Older people need to be respected in this country

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I come from a culture where older people were respected. You were expected to say Good Morning etc when you first encountered someone for the day. If you didn't not only were you considered ill mannered but you could get a beating from that person and your parents / guradian told about your rudeness. When I came to England I felt as if I was in paradise. Here, children shouted at, swore, said no, hit their parents, teachers, older people and each other. Wow. A few months ago a young cousin sent me a nasty message on facebook. Someone had told her mum that I said. How complicated. Instead of asking me what was said, the child (she is still younger than me) send me this nasty message with swear words. I looked at it and thought I wouldn't have dared think about such a message to my uncle, her grandfather. As old as I am he would still have knocked my teeth out. And I would have felt that I deserved it. If he even thought that I was thinking of such things I would have been in trouble. Though I wouldn't advocate violence against such a rude individual I still think there is room for improvement. People with words like those in their vocabulary used to have their mouth washed out with soap. It also shows a lack of vocabulary in any case. Some of those ranting and raving on facebook and other social media sites would never dare say it those things to someone's face. If you cut the swear words and insults out of some message you would not have a message. Maybe what we all need to learn is to love each other, unconditionally. Forgiveness and healing is neccessary. Older people are feeling cast out, unwanted, a waste of space as their needs are not being met, their children have no time for them, the resources they depended on are being depleted, nil by mouth messages are hung over their hospital beds, buses are re-routed or taken off, fares are going up etc. After the years they spent paving the way for us to follow the least we can do is respect them.