Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]John Do you mean population density, or intellectual density? Jerry John Collier wrote: > 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html