Raising a Fuss

I should emphasize that people here, for the most part, have no problem raising a fuss.  Screaming across balconies at each other exhibits no noticeable traits of embarrassment or shyness.  Car drivers yelling at each other in the street?  They could care less about other people.  You gotta bone to pick with your neighbor?  If it's a big enough bone you can pick in public.  No problem.  You gotta fire an employee on the clock and yell at him in front of all the customers?  No worries, you don't have to worry about business being affected.

I can very easily imagine someone not knowing Arabic, coming here, and observing that about half the people are angry and yelling at each other.  I still wonder how their voices can be so rough, raised, and even violent at times and they are just having a normal conversation.