then, don't you guys do bit political rallies with
B> streamers and flags and stuff, and pep rallies?

Some people do participate in such things, yes, and that has been a political thing for quite a while now.  I am not sure when it started but certainly well over 150 years ago (maybe longer!).

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

I would say that more of us are reserved than aren't, too, but there are many who get swept up in that kind of thing.


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