Originally Posted by
zcat18
Your point is taken. Here is what I find offensive: when people assume that they have the right to demand that others change their ways and habits and take personal offense to a practice that has absolutely no personal impact on them. I will take the liberty of concluding that my not bothering to pick up small change returned to me at a restaurant in Japan is not injurious to you. I don't assume that I will change you and your desire to scold others on FT, just as you should not assume that I will change for you.
...and in the process confirming many, many stereotypes.