Even if you don't look any further than the face of it, there's a clearly observable correlation between manners and respect. You just have to look at kids being rude to policemen.
My train of thought about this came up with one of my favourite quotes, attributed to one Oliver Herford.
A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.
That's the 'good' way to manners - having the empathy to understand what someone will find to be rude or not. The bad way is, of course, to be scared enough of someone.
Hmm.. thanks for this - especially since I missed R4's Thought For The Day this morning :)
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Date: May 9th, 2002 03:20 am (UTC)From:Even if you don't look any further than the face of it, there's a clearly observable correlation between manners and respect. You just have to look at kids being rude to policemen.
My train of thought about this came up with one of my favourite quotes, attributed to one Oliver Herford.That's the 'good' way to manners - having the empathy to understand what someone will find to be rude or not. The bad way is, of course, to be scared enough of someone.
Hmm.. thanks for this - especially since I missed R4's Thought For The Day this morning :)