I tend to think that there will always be rude people; it's just that certain particulars of being rude change with the times. Did you ever read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory or see the original movie? Violet Beauregard's biggest sin in the book was chewing gum. This was a very very rude, very naughty thing to do when that book was written, but the version of the movie that came out a couple of years ago had to rewrite her to make her much more obnoxious. Gum chewing just doesn't cut it in today's society. Far too tame.
I'm not saying your examples aren't extremely rude and lacking in class. They are, but people are always going to say that about the outliers, and there will always be outliers. It's just that what's considered far outside the politeness norm will change with time, as it always has.
Seriously, though, where are you seeing the masses vocally defending people changing diapers at a checkout counter or public fondling? I don't see most people acting like this or defending it. I see a certain small number of people engaging it and attracting much more of our attention than the larger number of polite people do, and I see most people expressing disgust at such behavior when asked. So I'm not sure where you're seeing criticism of such being shouted down. Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you're saying.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2007-04-11 04:33 am (UTC)I tend to think that there will always be rude people; it's just that certain particulars of being rude change with the times. Did you ever read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory or see the original movie? Violet Beauregard's biggest sin in the book was chewing gum. This was a very very rude, very naughty thing to do when that book was written, but the version of the movie that came out a couple of years ago had to rewrite her to make her much more obnoxious. Gum chewing just doesn't cut it in today's society. Far too tame.
I'm not saying your examples aren't extremely rude and lacking in class. They are, but people are always going to say that about the outliers, and there will always be outliers. It's just that what's considered far outside the politeness norm will change with time, as it always has.
Seriously, though, where are you seeing the masses vocally defending people changing diapers at a checkout counter or public fondling? I don't see most people acting like this or defending it. I see a certain small number of people engaging it and attracting much more of our attention than the larger number of polite people do, and I see most people expressing disgust at such behavior when asked. So I'm not sure where you're seeing criticism of such being shouted down. Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you're saying.