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On Sat, 5/3/14, Carlos <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [TML] Rules for fleshing out balkanized worlds?
 To: xxxxxx@simplelists.com
 Date: Saturday, May 3, 2014, 9:25 AM

 ObTrav: It is sooooo easy to
 offend local sensibilities when you land on an unfamiliar
 planet...
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This reminds me another RL incident.

I had the same direct supervisor at work for about 21 years (incl time as a 'student-aide').

He was fully bilingual (spanish/english) & had some relatives who lived in Mexico.

One day he told me about a distant cousin who had visited Spain (he made a point of the fact that this guy had attended a very prestigious University if Mexico).
Apparently he was engaged in some friendly, idle conversation w/ some of the locals, when all of sudden, one of them went berzerk & tried to attack him.
my boss: "he said that a bunch of guys had to hold him back"!
my boss: "he said, I don't know *what* I said that could've gotten him so mad"!