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Leave it to Miss Manners to cause a logical paradox. After all, she's telling us that we're being rude to tell others that they're being rude, and therefore she's being rude
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it was in the context of an anecdote. She was expaining that her kids friends hated coming to her house to eat because they were always afraid she would point out all the lapses in manners. She explained that she would never have done that because no matter what offense they comitted, telling another person they are rude is always the greater ettiquete offense.