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Thread: Right or wrong?
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[quote=TOMSPENCER,271966]I'd like to think that if a thing like courtesy is truly a value that we all consider to be meritous, then there should be a focus on instilling in people a sense that they really ought to behave in such a way. That not only is it right to do such a thing, but also that it is each person's civic responsiblity to behave in such a manner. I don't know whether telling tales on non-conformers is really the right way to go about it. Perhaps it's a step in the right direction, though. I honestly don't know. I am reminded of a train journey home from London late one evening, with my mother and her friend (both in their retirement years). The train was packed - standing room only (nothing new there). My mother's friend is particularly frail, having had a new hip, and was understandably very tired from a day in London. Most of the seats had been taken by young people (I'd guess in their late teens or early 20s). My mother and her friend weren't the only older people on the train - quite a few of those standing seemed to be in their sixties or older. Perhaps they were just too slow to get the seats. Anyway, one young lady saw a very elderly gentleman quite close to where she was seated, and she got up and offered her seat to him. Thanking her for the offer, the old man refused, adding "I will never sit down while a lady is standing". A few of the young men sitting nearby went rather red in the face and pretty quickly enough of them had stood up to ensure that all the elderly people on the train had got somewhere to sit.[/quote]
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