PBA: See my first post in this thread. I said it depends on where you are and what is accepted. If it’s a place where it’s accepted, then it would be rude not to. If you’re in a place where it’s not normally done, then by doing differently you are showing that you are doing something that is not considered standard decency where you are (a similar logic to R’ Moshe’s famous T’shuvah about being friends with a girl) and therefore you are being Over on a very Chamur Issur. I think that makes perfect sense. Do you disagree with that at all?
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