It is the sort of
thing we teach our children (or at least the sort of
thing we used to be able to teach our children before this
age of incivility corrupted our youth with its rock music /
hippies / video games / rap music / violent movies / Internet / baggy pants).
This isn't just some
hippie - dippy, crunchy - granola, new -
age construct (and don't get me wrong, I live for all
things hippie - dippy).