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It's called responsibility. There was a time when both Responsibility and Manners were the norm.
Lets be honest here. Anyone here in their 30's or older? How many of you (assuming both parents were still part of your family), talked back to your father. Probably none, zero, nada.. Why? Because he would spin your head right off your shoulders. Initially good manners towards your parents were learned out of fear, as well as responsibility and discipline. After it became a learned behavior, it became the NORM, because later on in life, you understood it was was right thing to do.
These days, it isn't the norm, because it isn't a learned behavior for many youngsters. (please note, I didn't say ALL!!!). While raising my children, when I introduced them to adults I would say "xxx this is Mr or Mrs XXX'. Once one said, go ahead and call me XXX, (Her first name). I stopped her and said, That wasn't possible, as it wasn't good manners for a 7 year old child to refer to an adult by their first name. By the same token, when my kids said Please and Thank You, a lot of people were suprised, they were not used to that.
It is things like this, the lack of discipline, the lack manners, and the lack of personal responsibility that leads to the events such as the one starting this forum.
Why are the prisons overflowing? Well, there is a place to start, to reverse the trend. When I was in grade school, and we did the wrong thing, the Principal would break out the "Board of Education". It hurt, it was feared, no one wanted to get paddled. G_d forbid that the Principal called your parents, cause they would do what he or she did, but twice as much. Manners were learned, discipline was learned, respect and responsibility was learned. It was expected and in higher amounts, each grade level you graduated to.
Not so much these days... And we wonder why many children are backtalking parents and teachers, breaking the law, have no respect, no manners, no discipline, and take no responsibility for their actions?
I took Psychology, and your comment is incomplete.
It's actually, "Most people have the CAPACITY for violence, but because we are capable of reasoning, do not act upon it."
Mankind has always been violent. When we try and hide that fact modern America is the result. Post #63 is an excellent example of this, forget the facts of history, modern progressive thinking are the new facts.
Given the inaccuracy of your statements I hope that it is not your career to educate anyone!
Given your blindness for common sense and facts, I'd say the same for you.
If people didn't act emotionally--and most do--they wouldn't be unstable. Emotions lead to instability. Instability leads to violence. Logical people are rarely violent except in cases of self-defense. Not that a weapon is necessary to defend oneself.
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You got that right....