[Macsenour]

Respect is a two way street, agreed. The other person decides if it's rude to THEM. You decide for yourself if something is rude. The knight will decide for himself if it is rude to not call him Sir. I think it's wrong for someone to say it's NOT rude to NOT call him Sir. It should be up to THEM.

[bhickey]

This is patently absurd. Let's walk through an example: I think you're being rude to everyone here. It's wrong for you to disagree with me.

By abandoning any pretence of objective analysis you're reducing rudeness to a meaningless concept.

[jrs235]

Fair enough.