It is not wrong to call someone to task for wrong behavior. Especially if that behavior impacts others.
Joe's initial post made his point without being threatening or accusatory; I also note that he used please and thank you. And what better way to make that point other than in a forum that reaches 18000 people?
Imagine if Joe had said the exact same thing to the lawbreaker in person. As many posters have pointed out...good chance of escalating to verbal or physical confrontation.
There are enough instances where we can't even remain civil to each other in posts
on this forum yet there are suggestions of collecting butts or whatever and presenting them to the person at home...are you serious? It's pitiful and pathetic enough that two men brawl in public...imagine the consequences of a confrontation on someone's own
property or in their cart.
As posted above, there was a time when a "hometown society" could challenge an act like spitting, and the wrongdoer would change his/her behavior. When did society get so reversed where a wrongdoer can continue inappropriate behavior and person who calls that person to task is ridiculed for not minding their own business and is often chided for being
a tattletale?
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