To: Ilaine who wrote (143637 ) 8/19/2004 6:55:45 PM From: marcos Respond to It's a question that calls for considerable nuance, imho, for a recognition of the complex factors involved .... always the situational parameters will have effect - for instance those of us who've designed our thrones with grand views of garden and pond and virgin forest, who've applied the foresight to provide quality reading material and good lighting, will tend to approach the process at home with rather less haste than while working in the woods, and so will be more likely to sit .... no squatting required, when foresight encompassed a seat ..... culture plays little part in this, i think, it's more an individual taste thing, but then as you point out, that observation could be a result of one's level of canadianicity, and it is a fact that reading material is frequently applied in latino villages to the other extremity of the participant
