--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > authfriend wrote: > >--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > >>Maybe, but then they would just answer no. > > > >Uh, not if they answered yes, Barry. > > > Do you really think they've gotten politer? I don't. I think most > would agree.
I'm just suggesting a "Those were the good old days" syndrome is involved, i.e., that people will usually remember the past in a more positive light, whether it really was better in any particular respect or not. I would be *astonished* if there were ever a survey that said people were becoming more polite. That's why I asked if there ever had been such a poll. In other words, what these surveys measure is perception, which doesn't necessarily accurately reflect the reality. > > >>authfriend wrote: > >> > >> > >>>--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>An Associated Press-Ipsos poll shows that 70% of Americans feel > >>>>that people are ruder than they were 20 or 30 years ago. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>Has there ever, in the history of polling, been a poll > >>>in which a majority of Americans felt people were > >>>*politer* than they were 20 or 30 years ago? ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
