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Originally Posted by JinnKai
Good breeding? What are we, dogs? I also didn't know that manners meant I had to have an irrational fear of nonexistant germs.
Manners, to me, means saying "Please" and "Thank You" and things of that nature. I betcha Gahndi didn't wash his hands every time he pissed, do you think he had "bad manners" or "bad breeding?"
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Breeding means passing on proper behaviour and comportment from parent to child. My parents always drilled it into me that you only have one chance to make a first impression. If you want to be percieved to be a civilized member of society then well, you should learn the manners that go along with it. If not, then you run the risk of poor first impressions. If it's not important to you, well then obviously manners are not as well.
Manners go beyond pleases and thankyous. Manners go to the point of acquiting yourself in society to the point where you don't cause others to cringe in such situations like ' ewww should i be afraid to shake his hand??' In short, it's about a non-egocentric perspective.
If It's always about you, then you wont understand. If it's not always about you, then you will be empathetic.
No we aren't dogs, to answer your question. But then again neither are we animals who cannot pass on mannerly behaviour. Breeding means that you are able to learn from those who have been charged with your upbringing. Oh, and by the way, manners also does not mean that you have to have an irrational fear of anything. But having them would go a long way to helping others to assuage their concerns...