do you all think that we as a society have become less humane and philantrophic?? altruism doesnt seem to be a part of our mentality now?? OUR MANNERS KEPT GETTING worse and worse with people constanlty talking on cell phoens without regard for the people around them. no one holds doors for ladies any more and people drive like they own the road. we seem to have less time for the people we are suspossed to care about and courtesy is seldom seen anymore. dont you all think that we humans have really gotten to the point where we just dont give a damn about anyone except ourselves. are we doomed a s a civilization??????????????
2006-09-26 21:36:28 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
that is what you call GENERATION CHANGE... younger generations tody are getting worse and sometimes these characters or attitudes were seen from the older generations. it's getting worst! isn't it? grrrrrr! i don't want my kids to be like thses people, that's why i have to train them in the way they should go... for them not to forget...
2006-09-26 21:41:10 · answer #1 · answered by danieldenzel2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most people yes but I hold doors open, respect people and try not to be mean no matter what the circumstances. And we have a lot more wrong than manners but thats not the question so... yeah people are inconsiderate now. No one cares anymore, AT ALL. I read something once on how to prevent being mugged in an apartment hallway, it said "Don't yell "Help! I'm being mugged!" cuz no one will come. It said "Instead yell "Fire!" because people will try to escape their rooms and the mugger will panic and run in sight of all those people. You wave to somebody, they might wave back...or they might avoid eye contact with you in fear that you're a crazy person cuz who waves at other people? the idea! When I'm out on my front porch sitting in a chair people STARE at me. At first I would wave and they'd stare some more. Now I stare back and it unnerves them lol. But I do hold doors open for anybody not just women, they smile and thank you most of the time. A few just rush past but very few do that. I live in a mostly nice town i guess.
2006-09-27 04:53:00 · answer #2 · answered by David H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have found that people are more scared of strangers these days & it what you're scared of you don't want to help. We live in a society which it all about me me me instant gratification. The justice system is a joke so people find it less off putting to commit crimes. With the cost of living going through the roof it's harder to find the money to donate to charity & most people have to have 2 jobs to make ends meet so there's little time to do any volunteer work. This is what I can come up with just off the top of my head. But yes - people on the whole are getting more & more self centered & less & less concerned with their surrounds.
2006-09-27 04:54:20 · answer #3 · answered by shirazzza 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chill. There is nothing new under the sun:
"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers."
That quote was by Socrates circa two THOUSAND years ago.
We are the same callous, caring, lovestruck, inconsiderate caregivers we've always been, there's just more of us.
2006-09-27 04:48:58 · answer #4 · answered by Roadpizza 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOLOL...humanty is just another kind of animal I think you are talking about Civilization and not humanity. Humanity just finds different and novel ways to control that thing called law of the jungle. To have true civilization you need everyone educated to a level where law has no meaning.
You no longer need police or prisons or law because pure knowledge dampens mans behavior which would otherwise be like the common animal.
2006-09-27 04:42:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
here in this little village in France people are very polite and considerate, compared to our old home in a town in England. We notice it in their driving manners too. I think it is the stress of working and living in a city that makes people selfish and rude.
2006-09-27 04:45:58 · answer #6 · answered by XT rider 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. what we HAVE lost is our respect for humanity. they say respect must be earned, but we all have a duty to ourselves to give respect in order to earn it.
happy trails, eee.
2006-09-27 04:42:36 · answer #7 · answered by reeeldeeep 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes...you're right. let's try to do something! You where you are and i here, where i am( i don't use capital for the first pers.sing.)
2006-09-27 04:41:52 · answer #8 · answered by tatal_nostru2006 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes we have
2006-09-28 07:00:39 · answer #9 · answered by facobasten1984 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋