Grumman-581 wrote:
On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 13:09:47 -0400, "Peter R."
wrote:
As was pointed out by someone else in this group a few months ago (I
believe in the "He died doing something he loved" thread), modern society
seems to discourage speaking ill of the dead or severely injured.

Yeah, I suspect political correctness will be the death of
civilization...

Actually, human decency is the defining quality of civilization. It is
the lack of decency that gives rise to tribal conflict, corruption,
decadence, and war.

Viciousness does not encourage civilization.