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by Anonymous on October 27th, 2006

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What happened to manners, courtesy, respect and common sense?

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  • by Thom64 on October 28th, 2006

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    They still exist and are still common (not as common as they once were I suspect), but people who are well-behaved just don't get the same kind of attention that outrageous behavior gets. If even one of every four people in a group lacks those things, I expect you would not much notice the 75% who exhibit them. The actual percent of sensible and courteous people, no doubt, varies dramatically by region and environment (rock concert vs. symphony hall, parochial school vs. public school, etc.).

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  • by Dixie1 on May 16th, 2007

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    These things are no longer being taught to children today. For the most part children learn most of there actions from the baby sitter(T.V.).Parents no longer have control of there kids so they let them do what ever they want.

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  • by Capt. Jack Sparrow GALCIY on May 16th, 2007

    Capt. Jack Sparrow GALCIY

    They seem to have dwindled more and more as the Baby-boomer generation has taken over with their lack of respect for their elders while wondering why not teaching their own kids any of these values has left them in the same boat.

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  • by kitty loves you on October 28th, 2006

    kitty loves you

    They're still around you just have to dig deep to find them.

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  • by Stableboy on October 27th, 2006

    Stableboy

    I find it best to look in the mirror for answers to these kinds of questions. If I offer it to others, they tend to reciprocate.

    If you're convinced that society as a whole has dropped these words from its vocabulary, that's worth a look in the mirror as well: its never that cut-and-dried.

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  • by Anonymous too on October 27th, 2006

    Anonymous too

    These aspects of growth and maturity, unfortunately, are no longer being taught by older generations of family (grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, etc.) to younger generations. And, therefore, these ideals are not supported by society (schools, universities, youth organizations, etc.) This lack of knowledge, ultimately, leads to failures in all areas of relationships with other people. Proverbs 22:6 "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."

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  • by lydiar on December 21st, 2007

    lydiar

    They still exist but are not often taught to young children by parents. Employers are reporting more and more that new hires are not equipped with the etiquette to deal with customers and other employees.

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  • by natzter the bionic has a broken hand on May 16th, 2007

    natzter the bionic has a broken hand

    I think they died out in the 80's, then the 80's adults had children, and now those children are adults and are starting to bring it back. I think manners and so on are making a come back. Well hopefully.

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  • by LynfromNM on October 28th, 2006

    LynfromNM

    Nothing happened to them. They are alive and well. Because I want these things to exist in my world, I conscientiously practice them and set that example for my children, who also practice them. I can't control what anyone else does and wouldn't want to.

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  • by littleknown on October 27th, 2006

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    Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response. She said, "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our government and to get out of our lives.

    And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand He leave us alone?"

    In light of recent events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc. I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered, her body found recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our schools, and we said OK.

    Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school . the Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.

    Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed suicide). We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK.

    Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.

    Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW."

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  • by iwnit on May 16th, 2007

    iwnit

    I think most of it is still to be found on Answerbag!

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  • by yathink103 on November 17th, 2006

    yathink103

    Because parents spare the rod and spoil the child, get that ass. Don't beat but spank and punish wi;; get these vertures instilled again.

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  • by tjatherton on October 27th, 2006

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    Paul Harvey's On Air PRAYER!

    "Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values. We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery. We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare. We have killed our unborn and called it choice. We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable. We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self esteem. We have abused power and called it politics. We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition. We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression. We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it Enlightenment. Search us, Oh God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and Set us free. In Jesus' name, we pray, Amen!

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  • by evollove on January 13th, 2010

    evollove

    I actually wrote a paper about this topic, and I wrote that it is not extinct, rather endangered, I'd like to think that I am a courteous person and treat others respectfully, some people are raised differently then others, for we all are born with "Tabula Rosa," a blank page to be written based on our experiances on Earth.

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