are thier any polite gentlemen left in the world?or did our parents teach them diffrent?
87345
yes...there all at church...
692371
Yes, there are rude people everywhere. Unfortunately it's impossible to legislate manners. It sometimes helps to "accidently" step in front of them or gently "bump" into them and say "Oh, excuse me!". Your politness will be a gentle reminder that they aren't being very polite.
830065
We are- the way we're taught. So if a particular Society deems it "appropriate" to bring up its children in a certain way- then THAT'S the way they'll tend to turn out. Check out the value system of any given Culture- & you'll have a pretty good idea of what those people will tend to be like. As for whether they'll ever change...- don't count on it. Change is experienced, -it can't be "taught"..
338539
a true gentleman will still be a true gentleman then. \n\nJust single moms who work the same job and do as well or better then men want the same pay, that is all!!! It is the single moms that are raising most of the kids. If the men are true gentlemen they would do what is right. I do realize some do, but many do not!!!\n\nMen have the upper hand some now. I see that changing soon.
635929
It depends on how you are defining "civilized". If you are referring to things that we have and use to make our lives better/easier, then yes. Technology has brought us so very, very far in the past 50 years. We have so many things, that most of us take for granted, that were only pipe-dreams 50 years ago.\nOn the other hand, if you are referring to how we are, act, or behave, we have sadly declined. As others spoke of, it used to be that everyone left their doors unlocked - you knew everyone who lived around you, if not the entire town - you could walk next door and borrow a tool, even a tractor, of a neighbor, and as a whole, everyone was assured of the fact that anything that was borrowed, was always returned in a timely manner - in the same, or possibly better shape as when first borrowed - \nYou weren't bombarded with stories of murders, terrorists, and child-molesters, on the news EVERY night.\nI could go on and on...but do I really need to?\n\nSo, it really breaks down to what you really meant when you said, "civilization".\nJust pick which answer suits your opinion.\nThanks for the question...have a good day, now.
1032776
I  think we are as civilised as the nearest monkey or gorilla!!! We are rude & ungrateful & find one opportunity to look down on others... We havent civilised... we have degraded beyond repair...
140676
I am sorry to disagree with you, but I don't think Society is forgetting that, PARENTS ARE!!!!\n\nChildren's good manners are the parents' responsibility.\n\nI am 30 years old and I have a 6 year old boy.  My parents taught me table manners and they DEMANDED me to behave well, now I do the same thing with my son.\n\nHe is very well behaved and has excellent table manners that everybody comments that.  The teachers at school are very proud of him and of course, I am too.\n\nSo, you can see that it wasn't the Society who taught him that.
640999
I find that most southern Americans are VERY polite and VERY friendly.  The men actually have manners!  They know how to treat a lady.  \n\nMost northerners are rude, inconsiderate, bossy etc.  They do not say hello, and if you do, they look at you weird.\n\n(I live in the north, so I know)
664703
No, it's actually the opposite.  Being courteous and having manners are a way of showing you respect people - being rude is nothing more then a direct insult to the person you are dealing with for cheap attention.  They do it so that their third-party friend can be impressed; but in reality they are showing what their friend is in for from them if they ever get on their wrong side.\n\nThere really is nothing cooler then someone who knows how to carry himself (or herself) in a manner that has earned the respect from all. And there is nothing cool about trying to be cool by being disrespectful.  The guys you saw are just that: little boys.
310940
politeness, my dear lady/gentleman is necessary at all times.\nIt is considered a virtue\nAnd i advice u to use it, even if u hate americans \n(no offence at all)\nBTW I'm not american
994072
I dont know...look around you and be polite.....
580131
I am very grateful to my parents for bringing me up properly to respect my elders,to know about manners,to learn alot about different cultures and society's,having the opportunity to live in different countrys and most importantly when I became a monster during my teenage years they remained loving,when things in my adult life turned into a mess they had the right advise and also later on I realised they knew what they where talking about.\n\nSure there where times we did not get on but I always remember that they will not be around for ever love them while they are with you because you will miss them when they leave.I tell them you love them especially as they get older.
62147
Modern culture is not what I had hoped it to be.  Perhaps I read too much sci-fi as a kid.  I see many children that are spoiled and have horrible manners.  Most have academic skills which are poor to those of a generation ago.  Their view of life is childish.  Little or no reality checks.  So be it.  My kids are all grown but they never acted like the children of today.\nI do not necessarily blame the parents.  As more mothers went to work, society should have been modified to provide better more nurturing and realistic alternatives to the typical “day care school.”\n\nAs for the clock.  It stamps using the time at the server, which is probably three time zone away from you to the west.
243141
learn manners from somewhere n den go in front of ur parents
917720
Ettiquette just is not taught anymore.  The parents are not doing their job in raising their children on how to act in public.  Then when they are adults, they don't know how to teach their kids.  It's a vicious cycle.  One that I doubt ends any time soon.  So sad.
162545
I think many people don't make sure that their children understand that they are expected to act respectfully - it is not an option to be respectful, it is a responsibility to carry yourself in a respectful manner.  If they want to be respected, they must act respectfully.  And then there are some parents that don't set a good example because they themselves are disrespectful people.  Parenting.  It's a difficult job, but someone has to do it.  It truly takes a village - we should all make sure that the kids we have in our lives know that respect will not be received if it not also given.
300219
no they don't have to teach him manners but it is nice if they do since he apparently needs his manners to be improved.