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This is wonderful, in so many different ways. I've read quite a bit of the FSF material--which is invariably specific, clear and verbose--and it's interesting to read material in the same style, but about a completely different topic.

For example, under "Hospitality":

"In some places, my hosts act as if my every wish were their command. By catering to my every whim, in effect they make me a tyrant over them, which is not a role I like. I start to worry that I might subject them to great burdens without even realizing. I start being afraid to express my appreciation of anything, because they would get it and give it to me at any cost. If it is night, and the stars are beautiful, I hesitate to say so, lest my hosts feel obligated to try to get one for me."



Ever visited an Arabic country?

Whatever an American might think, this is THE major problem - not terrorism - but being 'hospitalitied' to death!


You are so right. When I visited Egypt years ago, the amount of "helping" was so over the top. It really does get in the way.




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