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Working for civility; Response to piece for Dr. Laura
Topic Started: Aug 23 2007, 03:42 AM (305 Views)
Post #1 Aug 23 2007, 03:42 AM	stanbaldwin
I read Joe Hanlon's piece on civility on Dr. Laura's blog, and that's what led me here. I'm so glad to hear other voices speaking up for civility. Joe concluded: "People who want to be civil have to learn how to live in an uncivil world without becoming infected. It is hard. Unfortunately, changing the rest of the world does not seem to be an option. I keep trying to have some small effect, though. But, being an idealist is hard, too." I believe changing the rest of the world IS an option, and applaud the statement at the very end: "Keep changing the world, one listener at a time." That is almost the very line we use as a tag on our website; the line is: "Saving civilization one person at a time." We figure when one person is encouraged to be kind instead of rude, crude, and cruel, we have changed the world for the better. We also believe that all together we can change the culture, and in fact that a cultural change is on the way. I compare the situation to the cultural change with regard to smoking. Who would have believed a generation ago that smoking would fall into such disfavor? The change came because the Surgeon General determined that smoking was hazardous to one's health. There is no doubt that incivility is greatly damaging the health of our culture, and we hope to get that message across and change attitudes. Accordingly, our mascot, the Dolphin General has determined that meanness is hazardous to your health. It damages the mean person, the victim, and even those not directly involved (second-hand meanness). We have organized a non-profit: the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Humans and hope we can work together with people like Joe Hanlon in this cause. Stan Baldwin	Newbie Posts: 1 Group: Members Member #616 Joined: August 22, 2007



Post #2 Aug 23 2007, 08:46 AM	Goofball
Welcome to the site, Stan!	Civil Servant Posts: 623 Group: Full Members Member #409 Joined: June 27, 2007



Post #3 Aug 25 2007, 09:21 AM	eye95
Welcome, Stan! I applaud your perseverance. I'll have to pop by your site.	Administrator Posts: 2,647 Group: Editor-in-Chief Member #1 Joined: December 11, 2005



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