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Re:Physical assault by McDonald's for wearing Digital Eye Glass by swampthing on Tuesday July 17, 2012 @05:14AM (#4254887)
Out of curiosity, do your fellow countrymen not know that foreigners may not be aware of this cultural norm, or is it that they're indifferent?
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Re:Physical assault by McDonald's for wearing Digital Eye Glass by stevoski on Tuesday July 17, 2012 @06:55AM (#4255142)
I think this sentence is key:

> The funny thing with these kinds of "rules" / customs is that you internalize them; I can't even imagine myself taking pictures in the subway...

I've lived in several countries, and have inadvertently offended people in all of them. Well-travelled, educated people, who don't realise that some specific cultural norms are just that - cultural.

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Re:Physical assault by McDonald's for wearing Digital Eye Glass by batista on Wednesday July 18, 2012 @12:29PM (#4261501)
Why, are Americans, especially inside the two coasts, sensitive that foreigners may be not aware of their cultural norms?
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