A selfish world in HD

By The Tampa Tribune
Published: December 12, 2009

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I recently was in your area visiting my mother and came across "The party crashers and decline of society" editorial (Our Opinion, Dec. 7), and I have one word: Bravo.

It is mind-boggling how our culture has been reduced to this pop-culture phenomenon. Along with this is the complete loss of common courtesies, like saying "thank you" or holding the door open for someone.

Unfortunately, in this "me-me, got to get mine" culture our politeness has been diminished to old-fashioned, sentimental drivel not cool enough for today's social-networking, digital, HD world.

So, instead of logging onto TMZ, blowing off my neighbor or watching another media "car crash," I thought I would take a minute to just say, "Well done."

D. RODRIGUEZ

Rochester, Mich.