10-08-2012, 10:08 AM
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The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠
  
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Which is ruder: to not answer a question, or to fail to ask a question when posting in this thread?
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10-08-2012, 10:45 AM
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Doesn't a question beg to be answered, regardless of which thread it is in? Or do you consider every question in this thread to be rhetorical?
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10-08-2012, 10:57 AM
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And isn't rudeness, like beauty, in the eye of the beholder?
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10-08-2012, 11:05 AM
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Are expected social conventions a factor in rudeness?
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10-08-2012, 11:12 AM
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Isn't social conventions what determines rudeness?
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10-08-2012, 11:21 AM
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Are social conventions and rudeness linearly correlated?
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10-08-2012, 11:26 AM
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Isn't there an association between what is considered rude and current / local social convention?
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10-08-2012, 11:32 AM
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Samurai Lizard
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Does that mean that rudeness is not objective but relative?
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10-08-2012, 11:41 AM
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Relative to current social norms?
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10-08-2012, 11:42 AM
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Would it not be relative to the upbringing of the parties involved?
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10-08-2012, 11:48 AM
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The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠
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Is it rude to accept when first offered some tea and cakes?
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10-08-2012, 11:53 AM
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Is it rude to refuse the tea and cakes?
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10-08-2012, 11:58 AM
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Samurai Lizard
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So tea and cakes are a source of rudeness?
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10-08-2012, 01:15 PM
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Can Solitaire1 continue to call himself a "Samurai Kitten"?
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10-08-2012, 01:53 PM
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I ate the win.
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