Today was the first day where the conference broke into the individual seminars. Nearly every session was filled to bursting. Some did burst into the halls with chairs crowded around doorways, and people leaning forward trying to hear. Volunteers were forbidden to take seats in favor of those who had paid for registration. They emphasize spontaneous hospitality, inclusion, and indirect communication.
Relationship is such a high value, it often overshadows truth.
Important values are individualism, privacy, direct communication. In a hot climate country, you are expected to resist until the courtesy is urged several times, so you will know if it is really meant or not. It is not our place to try to change a culture, even if wrong. Preach the gospel. It will change the culture.