(September 18, 2025 at 1:37 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: Saying please and thank you helps the other person feel valued, holding a door for someone is actively helping them, and chewing with your mouth open is unsightly.
What similar rationale even is there for insisting that removing your hat is good manners? The lack of any real connection between manners and bareheadedness (unless the hat itself obstructs the view or expresses values contrary to the norms of whoever is around you) is the problem here. I wouldn’t be shouting out the Nuremberg defense if there was as straight a line there as in the other cases.
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Bingo lolly.
Boru
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