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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 144965" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>Muttmeister, this is so well put. It seems that people are more and more willing to put up with terrible behaviour because they don't want to appear shocked. It's as though being shocked by vile behaviour is worse in some people's minds than the vile behaviour itself.</p><p></p><p>Slightly unrelated, but part of the same continuum of bad public behaviour...</p><p></p><p>My Step-D was on the subway the other day, and some teenagers were harassing her. At one point, one of the boys splashed water from his water bottle onto her jacket. She told me that she didn't say or so anything because they were from a different ethnic group and she didn't want to appear "culturally insensitive". Since I happen to be a member of the group she was referring to, I asked her, "What makes you think that bad behaviour is part of this group's culture? Rudeness is rudeness. If it happens again, set off the emergency alarm and let the Transit Police decide."</p><p></p><p>She recognized bad behaviour, but she was so reluctant to appear unsophisticated that she said nothing.</p><p></p><p>It's sad.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 144965, member: 3907"] Muttmeister, this is so well put. It seems that people are more and more willing to put up with terrible behaviour because they don't want to appear shocked. It's as though being shocked by vile behaviour is worse in some people's minds than the vile behaviour itself. Slightly unrelated, but part of the same continuum of bad public behaviour... My Step-D was on the subway the other day, and some teenagers were harassing her. At one point, one of the boys splashed water from his water bottle onto her jacket. She told me that she didn't say or so anything because they were from a different ethnic group and she didn't want to appear "culturally insensitive". Since I happen to be a member of the group she was referring to, I asked her, "What makes you think that bad behaviour is part of this group's culture? Rudeness is rudeness. If it happens again, set off the emergency alarm and let the Transit Police decide." She recognized bad behaviour, but she was so reluctant to appear unsophisticated that she said nothing. It's sad. [/QUOTE]
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