Posted on 05/01/2009 9:55:48 AM PDT by Kartographer
Behavioral norms, mostly transmitted by example, word of mouth and religious teachings, represent a body of wisdom distilled over the ages through experience and trial and error. They include important thou-shalt-nots such as shalt not murder, shalt not steal, shalt not lie and cheat, but they also include all those courtesies one might call ladylike and gentlemanly conduct.
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Brilliant observations. Touches on the root cause of most of our social ills.
I was thinking just the other day after a couple of the neighbors children called me by my first name, I mean they are good kids which in itself is rare these days but I thought when I was a kid I would have never called an adult neighbor by their first name.
The gentle, wise voice of this dear soul is shouted down by the shrill, unfettered ignorance of the mob. I was so blessed to have lived in the world he and I knew. It was so pure and good that heaven almost lost it’s lure. Fast forward to now. It only takes a good dose of that to which we’ve devolved to bring us back to our hopes for Heaven and leaving this world behind.
To this day I refer to all my relatives by their title then their name (Aunt Gladys, Uncle Jack). And it wasn’t until I was well into adulthood that I felt right addressing teachers and professors as anything but Mister/Mrs or Doctor.
Guess we’re just dinosaurs.
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