Sunday, November 16, 2008
In a recent event that I went for, there were a total of 4 speeches made by fellow students. I had no problems with the speeches being less than perfect but I certainly had a problem with a lack of social grace. It was because speaker number 1 showed his appreciation to a certain group of people, and when speaker number 2 went on stage, he challenged that act of gratitude with a one-liner: "I don't think so" or sth along that line. the issue is of course not with it being a one-liner but simply that it is extremely impolite to challenge or take away somebody's praises for another. To make it worse, he displayed a strong sense of elitism in subsequent topics that he touched on. yucks. Truth be told, we are all not that special after all.
The Origin. 11/16/2008 08:28:00 pm