http://www.neuemusic.com/index.php/archive/the-point-of-social-formalities/ all things tom Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:16:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5 http://www.neuemusic.com/index.php/archive/the-point-of-social-formalities/#comment-92 Fri, 10 Nov 2006 11:39:18 -0700 http://www.neuemusic.com/index.php/archive/the-point-of-social-formalities/#comment-92 Social formalities at best require such work... If one does not show social politeness, etc., it would easy to offend others... we live in a fake world modelled after principals of social conformity... and society stresses social acceptance. This concept is hard at times for young people as the Robert Heinlein had suggested. Perhaps through time we all try to conform because it is necessary for social survival. Social formalities at best require such work… If one does not show social politeness, etc., it would easy to offend others… we live in a fake world modelled after principals of social conformity… and society stresses social acceptance. This concept is hard at times for young people as the Robert Heinlein had suggested. Perhaps through time we all try to conform because it is necessary for social survival.

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