Goddess711 Having been brought up in the era where we were still taught good manners, it's still after the great times when men wore hats and tipped them, acted with more respect and chivalry and LIKED it!
*sigh*...what I'd give to have that back...
Society lacks. Romance lacks. Relationships lack. We need to bring that sense of honor back.

And y'know, I think your friend was probably reacting from SHOCK - who helps women do ANYTHING these days? I'm in shock when a guy opens a door for me too! I end up thanking them 20 times and telling them I appreciate it so they'll do it again for somebody else and not think they're underappreciated! That's nuts - courtesy is passe?report abuse

bdbnjb of Belgrade, ME J.P.,

Perhaps you would get better responses from people if you wouldn't sing loudly and act like an obnoxious child in public. Just something else for you to ponder......report abuse

PnmiK of Portland, CT While bemoaning the passing of general courtesy it's a pity that JP didn't cite the discourteous behavior of the California homosexuals protesting the passage of Prop 8 who yanked a cross out of the hands of an elderly lady, stomped on it, and then terrorized the poor old woman.

But, of course, JP will never do that, not while he still has McCain and Palin to skewer. Neither will we see the video clips of this brazen behavior on Leftist Liberal Mainstream Media news outlets with their "Hush, hush" mantra.

Is it any wonder that Prop 8 passed resoundingly in California, given the beastly behavior of homosexuals demanding tolerance of themselves while denying it to anyone not in agreement with them?

"When will they ever learn, when will they ever learn?"report abuse

Michael Denis of formerly of Waterville, ME Leon, you're exactly right about the Civil War, though people around here still call it "The War". When I taught US history, I gave my students one question to answer -- not "Why did the North win the war?" but "Why did it take the North SO LONG to win the war?" I also taught the American Revolution from the British point of view.

Political correctness is having all sorts of negative consequences. The motto in my classroom was best expressed in a bumper sticker my daughter bought -- "I'd rather be historically accurate than politically correct."report abuse