| Where have all the manners gone? Three
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| | current political, intellectual and
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| things give rise to my query. First, the
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| | cultural debate. I'd like to think so,
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| failure of folks day by day to just say
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| | anyway. I'd like to think that, just as
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| thank you for an act of kindness or
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| | Malcolm Gladwell's The Tipping Point
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| generosity. Second, as reported in the
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| | ushered in an optimistic new way to think
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| New York Times recently, the dilapidated
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| | about change, we are ready for a brand
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| sportsmanship of more than the usual
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| | new territory where civility governs
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| handful of spoiled Olympic athletes who
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| | passion, where people are free to think
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| just can't grasp how they could lose or
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| | for themselves and where we actually
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| why bible-thick Omaha steaks aren't
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| | listen to and consider alternative points
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| steaming away on every streetcorner in
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| | of view. A non-left, non-right territory
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| Turin. For heroes like them. And third,
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| | capable of fresh ideas. Less emphasis on
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| the rancorous mooing between herds that
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| | being cool or on being righteous, those
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| is the picture of current cultural
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| | identical twins, and more on being
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| discourse. Did someone say fair
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| | interesting. See, good manners have a
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| mindedness? What purple critter are you?
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| | very pragmatic, even avant-garde
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| A left-wing pundit (could just as well
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| | potential. They open up fresh space for
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| have been a conservative one) recently
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| | new ideas, new ways of thinking. They
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| extolled the virtue of passion while
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| | usher in that most radical of
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| defending an instance of clearly barbaric
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| | subversives, optimism. If someone is
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| personal assault. We have a new it word,
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| | polite to you, you listen. Listening in
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| I suspect. Passion. A blanket
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| | turn invigorates and reshapes your own
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| exoneration of every kind of stupid,
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| | thoughts. If someone is shouting at you,
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| well, mooing.
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| | hey, you shout back in the same cliches
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| Shake hands.
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| | you alway use to shout back.
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| Back in ancient high school, that long
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| | Etiquette classes for all of us.
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| ago, I threw discus and shotput. Hated
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| | What a chimera, etiquette classes for
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| losing, loved to win. Of course we want
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| | young athletes. How about this, then.
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| our team to be the best, but isn't it
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| | Etiquette classes for all of us. And
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| also in our national interest to field a
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| | every five years, a refresher course.
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| team of competitors who are exemplary
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| | Airline pilots update their skills
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| offspring of that responsible freedom we
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| | regularly. Rough weather, emergency
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| herald as mankind's highest ideal?
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| | situations, drastic loss of altitude are
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| Athletes as fair and generous in spirit
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| | no less frequent in the skies of
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| as they are ruthless in competition? I'd
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| | day-to-day life and updating the social
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| send every athlete who wants to represent
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| | skills to navigate through them smoothly,
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| his or her country to a month of
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| | graciously may not be such a bad idea.
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| etiquette classes. This is how you
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| | Thank you.
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| shakes hands. This is when you shake
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| | Two words. One syllable each. We're not
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| hands. OK, maybe not the most dazzling
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| | talking elocutionary figure skating here.
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| form of athletic dexterity, but essential
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| | Simple, simple, simple. A handwritten
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| nonetheless. Make the penalty for rotten
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| | note, into the envelope, on goes a stamp
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| behaviour severe.
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| | and you have sent a huge bouquet of
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| The Tipping Territory.
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| | goodwill into the world. Better yet,
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| About passion, it's over, I think. At
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| | forget the stamp and just tuck it under
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| least as a euphemism for the simplistic
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| | your wife's coffee cup.
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| one-track thinking, or fundamentalism, of
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