Indicative and Imperative Hospitality

Indicative language states what is; imperative language stresses what must be done.  It's the difference between Southern Hospitality and Southwestern Hospitality.  Southern Hospitality is Imperative: "Get on in here and give me a hug; let me get you something to eat--I won't take no for an answer; sit yourself down; make yourself at home; y'all come back now, ya' hear!"  Very demanding really.  Southwestern hospitality is indicative hospitality--mi casa es su casa; the backdoor is open; there's tea in the fridge if you want anything.  It's why pre-sweetened ice-tea is Southern, it's not Southwestern.  Southerners know that tea taste better sweetened (it doesn't but they think it does) and will tell you how to drink it.  Southwesterners would never presume to understand how you like your tea.