tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060417.post1234202010223353139..comments2023-11-05T06:18:25.377-06:00Comments on The Privatopia Papers: What's with all the public outbursts? -- latimes.comEvan McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04479661304143631524noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060417.post-8810598595936789342009-09-18T11:35:49.273-05:002009-09-18T11:35:49.273-05:00Good point, Beth. I have had students actually ans...Good point, Beth. I have had students actually answer their cell phones in the classroom and start talking. That actually horrified the other students. I should emphasize that I don't think the majority of Americans are uncivil. The way I see it, the uncivil people among us feel freer to be their uncivil selves. Selfish, self-centered, unruly people are living in their Golden Age. They have so many wonderful role models all around at the highest levels of society and government. Must be really fun for them.Evan McKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04479661304143631524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060417.post-44480921994062144012009-09-17T15:22:31.470-05:002009-09-17T15:22:31.470-05:00Reminds me of students who think their teacher = t...Reminds me of students who think their teacher = tv and can't see them playing solitaire, talking with friends, texting, and so on.Bethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060417.post-72559170262189622182009-09-16T14:37:07.201-05:002009-09-16T14:37:07.201-05:00While some, but certainly not all citizens,” wheth...While some, but certainly not all citizens,” whether or not members of a “boneheaded (sic) and/or popular culture that (sic) has degenerated into a sewer of narcissism,” might find being described as jerks, boorish asses (sic), dunces (sic) and losers as rude, discourteous, deliberately harmful, mean-spirited, inflammatory, provocative and, unlike the civility found in the Los Angeles Times’ article, simply uncivil? <br /><br />Too often, in associations, boards of directors employ malicious invective and pejorative to describe members that dare to disagree with the association’s board (“shoot the messenger”) rather than promoting civility by the example “Doing Well, Doing Good or Doing Both (civilly)?”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060417.post-22441345491767860002009-09-16T13:56:46.619-05:002009-09-16T13:56:46.619-05:00How is the government any better? Don't the m...How is the government any better? Don't the members of the legislature act like boorish asses in public on the few days of the year they actually work?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com