Guidance     So what is the general import here, the overall message?  Well, how about something like:  Being friends with someone makes you disregard someone else?  When you associate closely with one another, both of you are likely to discount the input or influence of outsiders. Third parties who want to join in are likely to be rejected as interfering by two who are dealing with one another closely.  Or, the influence of people (and cultural ideas) that you accept inoculates you against othe...