[lbo-talk] Why Democrats Can't Blame Bush for 9/11

Miles Jackson cqmv at pdx.edu
Tue Apr 13 11:42:43 PDT 2004


On Tue, 13 Apr 2004, Chris Doss wrote:


>
> --A tenative hypothesis: politeness and respect are integral
> to the survival of brutal, coercive social systems.
>
> Miles
> --
> My guess - no. Plantation economy. Landed gentry. Traditions of
> aristocracy. Doesn't "sir" derive from "sire"?
>

umm--that's my point: aristocracy (and the brutal inequalities inherent to any caste system) depends on formal, ritualized patterns of politeness and respect.

Miles



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