Society seems coarser today than ten years ago. Endless argument parades as universal entertainment, without the disciplines of logic, rhetoric and civility undergirding it. Unfortunately, many people think they are smarter than others, funnier than others, more important than others etc. I often describe it as people believing everything around them (life) is a movie and they are life's essential star; every person around them is of lesser importance. These folks treat others as unessential annoyances or worse. In reality, an equally valuable person resides on the other end of every forum message, text, call, email.... Kindness counts. It can be contagious...and it is in need of more adherents. BTW A'gon has some of the nicest people I've dealt with on the internet.
Peace
Al
Peace
Al