Not exact matches
Religion and politics
are two subjects that
civilized people don't
talk about unless they know the person well, and know how far to go.
As a non-believer myself, I
am glad some of us can
talk like
civilized people.
What really makes people show disrespectful and not used to
civilized / scholarly discussion
is when they go into news forums
talking about the catholic faith, christianity, judaism etc. and start insulting with a very proud and selfish tone, and in obvious bad faith.
People need to get over the garbage we
are fed in the media and only then will we
be able to sit down and
talk like
civilized people (and not as scared little finger - pointers who yell «terrorist» at everyone they disagree with).
And we wonder why the rest of the
civilized world
is collectively kicking our math and science challenged rear ends while barbarians like Rubio
talks about «one of the earths great mysteries».
alright - on the one hand, we have a group of good but insecure people who want to show that humankind has dominion over the earth and must therefore not do or show anything that relates us with animals - no skin, no cleavage, no suckling children, must stay clean and prim and proper (don't
talk about bodily functions, either) so as to show how
civilized and advanced we really
are compared to the wild.
The practice of pretending to know what you
're talking about
is generally frowned upon in
civilized society.
If
civilized communication
is possible, try to
talk to your ex about dating her friend before you jump in with both feet.
In two separate interviews Chris Cleave
talks about Incendiary (2006), in which a distraught woman writes a letter to bin Laden after her family
are killed by a massive suicide bomb; and Little Bee (2008) which «delivers a timely challenge to reinvigorate our notions of
civilized decency.»
If
civilized people
are expected to have read all important works of literature, and thousands more books
are published every year, what
are we supposed to do in those awkward social situations in which we
're forced to
talk about books we haven't read?
Let's stay where we
are and
talk about how great everything
is» — as the rest of the
civilized world explores new publishing possibilities.
It
's understandable for Ubisoft to expect players to
be bloodthirsty and out only for number one but after seeing players wait patiently for their turn to
talk to an NPC I
'm not surprised players
were a lot more
civilized than what Ubisoft expected when entering the Dark Zone.
There
are bound to
be differences of opinion in your future, but at all times and in all situations it
is preferable to remain
civilized and to
talk it over instead of fighting.