Does anybody believe in manners today?
What is allowed today? It seems like you can say and do anything these days. I've seen kids and millennials say and do things that if I did I would have gotten a beat down from my dad or even ostracized from my friends.
In recent days I've seen a man on a bike spit at a young girl/woman who was riding her skateboard the opposite direction.
I've seen a man punch an elderly woman who fell down and hit her head on a fire hydrant. I believe she is in her 90s and she suffered a concussion and is very afraid to go out of her apartment now... That was very sad.
I've seen a millennial kick an elderly woman in the face in front of his so-called friends at a bustop. Then run away. That was disturbing to no end.
Gun fights in major cities of the U.S. with city leaders not taking responsibilty, just pushing the blame along.
The races of the people involved are purposely not mentioned in this blog.
What the hell happened to good manners, chivalry and just being a good person?
This behavior has me so spooked that I refuse to open a door for a woman unless I already know her. I mean I might open the door for the wrong woman who will jump, and I mean stomp all over me for not being "woke." "Woke", a word meaning a social injustice is currently or about to happen, or something to that matter. It doesn't mean what it used to anymore.
I was the last of the baby boomers and I remember gentler days when I was in high school and college and the things I thought about were to get good grades, go to wrestling practice, go to the gym and try to bench press 400lbs, cruising around the neighborhood in our cars with my friends and if I was going to see my crush at the next party during the weekends.
I enjoyed my high school and college days. And I will tell you this. I was only a handful of minorities in both high school and college. Out of a graduating class of 2200 high schoolers there was only me and one other guy who were Filipinos. 2 out of 2200!
I have never been picked on in high school or college...Well it might have helped that I had a 52" chest, 65" around my shoulders and 19" arms with a decent 34" waist. I was built like a train back then. Just about all my friends were white and my one Filipino friend, who by the way, after about 40 years we are still close friends.We all got along.
I never got bagged by the police, even though I should have been caught a few times. When I spoke to them I was always respectful and my mom and dad taught me to be a real gentleman around women. But as I have said before, be careful who you are being chivalrous too. You may get the short end of the stick...literally.
All I'm asking is if you are of age, continue to be respectful, well-mannered and kind to others. I believe that millennials may be the end of the U.S. I do hope that I am wrong. I guess their absent parents may have sealed the end of days for us, especially for me...I don't want to live in a world where a "Purge" will take place every weekend for entertainment purposes.Look up the movie Purge if you don't know of it. It looks like how the cities of today are being run.
Signing off,
Courtney-
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I share a lot of your sentiments, Courtney, but it will be up to a lot of us to put a stop to this ultimately! Thank God for the 2nd Amendment!
Jeff
Great point Jeff. As I see it, we may have to use our 2nd Amendment rights to protect our homes and families. But how do we protect ourselves from crooked mayors and DA's from throwing us in prisons for using our constitutional rights? Especially the 1st and 2nd Amendments.
Well.....what will happen if the country implodes after the election? I know many retired military in my area who vow that they will not give up their guns! I know I won't give mine up either without a fight! Think about what happened ion 1860, and the result of that election! Food for thought!
Enjoy your weekend, my friend!
Jeff
Jeff,
No self respecting retired military veteran should ever give up their guns. Nor should law abiding citizens give up their guns. Constitutional rights will be trampled upon if guns are ever taken away from law abiding citizens. I already see danger regarding the 1st,2nd and 4th amendments. Criminals can gain guns in a heartbeat with no background checks and no paper trails to hunt them down. We are just making it easier for criminals to get guns.
Unfortunately, you will never stop criminals from getting guns--they are scofflaws and no matter what laws are passed, they are criminals!
It is as if many people out there have lost their moral compass!
But there will never be a substitute for good manners.....not now, not in the past or in the future.
May common sense and good manners prevail forever.
Thanks for sharing.
Take care...................... Johan.
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Hi Courtney
Now I am stalking you, lol!
I can relate to what you are saying, we live in very "interesting" times (for want of another word).
In the early 1980s I lived in London for a year and even then I was shocked at the city behaviour. I was raised in a very small mining town in the middle of Zimbabwe, so London was an eye-opener of note. Back then I noticed that able-bodied young people did not offer their seats in the tube to anyone. Once travelling on the tube with a friend on crutches (she had been very badly injured), I took her crutch and "mistakenly placed" it on the foot of a youngster so that he would notice her. Only after a harsh stare from me did he get up. He was the same age as me! Crazy!
For me it is a matter of the heart, there is so much anger and so called injustice going on, people have lost perspective. Don't get me wrong, there is true injustice going on the the world and I am all for defending those in need.
We are so much more than just flesh and blood, if all the angry and offended folks just took the time to search for their true identity, I believe the world would be a different place.
Blessings as always
Louise