[Trombone-l] Civilizations (was: WBEZ-CHICAGO PLANS TO PHASE OUT MUSIC)

[dslide13@aol.com]

I teach my daughter that anything you do that could possibly offend the 
senses of someone else is probably the wrong thing to be doing.  If you 
offend someone's sense of sight, sound, touch, taste or smell, then you 
are wrong.  Now, offending someone's sensibilities is completely 
different.  That's about opinions.  But, you can respect other's 
opinions....in fact you might even learn something from them.

The bar is being consistently lowered.  That's just human nature.  
Humans want to excercise their infantile and selfish tendencies to be 
individuals who don't have to follow the rules.  And...some rules 
shouldn't be followed, but that's not the point.  What is acceptable 
for each generation changes....and not always for the better.  I'm not 
old enough to remember hat tipping....but I'm old enough to remember 
taking your hat off indoors.  In the workplace, we've seen the 
introduction of Casual Dress Fridays.  These days, you'd think every 
day was Friday.  I don't really care all that much personally, but 
dressing up is a sign of respect for the situation.  It's why 
orchestras wear tuxedos.  It's why people wear tuxes at weddings.  I 
think the majority of people want to receive respect without having to 
give it.  That's human nature....but we're acting on that instinct more 
and more all of the time.  Pretty soon we'll all be getting married in 
jeans and tshirts.

I love the trombone.

David Gibson
trombonist/educator
www.jazzbone.org




-----Original Message-----
From: George Carr <georgecarr at gmail.com>
To: Ken Barnes <leveller1 at cox.net>
Cc: Trombone-L <TROMBONE-L at server5.samford.edu>
Sent: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 17:03:44 -0400
Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Civilizations (was: WBEZ-CHICAGO PLANS TO 
PHASE OUT MUSIC)

  > ...there certainly have been times and places where
> things were better than they have been in recent
> years and way better than where we seem to be headed.

Like where and when?  I certainly don't dispute that civilizations
decline, and that etiquette and manners are a massive part of fighting
that decline, but I'm not sure that booming stereos and iPods are
outside the boundaries of what our current etiquette is capable of
dealing with.

George

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