2007-04-17 08:12:32 · 13 answers · asked by killa d 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
that and teaching our children some respect. Respect for themselves and respect for others...............
2007-04-17 08:15:23 · answer #1 · answered by tallerfella 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think it would prevent some, but not all. Some violent crimes are acts of rage and lunacy. Some people are simply paranoid. I'm assuming this is in regards to the VA Tech shootings. As of right now, all we know is that the shooter thought his GF was cheating, nobody knows the details as to whether or not she was. Normal people do not go on shooting rampages, regardless of the circumstances. Just like normal people do not commit suicide. While many of us have thoughts of suicide and most even have violent thoughts, we do not act on them because we have a sense of right and wrong, or a sense of fear of the consequences etc. If this weren't the case, I've a feeling there'd be a heck of a lot more violent crimes. I personally can attest to being pushed to what most people would probably agree should be a breaking point, but I've never killed anybody or harmed anybody because of it....
2007-04-17 08:23:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. You could be polite as you pull the trigger and say "I'm sorry". It's the value system that has to change. It's the victomolgy perception. You made me do that! Time to sit back and kick out system we have. But first we have to identify the people that have molded that idiotic perception into our heads. Lets see its not President Bush, Hmmmmmm, Congress? Wait a minute, I forgot it takes a Village right? It must be the villages fault huh? I hate to think what children born today are going to have to face in 20 years if we don't! Step back and look in the mirror and then ask yourself the same question. When you answer it, ask yourself Why you feel that way. Perhaps you will answer your own question.
2007-04-17 08:31:09 · answer #3 · answered by KIB 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It takes more than common courtesy to prevent crime.
2007-04-17 08:16:41 · answer #4 · answered by WC 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no. common courtesy doesn't address the root causes to the violence only etiquette if anything at all. does it really make a difference if you're courteous to the person you're about to beat up or kill? there's just a point where common courtesy ends and feelings take over!
2007-04-17 08:21:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anthony Taurus 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it would prevent a lot of ugly scenes that degenerate into violence. But there will always be a few, like the madman at VT, that will snap no matter what.
2007-04-17 08:22:33 · answer #6 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe it would stop ALL violent crimes but it would take down the number of them I believe.
After all, don't we all react a little 'better' when someone is courteous to us?
2007-04-17 08:16:17 · answer #7 · answered by PrincessPlum 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Raising our children today with the manners our grandparents were raised with would go along way towards creating a more polite,gentile and tolerant society.
2007-04-17 08:22:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
common courtesy and common sense are dead in today's society
2007-04-17 08:17:53 · answer #9 · answered by J S 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, and to get that we need to put in place judeo-christian values, but of course thats been banned by the ACLU etc.
2007-04-17 08:15:46 · answer #10 · answered by Serpico7 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I like to think it would, but that's just me. If only it were that simple.
2007-04-17 08:15:45 · answer #11 · answered by evil_paul 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋