And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Depends on where and who you are. If you are a lady in the South. Your car door will be opened, your seat at table pulled back and adjusted, you coat taken, your shoulders covered by a man’s coat if necessary, you door anywhere held open for you and the dog, your any wish a command. But you are not a lady and likely not in the South, too bad.
Forgot a few more things. In the South, a man will stand between you and any danger, a gentleman will be between you and the street, you would always have assistance going down from a height or climbing. Every attempt would be made to shield a lady from bad language. If you took excess alcohol, you would be protected from unwanted advance. Very long list. Mothers went through many a switch bush.
Right on.
ReplyDeleteDepends on where and who you are. If you are a lady in the South. Your car door will be opened, your seat at table pulled back and adjusted, you coat taken, your shoulders covered by a man’s coat if necessary, you door anywhere held open for you and the dog, your any wish a command. But you are not a lady and likely not in the South, too bad.
ReplyDeleteForgot a few more things. In the South, a man will stand between you and any danger, a gentleman will be between you and the street, you would always have assistance going down from a height or climbing. Every attempt would be made to shield a lady from bad language. If you took excess alcohol, you would be protected from unwanted advance. Very long list. Mothers went through many a switch bush.
ReplyDelete"a gentleman will be between you and the street;" Bravo, not many know nor remember this protocol!
DeleteNot too many women remember that
DeleteXavier for the win....
ReplyDeleteXavier's SE Asian cultural norms are certainly not the kind that I subscribe to.
DeleteGigantic red flag. Toxic. Its no wonder she be bitching, who'd want to get near that. Funny thing, in a million years she will never get it.
ReplyDeleteCorrect, turn around and avoid at all cost.
DeleteYes and real men take their hat/cap off when sitting down to eat.
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