Aneirin
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Joined: 3/18/2006 From: Tamaris Status: offline
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We live in an ever increasing rude and abusive world, media shows us this, do we really want this, are we happy with it all, or can things be made better. At one time, the utterance of the word Damn as in damned was seen as a horrific word to use in the description of something or the exclamation of something. The word used in media raised eyebrows with many, now look what we have, damn, what's that ? Also at one time, and not so long ago either people were treated with the common courtesy they would expect themselves, they spoke how they would like to be spoken to and treated the way they would like to be treated themselves. Was there anything wrong with this ? Where has it gone ? Why ? Personally, my approach to anyone, be it realspace or cyberspace, is the same, I go by the above tennants written in italics, that old ideal of courtesy, I still foster, as a model for my present and future, my choice, as I believe in others and myself, I see the better in people before the worst, rude behaviour can be quick to change my mind as regards a person, I just move on, but more jaded each time. Every instance of rude behaviour takes it's toll, for it erodes belief in people.
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Everything we are is the result of what we have thought, the mind is everything, what we think, we become - Guatama Buddha Conservatism is distrust of people tempered by fear - William Gladstone
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