Originally Posted by
ossipago
A lost art? Since when? You don't actually have a right to not be lectured. Especially in an airplane, which is not in actuality a public space but pretty much functions like one. The founders of the U.S. did not protect a right to silence or to not be annoyed, but the right to speech. If you don't buy the arguments, fine - but listening to them IS the price you pay for living in a "free" society (one, which, by the way, subsidizes the price of meat to a vast extent).
I think you rather broadly missed my point. I said art, not constitutional right. While one might have a constitutional right to be a boorish busybody, that doesn't mean they should feel compelled to avail themselves of that right.