Comments on: Of Politeness and the Drawing of Lines http://text.rcarabbis.org/of-politeness-and-the-drawing-of-lines/ Tradition's Blog of Orthodox Jewish Thought Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:29:58 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Zev http://text.rcarabbis.org/of-politeness-and-the-drawing-of-lines/comment-page-1/#comment-553 Zev Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:16:59 +0000 http://text.rcarabbis.org/?p=600#comment-553 "I believe most people today assume they were right for so doing," Don't be so sure of that. As you yourself write, politeness is importnat. There are many millions who may have surveyed the state of cities and public schools today, and not agree "they were right for so doing." They may simply not say that publicly to be polite, or, more realistically, because political correctness and legal constraints prevent people from speaking their minds freely. “I believe most people today assume they were right for so doing,”

Don’t be so sure of that. As you yourself write, politeness is importnat. There are many millions who may have surveyed the state of cities and public schools today, and not agree “they were right for so doing.” They may simply not say that publicly to be polite, or, more realistically, because political correctness and legal constraints prevent people from speaking their minds freely.

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