A Boston Unitarian Says Politeness Is Dead. . .
The Emerson Avenger says -
Well said Boston Unitarian.
Politeness definitely is dead in the U*U World. Long live politeness in the U*U World, assuming that it is ever resurrected that is. . .
The Emerson Avengah aka The Reverend Doctor Eric Theodore Cartman III, ministerial candidate for "less than excellent ministry" at the South Park Unitarian*Universalist Fellowship will undoubtedly plagiarize Kathleen Burk's 'Old World, New World' for an upcoming Sunday sermon on politeness, or lack there of. . . in the U*U World.
"The concept of politeness, of a polite society, was increasingly important in Great Britain. . . The term polite had a more substantive meaning than today's use of it to mean manners or etiquette: it meant not using violence and the sword to deal with opposition, nor even sharp command or aggressive argument, but persuasion; it meant a lack of bigotry in religion or politics; it meant depending on reason and reflection... It was a means of uplifting society, of separating it from barbarity, of polishing rude manners."
Well said Boston Unitarian.
Politeness definitely is dead in the U*U World. Long live politeness in the U*U World, assuming that it is ever resurrected that is. . .
The Emerson Avengah aka The Reverend Doctor Eric Theodore Cartman III, ministerial candidate for "less than excellent ministry" at the South Park Unitarian*Universalist Fellowship will undoubtedly plagiarize Kathleen Burk's 'Old World, New World' for an upcoming Sunday sermon on politeness, or lack there of. . . in the U*U World.
"The concept of politeness, of a polite society, was increasingly important in Great Britain. . . The term polite had a more substantive meaning than today's use of it to mean manners or etiquette: it meant not using violence and the sword to deal with opposition, nor even sharp command or aggressive argument, but persuasion; it meant a lack of bigotry in religion or politics; it meant depending on reason and reflection... It was a means of uplifting society, of separating it from barbarity, of polishing rude manners."
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