greg1199{at}yahoo.com wrote:
> connor_a{at}hotmail.com wrote:
> > HEAVILY pregnant women catch public transport in Sydney peak hour
> -and
> > are forced to stand among indifferent commuters who refuse to offer
> > them a seat.
> >
> > http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,12548751-1242,00.html
> >
> > Well, the pregnoids aren't mens problem so let their sisters give
'em
> a
> > seat instead as women have "brothers" no more.
> >
> > You'all on yuer own, galzies. Ya fall, ya fall. Thats only equal.
>
> Equal or not, they can kiss my ass sideways if they expect me to give
> up my seat for them.  They can't hurl abuse at us from all sides and
> still expect the gentlemanly courtesies men once gave them.  Let them
> stand, or let them get out and take a long walk, preferably off a
short
> pier.

It's a human courtesy to give up a seat to someone who needs it more.
But maybe you live in a community that doesn't need those kinds of
simple rules for good manners. Courtesy is not chivalry, courtesy is
indifferent to gender.



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