Evil communication corrupts good manners. I hope to live to hear that good communication corrects bad manners.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Good manners are appreciated as much as bad manners are abhorred.
Bad human communication leaves us less room to grow.
Communication is so much better when people are vulnerable.
That said, the question remains: how to strike the balance between free speech and mutual respect in this mixed-up world, both blessed and cursed with instant communication? We should not fight fire with fire, threats with threats.
If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
If we accept being talked to any kind of a way, then we are telling ourselves we are not quite worth the best. And if we have the effrontery to talk to anybody with less than courtesy, we tell ourselves and the world we are not very intelligent.
The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.
Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.
People love talking about the banality of evil and the fact that ordinary people do bad things. I actually want to stay away from that.
You can get through life with bad manners, but it's easier with good manners.
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