Rude: Where are our Manners?

[Cr0at1a]

Brilliant documentary about what is wrong with todays society and the ME Generation

People are too self-centred
People are too "entitled"
People do whatever makes them feel comfortable

There is less WE and more ME

The problem started with the Baby Boomers and the Flower Power movement

http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/doczone/2008/rude/

I know that most people here will crap all over me for this ....
... oh well

[wallop]

This is sad indeed.

I don't have to.
I don't need to.

[CSR]

Welcome to Toronto?

[Rx-87]

Welcome to the free world

[champlinD]

Welcome to Toronto?

He He Me thinking same.

[babynorth]

Its called living in a 'civilized modern world'. What's next they gonna blame generation X too? Give me a break.

[nuberific]

If it makes you feel better, I like to think of the degradation of manners in our culture as a form of social evolution. We live in extremely dense and crowded areas and rarely will we repeatedly see the same random people on the street. As such, it becomes energetically inefficient to extend common pleasentries to these people because we would get very little in return. Whereas the same would not be true in the building where you work.

Then again I didn't watch the video because I'm browsing on my phone and I could be completely off base with what it's actually talkingn about. I'm just curbing my boredom and wanted to make an observation about something,

[Cr0at1a]

Its called living in a 'civilized modern world'. What's next they gonna blame generation X too? Give me a break.

Civilized modern world? The lack of manners and civility means that we are NOT "civilized".

Up until the 50s manners were very important.
Today they are not (to most people)

If it makes you feel better, I like to think of the degradation of manners in our culture as a form of social evolution. We live in extremely dense and crowded areas and rarely will we repeatedly see the same random people on the street. As such, it becomes energetically inefficient to extend common pleasentries to these people because we would get very little in return. Whereas the same would not be true in the building where you work.

Japan disproves your hypothesis because Japan is even more densely populated and they have a good code of public manners and behaviour - well at least better than ours here.


What makes me laugh is some people think that they have a right to be rude.

.

[nuberific]

Japan disproves your hypothesis because Japan is even more densely populated and they have a good code of public manners and behaviour - well at least better than ours here.

Well, it's pretty difficult to disprove or prove my hypothesis. But in the case of Japan, just because they have better manners than us doesn't mean their dense population hasn't caused a decrease in their social mannerisms. It could be cultural, or other, influences that keep their respect for random strangers higher than ours.

So I ask you this, do people in rural Japan extend more niceties than people in urban Japan? Just something to ponder.

[Cr0at1a]

I guess everyone has the right to be a douche.

[Adams06]

I think I saw a bit of this documentary on the weekend. It basically comes down to two factors really that are in a way related. First off, parents are acting more as their "kid's best friend" rather than a parent. They think that they can be on the same level as a child and coddle them all the time, always siding with the child and never really telling them they are wrong. The kids then have this perception that they are on an equal level with adults, so they turn their backs to the older authority figures since they believe they're equal.

The second factor I think (and Russell Peters describes it brilliantly) is the lack of discipline we give to children these days. In reality, parents need to hit their kids, there's no way around it. I'm not saying just walk by your kid and smack him or beat the crap out of him for no reason, but when it comes time for discipline, nothing really drives the message home as well as a spank on the ass, or even a little bit of a belt to ass. When I was a kid, I got spanked when I misbehaved. I also had my mouth scrubbed with dish soap if I ever swore to my parents. Both of these events only occured two times, since I learned my lesson. I'm 23 now and still don't swear around my parents, and generally have a positive outlook on most situations.

Now, I compare this to the kids I see when I'm coaching hockey. The "parents are a kids best friend" was really prevalent with this group of hockey players, and it was sad to hear a 12 yr old tell his dad to f-off, and not even get scolded for it.

In the end, kids need to be disciplined and learn to respect an authoritative figure.

[v_tofu]

I think I saw a bit of this documentary on the weekend. It basically comes down to two factors really that are in a way related. First off, parents are acting more as their "kid's best friend" rather than a parent. They think that they can be on the same level as a child and coddle them all the time, always siding with the child and never really telling them they are wrong. The kids then have this perception that they are on an equal level with adults, so they turn their backs to the older authority figures since they believe they're equal.

The second factor I think (and Russell Peters describes it brilliantly) is the lack of discipline we give to children these days. In reality, parents need to hit their kids, there's no way around it. I'm not saying just walk by your kid and smack him or beat the crap out of him for no reason, but when it comes time for discipline, nothing really drives the message home as well as a spank on the ass, or even a little bit of a belt to ass. When I was a kid, I got spanked when I misbehaved. I also had my mouth scrubbed with dish soap if I ever swore to my parents. Both of these events only occured two times, since I learned my lesson. I'm 23 now and still don't swear around my parents, and generally have a positive outlook on most situations.

Now, I compare this to the kids I see when I'm coaching hockey. The "parents are a kids best friend" was really prevalent with this group of hockey players, and it was sad to hear a 12 yr old tell his dad to f-off, and not even get scolded for it.

In the end, kids need to be disciplined and learn to respect an authoritative figure.

Damn, +1. Open handed spank on the ass is needed for sure. If you really messed up, you get the feather duster!

[feet_]

I think I saw a bit of this documentary on the weekend. It basically comes down to two factors really that are in a way related. First off, parents are acting more as their "kid's best friend" rather than a parent. They think that they can be on the same level as a child and coddle them all the time, always siding with the child and never really telling them they are wrong. The kids then have this perception that they are on an equal level with adults, so they turn their backs to the older authority figures since they believe they're equal.

The second factor I think (and Russell Peters describes it brilliantly) is the lack of discipline we give to children these days. In reality, parents need to hit their kids, there's no way around it. I'm not saying just walk by your kid and smack him or beat the crap out of him for no reason, but when it comes time for discipline, nothing really drives the message home as well as a spank on the ass, or even a little bit of a belt to ass. When I was a kid, I got spanked when I misbehaved. I also had my mouth scrubbed with dish soap if I ever swore to my parents. Both of these events only occured two times, since I learned my lesson. I'm 23 now and still don't swear around my parents, and generally have a positive outlook on most situations.

Now, I compare this to the kids I see when I'm coaching hockey. The "parents are a kids best friend" was really prevalent with this group of hockey players, and it was sad to hear a 12 yr old tell his dad to f-off, and not even get scolded for it.

In the end, kids need to be disciplined and learn to respect an authoritative figure.

+2!

kids need to know there are consequences..
if my kid told me to f*** off in public.
he wouldn't be able to sit on his ass for a week.

i do the count down method. my kids know once i get to 5, they're in serious trouble.
"parenting is a Dictatorship, not Friendship"

[sexpuppet6000]

Brilliant documentary about what is wrong with todays society and the ME Generation

People are too self-centred
People are too "entitled"
People do whatever makes them feel comfortable

There is less WE and more ME

The problem started with the Baby Boomers and the Flower Power movement

http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/doczone/2008/rude/

I know that most people here will crap all over me for this ....
... oh well

This post coming from the guy who doesn't want to share the road with cyclists.

[BananaHunter]

I blame all those human rights movements. People now think they have some god given right to be spoon fed food and have their asses wiped for them by society. Whever something is wrong, people will ***** to the government. Some people are incapable of reflecting upon their own actions. People were like that back then but I feel human rights made it worse. This breeds a sense of entitlement that the average person never had in history.