tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post1801721957037021813..comments2024-03-25T05:23:41.171-04:00Comments on Bilbo's Random Thought Collection: Why Can't We All Just Get Along?Bilbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14213505386288233192noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-76107374158730621342009-08-15T09:08:09.883-04:002009-08-15T09:08:09.883-04:00Don't read my blog for a couple of days...I...Don't read my blog for a couple of days...I'm just going to copy this post and use it as my own.<br /><br />Naw...everybody would know that I didn't write it--but it is one of those posts that I wish I had written!John A Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07777330742400065045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-69457359647096740952009-08-15T09:01:01.899-04:002009-08-15T09:01:01.899-04:00Unfortunately, people are lazy and the binary appr...Unfortunately, people are lazy and the binary approach is just so much easier than actually thinking about something. Witness our former president stating that you were "either with us or against us". No room for common ground, no room for discussion. I find as I grow older that almost nothing is really that black & white, but it requires some consideration to arrive there.<br /><br />Wv - manteres: When George W. Bush was elected the second time, I cried real manteres.Gilahihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05331323175802868796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-14836750152218037752009-08-14T15:29:12.748-04:002009-08-14T15:29:12.748-04:00I don't believe civility is taught anywhere an...I don't believe civility is taught anywhere anymore, except perhaps in the US Armed Forces. And we need it today for the same reason it arose (as chivalry, a word distantly related to cavalry) in medieval Europe--it's how to keep armed and dangerous people from escalating a small accidental bumping in an elevator into a shootout!<br /><br />Since parents don't seem to teach civility anymore, it's possible that "manners" may have to be a required subject K-12, nationally. Sort of a "No Child Left Uncivilized" Act will have to be passed by our Congress. Considering that our Congress is half the problem, what are the odds of that happening?<br /><br />Eminence GriseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-30001257395359972992009-08-14T13:37:46.821-04:002009-08-14T13:37:46.821-04:00I just found out I spelled dinosaur wrong in the c...I just found out I spelled dinosaur wrong in the comments on my blog. Makes me want to go holler at somebody.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017192454403363349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-39874080431849328802009-08-14T11:00:56.054-04:002009-08-14T11:00:56.054-04:00...and that's why we're as crazy as we are......and that's why we're as crazy as we are. I agree.Leslie Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-45132019762032619622009-08-14T06:54:17.811-04:002009-08-14T06:54:17.811-04:00We're a nation of Fruitcakes! The cosmic baker...We're a nation of Fruitcakes! The cosmic baker's took us out of the oven a little to early....<br /><br />And I stand by that Jimmy Buffett lyric!The Mistress of the Darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16923975714269274370noreply@blogger.com