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Originally Posted by HarryT
Perhaps people just tend to assume that everyone behaves like they do. Honest people assume that the majority of people are honest; dishonest people assume that the majority are dishonest. I've certainly had people offer me pirated books and be quite offended when I've said "no". The response is typically along the lines of "but everybody does it", to which I reply "not me".
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I don't think they're offended so much as they're made uncomfortable. You've made them self-conscious about their behavior, which they should be, at least so far as everyone should question their own actions. edit:they're/their, whoops