In which I applaud civility

I don't think we're as nice as we used to be. I blame technology for much of that--it's so easy to brusquely attend to business, to complain, to pass the buck, when you're anonymous or at least faceless. But long before e-mail and instant messaging made us just a string of characters on a screen, people paid attention to connections with other folks. They thought about their actions, and what sort of an impact they would have. They knew that words could be powerful and they used them accordingly. One of the great models of civility was George Washington. He wrote a series of Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior and I really don't think they can be topped. My favorite is #41.


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