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From: Craig (no email)
Date: Wed Apr 03 2002 - 16:04:17 EST
Arild,
The article may have been in the European edition of CNN, but it was an
American survey of Americans. The survey stated that Americans themselves
thought other Americans were rude. I would really like to see a survey of
Americans from non-Americans. I bet that would be something indeed!
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From:
[mailto:]On Behalf Of Arild Jensen
Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 05:01
To: Liveaboard List
Subject: lv-ab: RE: social mores ( was: rudeness )
Judging by the comments so far I think those people missed the essential
point of the article - if
they bothered to read it at all.
The CNN story dealt with people's perception of social manners and how we
deal with each
other. The concensus being that as a society we seem to have less and less
regard for our
fellow human beings and are increasingly selfish and self centered in our
activity.
Having money doesn't automatically entitle that person to any special rights
over others.
That concept died with the feudal system.
Please note that the website was addressed as http://europe.cnn.com
It may come as a shock to many Americans but the rest of the world does not
necesarily view
them in the same light as they view themselves.
Regards
Arild
> -----Original Message-----
> To: Liveaboard List
> Subject: lv-ab: rudeness
>
> http://europe.cnn.com/2002/US/04/02/rude.americans/index.html
>
> The article above did not mention gensets in particular, but it did
mention
> isolation through watching television. Turn the genset and the television
> off. It also mentioned the attitude, expressed by some on this list,
which
> anything one does is okay as long as one is happy. JD?
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