--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- 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?
I tend to agree with the 'good ol' days' filtering effect. I find that people have become more casual these days. Ruder? Hmmm, in the eye of the beholder... I always treat people well and generally get very good treatment from them. I haven't noticed any kind of trend where people in general have become less sensitive. People are definitely busier these days, so we expect more and must do more in any given day, which means the demands on everyone are greater. However has this made people ruder? I don't think so. On the other hand, because there are now fewer boundaries recognized between people, if we act rudely towards another person, a stranger, they are apt these days to return the 'favor' (which to my thinking is not a bad thing...). > ------------------------ 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/
