Judith Martin - To sacrifice the principles of manners, which require compassion and respec

To sacrifice the principles of manners, which require compassion and respect, and bat people over the head with their ignorance of etiquette rules they cannot be expected to know is both bad manners and poor etiquette. That social climbers and twits have misused etiquette throughout history should not be used as an argument for doing away with it.

- Judith Martin

topic: Ignorance, Sacrifice, Compassion, Bad Manners, Twits, Compassion And Respect