Monday, September 21, 2009

The Death of Civility : Obama & Kanye

The death of civility is now such a common place occurrence, that we have become immune to these outbursts. We bemoan that prominent Congressmen can heckle the President of the United States, like he is on the Jerry Springer show.
We tune into Jerry to see the fights ,and if it is not a good one we turn the station to Maury Povich.

What message are sending to our youth and society as a whole? Are we saying that we don't have time to listen to intelligent debate ,or we saying that the other person's opinion is not valid to be treated civilly ?

Recently I watched a award show where a prominent rapper Kanye West stole the microphone and time of the winner.Kanye told the audience and those who later watched it that she was not deserving ,what a way for Taylor Swift to be introduced to the viewing public. Kanye was wrong,and in a unanimous condemnation from his fan base he was placed in check .

Civility is not dead, perhaps we are tired of the boorish displays of bad behavior.

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