Your field experience don't necessarily apply here. That's always a difference between here and where you are from. Careful with your post? I don't think you were careful enough then. I'm working in the similar field, and I'm also trying to help him. Not condemning? You sure?
It's a culture thing. What's considered rude in some cultures may not be in others. Even if we're all online, we're still carrying our cultural baggage so I guess tolerance is good. It's a culture thing, live with it (I should be offended that people make me go off-topic to say this, but I'm not. See, I'm tolerant )