Summary Of Ours Is Nice Day By Janet Kinosian

In the article “Ours is Rude Age, but Have a nice Day” author Janet Kinosian affirms that terrible manners have turn into the new ordinary. She has written for newspapers, magazines and is a media consultant. The article appeared in the Los Angeles Times, May 2009. Kinosian stresses that at one time parents teaching their children manners were much the same as putting shoes on their feet. However, today parents cannot get their children to be respectful.
Kinosian appeals to pathos when she uses the example of when Joe Wilson a Republican Congressman from South Carolina shouted ' You lie' to Obama during a health care reform speech; half of the world was horrified at the inconsiderateness while the other half branded him a hero bringing in $ 1 million campaign fund in one week (549). Society has become tolerant and at times rewarded bad manners with attention, money and fame.
Are Americans worried about this? The answer is yes. A study by U.S. News and World Report showed that a great majority of Americans feel we've reached an impertinent-mannered watershed. Nine of 10 think impoliteness is a significant issue, and about half believe it's very crucial. Seventy-eight percent feel the amount of inconsiderateness has intensified significantly in the most recent 10 years and more than 90% might suspect it contributes specifically to
Children were never taught they were No. 1, and that their feelings, thoughts, desires were equal or more important that anything or anyone else”’ (Kinosian 549). Additionally, James Morris who wrote in the Wilson Quarterly maintains that we are living in a period of history where anything goes. He says that the public needs to make some judgments about acceptable and suitable conduct (549). Then we come into the 1960’s with me first attitudes, which was not at all good for the fabric of our