A return to civility

[Smiling JOe]

I think many of you posters are probably above average intelligence, so I think we can throw out the idea that the higher the IQ, the more civil the people. ;-)

 

[Miss Kitty]

I think many of you posters are probably above average intelligence, so I think we can throw out the idea that the higher the IQ, the more civil the people. ;-)

...now let's talk about humility!

 

[elgordoboy]

I think many of you posters are probably above average intelligence, so I think we can throw out the idea that the higher the IQ, the more civil the people. ;-)

RIght-O-. And tooting your own horn about your IQ ,Mr. 6thGen, wrecks street cred.

 

[elgordoboy]

When was that percentile acertained, and did your parents foot the bill?

I must agree with Bob. I would put you as an advanced middle school student had I not read some other posts where you appear to have some real world experience.

 

[Smiling JOe]

For the record, I never claimed to be intelligent nor civil.

 

[elgordoboy]

For the record, I never claimed to be intelligent nor civil.

Yet you appear to be both

 

[Bob]

SJ, Is your avatar being handcuffed for uncivil behavior?

 

[6thGen]

I does not presuppose lower IQs, minorities, or poor folks can't learn manners at an early age, and it's not an open invitation for you 6thGen to start hammering on blacks.

Scooterbug: What prevents people from being able to say "please" and "thank you" and treating others with civility?

Bob: Unfortunately, the average IQ is 100.

Your premise is that folks with lower IQs are less civil. Period. And I'm not hammering on blacks, I'm saying that race correlates with intelligence.

 

[scooterbug44]

Scooterbug: What prevents people from being able to say "please" and "thank you" and treating others with civility?

I don't know of anything that prevents them, that's why I was asking more folks to do it and make everyone's life a little better.

Then it got derailed by a trainwreck of a discussion of civility/manners being influenced by IQ and race.

 

[6thGen]

I don't know of anything that prevents them, that's why I was asking more folks to do it and make everyone's life a little better.

Then it got derailed by a trainwreck of a discussion of civility/manners being influenced by IQ and race.

I agree. And I never said race influenced civility, I said it influenced IQ.