THIS WEEK’S GRIPE: MANNERS NO LONGER “MAKETH THE MAN”
In any list of qualities that ideally ought to define people, especially those who aspire to, or hold positions of authority, I doubt there is much argument that it should include courtesy, personal integrity, concern for the common good and dignity.
Yet it has come to pass that these virtues, along with perhaps less important, but still valid ones, have not just fallen by the wayside, they are as good as scorned.… Read the rest