Re: [OT] Rather Polite of Him, Wouldn't You Say?

In article <ict3m21nmpgl0qimpr6l7n4lvhjpgm7dmq@xxxxxxx>,
Howard Brazee <howard@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mon, 20 Nov 2006 10:37:30 +0000 (UTC), docdwarf@xxxxxxxxx () wrote:

Now that's a curious point... so, if the Japanese are a society which is
not well-armed and is polite. What's an example, then, of a society which
is armed and nearly so polite?

[snip]

But how many people are ready to use their weapons against someone who
is impolite? Are people in a more heavily armed state in the U.S.
more likely to shoot an impolite person than people in states with
tighter gun controls?

I'm not sure... and I tried, earlier, to move the discussion away from
murder and towards politesse. It becomes even more complex when one
attempts a measure of 'being polite'... it might be that an act of good
manners, in one place and time, is an insult or an admission of weakness
in others.

('He let me go through the door first because he realises that I am
superior to him.')

How a 'good person' treats others - and how treating others causes one to
be seen as a 'good person' - is, to my mind, a wee bit more involved than
a simple 'You do (x) because if you don't you may precipitate an incident
involving weapons'.

DD

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