tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post2799169676788049163..comments2024-02-23T23:53:54.842+09:00Comments on Gusts Of Popular Feeling: matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10296009437690229938noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-59713556027929337202010-07-27T22:09:39.912+09:002010-07-27T22:09:39.912+09:00These days, I see fewer and fewer younger people g...These days, I see fewer and fewer younger people giving up their seats. I see them sit there and chat with the their friends or pretend to be sleeping, all with the older person standing right there.<br /><br />I'm in my forties, and I'll still give up my seat 9 out of 10 times before someone younger will... and I sit there for a few moments looking around to see who will give up their seat--the answer, nearly invariably, is no one.Darth Babaganooshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03292625818454308095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-207269154779501532010-07-27T22:05:07.314+09:002010-07-27T22:05:07.314+09:00What I find unbelievable is that parents will allo...What I find unbelievable is that parents will allow their young children to occupy seats on the subway whilst older people are standing. The way I was raised, this simply beggars belief. My mother would never for a second have allowed me to sit whilst someone older was standing.Stephen Becketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00786042810055124098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-24510405143295663842010-07-27T21:45:18.353+09:002010-07-27T21:45:18.353+09:00The article obscures how norm-conscious Koreans ar...The article obscures how norm-conscious Koreans are compared to westerners. Younger people do give up seats, and older people take bags and even hold children. I don't know why people find the end seats so comfortable. It might have to do with a general lack of politeness in public when people aren't following rules, like giving up seats. Unless there's an explicit norm, I find people are selfish in public more than say my family at home. I still think people have not advanced from a rural society to a modern urban one with impersonal norms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com