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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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			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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			And isn't rudeness, like beauty, in the eye of the beholder?
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			Are expected social conventions a factor in rudeness?
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			Isn't social conventions what determines rudeness?
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			Are social conventions and rudeness linearly correlated?
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			Isn't there an association between what is considered rude and current / local social convention?
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			Does that mean that rudeness is not objective but relative?
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			Relative to current social norms?
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			Would it not be relative to the upbringing of the parties involved?
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			Is it rude to accept when first offered some tea and cakes?
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			Is it rude to refuse the tea and cakes?
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			So tea and cakes are a source of rudeness?
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			Can Solitaire1 continue to call himself a "Samurai Kitten"?
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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