tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096821502914179716.post8412216255310060085..comments2023-09-02T11:04:21.111-04:00Comments on The Crane Insider: Two Words Shouted or Three Words WrittenPeter Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17072202033128976170noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096821502914179716.post-8802464341860375822009-09-11T18:23:19.374-04:002009-09-11T18:23:19.374-04:00I believe Peter was commenting on a current event,...I believe Peter was commenting on a current event, rather than taking some partisan stake in popular politics.<br /><br />Civility knows no ideology, nor can any group lay claim to being more civil than the next. Civility, like respect, is a social construct that is recognized over time and by behavior, not by the conditions of a given moment.Adoniramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03328151027638391033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096821502914179716.post-45401137384328124382009-09-10T21:44:30.934-04:002009-09-10T21:44:30.934-04:00Do you mean civility like Senator Barak Obama show...Do you mean civility like Senator Barak Obama showed when he called President Bush a liar in a Senate floor speech? Or like Democrat representatives and senators showed when they booed President Bush repeatedly during a State of the Union address? Or the civility of the White House response to a letter sent to President Obama by Republicans offering to help him forge a health care bill: "no thanks, we have it under control."? Where did "Dear Mr. President" get them or the country?<br /><br />On the other hand, there are Patrick Henry, Samuel Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and others who put pen to paper and expressed themselves in a manner similar to the above mentioned Congressman towards the lawful ruler of their country. Perhaps they should have expressed themselves more civily: Dear King George... <br /><br />It also doesn't hurt to remember that business correspondance is not the same as political discourse. But even if it were countless examples show that it is just as strident, if not more so, than the most virulent political mudslinging. Perhaps Cranes and its associates are the exception that proves the rule. <br /><br />Of course, there is a time and place for everything. In that you are correct and your point is well taken. But you might also start the civility ball rolling by being evenhanded in the negative examples you use.Rich Polinskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16668886954675397098noreply@blogger.com