On 1/17/13 11:19 AM, glen wrote:
The problem with this part of the discussion is that because of the
"Information Age, etc." (aka population density ;-), the composition
of polite behavior changes rapidly within an individual's lifetime.
Add to that the mobility of individuals, and there are multiple,
perhaps competing understandings of what polite behavior is.
Politics tends to make cliques fragile because individual powerful
people defect and one slightly weaker clique can quickly become a
powerful clique. The rules they make to lend legitimacy to their
endless conflicts can help the little guy! The more competing
understandings there are, the less important it is for to conform to any
one of them.
Marcus
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