There is an assumption here that the other party is a non-acting participant, that they are acted upon, but have no agency of their own to act on you, but the game goes both ways.
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No, there is no such assumption.
What we have here is principles. I feel you shouldn't be able to do any action that affects my life, so I cannot do any action that affects your life. How could I ask you something that I'm not doing myself?
