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Podcast: PRay TeLL, Dr. Hash
Episode: 185 Courtesy
Description: Courtesy is when people try to reciprocate their own comfort by making other people comfortable. It's one of the “values” that people are always harping about, yet they rarely defend, and many abuse it. We can only be in the company of strangers through unwritten & unenforced courtesy, otherwise we would travel with swords, and in fact, one of the reasons people push for the right to carry guns is because they feel anxious in company of discourteous people: vocal protestors, ubiquitous panhandlers, aggressive drivers, loud music, and all the inconveniences of modern life that would be made less obtrusive thro...