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Archive for January 19th, 2007

Polite to a fault

Posted by The Southron on January 19th, 2007

When my nephew was very young he once asked me why it was important to “be polite” and to say “please” and “thank you”. I explained to him that among its other virtues, “politeness is the lubricant” that lets people interact smoothly and with less friction. Politeness, I told him helped make things function “more [...]


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