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kleinbl00  ·  4394 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Quiet Ones

>Yeah, but name one thing an old person won't complain about.

And I'm totally cool with that. There is, however, quite a difference between "humoring" the old coot and celebrating the old coot. If the "quiet car" bans cell phone conversation, cell phone conversation should be discouraged and forbidden; that's pretty clear. Thing is, if "typing" isn't on the list of proscribed activities, getting up in someone's grille for typing IS NOT AN ACT WORTHY OF CELEBRATION.

This article is a lament for a world that never existed reliant on a code of conduct that should not be encouraged. That's my objection.