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> Similarly, when somebody asks you the time, they are not attempting to turn you into a watch, they're just looking for some help from a fellow human being. F
by dwild 11y ago
> Similarly, when somebody asks you the time, they are not attempting to turn you into a watch, they're just looking for some help from a fellow human being.
First, that's not at all the same amount of effort, they chose theses seats, they made effort to get theses specific seats.
Second, you are still free to refuse to give time, if you don't feel like it. I already did when it was late, I didn't want to get my phone out for safety.
A better example would be that you wear a blue shirt because you liked that color, and then someone asked you to change it to red because he don't like blue. He even have the red shirt with him, ready to exchange it. You really like blue but not so much red. Would you?
- chc 11y agoWhere did I say you aren't free to refuse? I just said he's not asking you to adhere to his faith. That's an uncharitable and unreasonable description of somebody making a simple request for a favor. Trying to demonize people who live differently from us with alarmist exaggerations like "He's asking me to adhere to his faith" is toxic to conversation. I've swapped seats with people tons of times. Never for this reason, but maybe they wanted to sit next to their friend or whatever, and it didn't negatively affect me. It's much more common than having to change your shirt in public. But if you don't want to, that's OK too. My point is just that this guy wasn't exactly starting a new Crusade.