Posted by zeugma on January 8, 2006, at 15:39:48
In reply to Re: Too bad attending no longer appeals to me. » zeugma, posted by wildcard on January 8, 2006, at 15:07:23
> >>and civility is like truth in this way-no two people will agree on what is civil behavior.
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> ***and I think that this causes a lot of the controversy re: what is considered fair or unfair blocks. X sees this as civil but Y sees this as uncivil. When it is in the grey area, b/c not everything is black and white that problems arise. Just my opinion.>>yes, that is part of it.
you know, in many parts of the world just having a mental illness is considered 'uncivil behavior.'taking a drug to control the illness is considered 'uncivil' (pharmacy techs laughing at someone taking Klonopin). politicians who decide that people who have mental illness don't deserve support because they're not illnesses really. they're ways of being 'uncivil.' the homeless people in my neighborhood aren't always 'civil.' or is it the politicians who vote against community support who are uncivil?
OK, I think I understand what civility means. If you're well dressed enough, and make the laws in your town, no one will dare say anything that is less than civil to you. Being civil simply means not saying or doing anything that someone who knows, or thinks that he or she knows, what is not civil.
And I always thought it odd, that the same adjective ('civil') can be equally well applied to good behavior and the bloodiest war in my nation's history. But now I know why.
-z
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