Somos Sin Verguenza... ???

Good referrence to Japanese culture. I used to serve them at big events in my banquet days. The best customers you can have.
Yeah...manners...they trickle down from the top....or not.

Very astute... you are so right on that one... it's a high value survival skill that we need  to teach to the very young... while they are still receptive
little critters. hugs...Ely

Well said!
Good manners sheltering each others' privacy - it should be written in capital letters.

Boy... ain't that the the truth... but since we have no privacy on the web...it always blows my mind how careless  people are with their words... it's like we're asking for it.

Especially the folks who grew up with the web... one would think that, "Don't write anything you don't want the whole world to see." would be a no-brainer for them... Ely

"It takes a village to raise a child"

Yes, is should begin at home but it seems we're all to busy entertaining ourselves to take notice until its too late.
And yes, "Its never too late to learn", but then again, we're all to busy entertaining ourselves.

And the world keeps on turning...……...sigh!
Maybe someone should pull the emergency cord,...….but then again...…………….

I have often considered that Mother Earth might be better off without us here... polluting her air, fouling her water... trashing the oceans... ect, ect. ad nauseum...
It wouldn't surprise me one bit were She to pull the plug on the whole lot of us... Ely

I think I feel another poem coming on... pithy subject, this. E