Frank Behrendt: the destruction of excellent habits


When my father was alive, I acquired common mail from him. Thick envelopes, at all times stamped with particular stamps. Content material: newspaper clippings, an important locations marked with highlighter, typically a particular concern of {a magazine} or a pocket e book. "Schooling is a lifelong mission," stated my outdated man, and regardless that my brothers and I might have been effectively over 18, we acquired further impulses.

In the meantime, this activity took management of my mom and subsequent to her kids at the moment are thought of grandchildren. Just lately, I acquired a small mild inexperienced e book by which the writer irritated me: George Washington, the primary American president. His mandate (1789-1797) has been round for a while, however even then he took choices that at present are revolutionary for the event of the US of America and proceed to form the US as a republican democracy.




The paperback lists his eighteenth-century modes of palms, trimmed with an exquisite preface by Moritz Freiherr Knigge. A pleasant studying pleasure. However additionally it is disconcerting, as a result of not solely the incumbent recommendation of US President Washington would do effectively.

"What's fallacious with us?" A social media good friend lately wrote in a debate about hatred and tweets under all waistlines. He referred to a good friend who was so insulted and threatened by the expression that he withdrew from social networks.

Even politicians can chirp a music. Nevertheless, the most recent widespread consultant additionally emerged from the Rezo video, and the elaboration of political views on the Web can even happen sooner or later. And there, regardless of the specified netiquette, there's actually not at all times a civil debate. Wikipedia outlines the anticipated, however not legally binding, remedy of phrases that sound good: "Good, affordable and respectful (respectful) habits in technical (digital) communication".

Gianni Costa, a very good particular person and a reliable sports activities director of the Rheinische Publish, has lately tweeted referring to a scarcity of excellent habits in the actual world: "People who find themselves kindly referred to as & # 39; salve & # 39; and who cross anyway with no phrase". It's not an remoted case. Many contemporaries, in addition to my statement, are frightened - in the event that they haven't shielded their ears with headphones - to an sudden greeting.

Within the digital world it's often no totally different. A pleasant greeting or compulsory greeting is usually - apparently for causes of time - as Sachar Klein supposes, renounced. Enchancment in WhatsApp era quite than not in sight. However accepting something can also be an answer, as a result of in actuality the dearth of courtesy is actually not a regular deliberate habits, because it has slowly grown.

It's all the extra vital, for my part, to present an impulse every so often. My father did it, my mom does it, esteemed social media mates do it on the web and I like doing my half right here. Hope ultimately dies final. The shortage of hope, by the way in which, was a totally international angle to my father. He fortunately cited a saying at nighttime interval attributed to church reformer Martin Luther: "If I had recognized that tomorrow the world would go down, I might have planted an apple tree at present."


















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