Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Density goes up, civility goes down. John Collier On Tuesday, May 27, 2003, at 11:36 AM, Jim Laurel wrote: > Unfortunately, courtesy is on the decline in the West. We face > increasing > incivility every day. Automobile drivers shout and make rude gestures > at > one another, teachers suffer abusive language from students, and > reality tv > shows assail us with rude behavior and coarse language constantly. > Amidst > this backdrop, there is a false, patronizing courtesy, that you get > from > civil and corporate servants. > > The place where I have experienced the most genuine courtesy is the > Middle > east, especially Iran. Spain and India would also rank high on my > courtesy > scale. > >> >> PS: has nowadays the courtesy any value or am I perhaps a >> old-fashioned >> man? - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html