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Originally Posted by foxpaws
(Post 7860109)
Oh, Baz you make it too easy.
You are assuming that the older gentleman asked the texter in a nice way to stop texting or that the texter responded impolitely in the first 'round'.
I don't think we know what that particular exchange was.
The ex-cop could have easily said 'Shut off the phone jackass', and the texter could have replied with - 'Sorry, I'll be done in a second, heck the movie won't even start for another 10 minutes'. Again - people texting before the movie starts is pretty much standard procedure anymore, it isn't any different than patrons talking before the movie starts, and, in fact, is probably less disruptive.
Sorry - you don't know the entirety of the situation, yet you continue to imply that this could have all been avoided if the texter had been 'more polite'. Perhaps it is the case of - if the old guy had been more polite all of this could have been avoided.
edit - wow EMJ - we responded at the same time with a similar tone - it is odd that that those who continue to play the 'if only the texter had' card doesn't understand the overall problem here.
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Yes.....good, FP. I like the way you think.
A discussion of courtesy instead of just the actual shooting.
So we can both agree....a little common courtesy goes a long way.
Did I ever tell you about my Dad?
Even when others were rude to him - he never crawled down in that gutter with them - and always held true to his moral compass.
Assuming either one our both of us is correct - that the initial conflict included a lack of common courtesy from either party - my point is that should be included in the discussion.
Perhaps we will know more of the dialogue in coming days.
Until then - thanks for agreeing with me about the significance of common courtesy!
SmileWavy
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