I'm inclined to snark on the question you pose. But I'll try to 'go straight'. I don't really know the answer. I'd like to think perhaps they just forgot how to be kind. But that would assume that they once knew how to be that. Some of them, maybe. Some of them, probably. But for many of them, I think that trait never existed at all, or was only for 'show' if it was exhibited. A pretty broad brush, but that's all I've got.
It isn't just Rs - society as a whole, I think, has forgotten to be kind. A lot of so-called good manners are simply people being respectful and kind to each other. When a society becomes all about "me, me, my feelings", kindness is considered weak and "anti-me".
I'm inclined to snark on the question you pose. But I'll try to 'go straight'. I don't really know the answer. I'd like to think perhaps they just forgot how to be kind. But that would assume that they once knew how to be that. Some of them, maybe. Some of them, probably. But for many of them, I think that trait never existed at all, or was only for 'show' if it was exhibited. A pretty broad brush, but that's all I've got.
It isn't just Rs - society as a whole, I think, has forgotten to be kind. A lot of so-called good manners are simply people being respectful and kind to each other. When a society becomes all about "me, me, my feelings", kindness is considered weak and "anti-me".
Yep. Think you're quite right about that, Eva. Quite right, indeed.