Politeness and Courtesy Debate
Cluster centers on debates about the importance of politeness, basic courtesy, and manners in social interactions, including whether they should be expected or enforced, and cultural variations in what's considered rude.
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Do people realize that it's analogous to being polite?
It's rude to expect people to act a certain way as well.
How about explaining either way what you don't find polite or right?
Not anything wrong with being polite. Plenty wrong with requiring people to be polite.
Yes politeness goes a long way in such situations.
Some general politeness and respect? Apparently too much to ask these days...
Yeah... it's called being polite and sociable
There's politeness, and then there is that.
Unfortunately my friend, basic politeness is a lot to ask for in this day and age.
It's not your speech being dictated, per se; it's about being polite. Like, there's nothing stopping me from hurling fanciful insults at everybody I meet, but I also wouldn't blame other people for considering me wrong to do so.