«It's not rocket science, and it's not something that's outdated,» says Margaret Shepherd, author of «The Art
of Civilized Conversation: A Guide to Expressing Yourself With Style and Grace.»
In addition to our debates about general education, The
Great Civilized Conversation has something important to say about the Chinese tradition and the modern world.
But it's a very s —
civilized conversation.
It's more often like a wrestling match than
a civilized conversation.
I watched a presentation earlier in which a nice young girl was forced to listen to Marc Morano declaim about subprime climate change science, and I thought, that's not the act of somebody desiring
a civilized conversation.