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Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Courtesy (was Oh ... It's COMING SOON! :-)
From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net>
Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 14:07:29 -0700
References: <99513B92-906E-11D7-85ED-0050E42E6E0B@shaw.ca>

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?
>
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