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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2071099,00.html
The above article - about the perennial problem of people behaving inconsiderately in public places - is worth a look. The author confronts misbehaviour on several occasions and seems to meet with complete lack of any comprehension.
This stuff genuinely worries me, but I don't know what - if anything - should be done about it. Cameron burbles on about social responsibility but doesn't want to do anything about it, while Blair et al have tried the ASBO route - which may or may not be working, but certainly doesn't cover the behaviours described anyway. I have my doubts that lack of respect is really a new phenomenon, but it still amazes me the lack of shame people have in such behaviour when confronted.
It's a culture thing, it seems. Some people seem to feel free to act however they like, and most people are either unwilling or unable to confront it; perhaps that lack of confrontation is what encourages the first group to carry on acting that way, and instils the belief that any confrontation which does happen is abnormal - the result of some busybody getting involved - and not their problem. But how can anyone change this culture?
Could it be that some people think this culture is "right"?
The above article - about the perennial problem of people behaving inconsiderately in public places - is worth a look. The author confronts misbehaviour on several occasions and seems to meet with complete lack of any comprehension.
This stuff genuinely worries me, but I don't know what - if anything - should be done about it. Cameron burbles on about social responsibility but doesn't want to do anything about it, while Blair et al have tried the ASBO route - which may or may not be working, but certainly doesn't cover the behaviours described anyway. I have my doubts that lack of respect is really a new phenomenon, but it still amazes me the lack of shame people have in such behaviour when confronted.
It's a culture thing, it seems. Some people seem to feel free to act however they like, and most people are either unwilling or unable to confront it; perhaps that lack of confrontation is what encourages the first group to carry on acting that way, and instils the belief that any confrontation which does happen is abnormal - the result of some busybody getting involved - and not their problem. But how can anyone change this culture?
Could it be that some people think this culture is "right"?