Re: [lojban] Re: Direction of Rotation

[Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 10:21 PM, vitci'i <celestialcognition@gmail.com> wrote:

On 08/12/2012 11:15 PM, Jonathan Jones wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 10:09 PM, Gleki Arxokuna <gleki.is.my.name@gmail.com
>> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Sunday, August 12, 2012 8:17:20 PM UTC+4, .arpis. wrote:
>>>
>>>> But you still need to specify which thumb.
>>>
>>> The right one; that's why it's a right hand rule.
>>>
>>>> Is there no escape from this?
>>>
>>> No, there isn't; as aionus pointed out, you need a reference frame.
>>>
>> Unfortunately, it's not culturally neutral.
>>
>
> Yes it is. It's lack of neutrality is not cultural.

Unless, perhaps, someone can cite different existing cultures doing it
differently. But I don't think that's the case.

You don't seem to understand what culturally neutral means. If there is no culture that does a certain thing differently than the other cultures, than us also doing it that way is /not/ culturally biased. In order for it to be biased, it has to be something one (subset) of the various cultures do in this way. 

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