A case in point would be my townhouse complex during the blizzards of this past winter. Our home owners association requires that we shovel the walks in front of our houses. In our complex we have assigned parking. Unfortunately, my parking spaces are more in front of one of my neighbors houses and not mine. Rather than shoveling his entire walk, he only shoveled a path to his cars. I ended up having to shovel part of his walk to get to my cars.
No better place to see how uncivil we have become than on the highways, especially in heavy traffic. It used to be that if somebody put their turn signal on to change lanes and you let them in they would give you a thank you wave. Now if you turn your signal on, the other driver is more likely to speed up so you can't get in. I can't tell you how many times I have been in bumper to bumper traffic and made the cardinal sin of letting a couple car lengths come between me and the car in front of me. Such an action is sure to bring an angry honk.
This is not to say that I am not without sin myself. When that other driver speeds up so I can't change lanes, or cuts me off in traffic, I am not above flipping him/her the bird. As much as I support 2nd amendment rights, there is a reason why I am not a gun owner. Did you ever see the movie "Falling Down?" I am Kirk Douglas.
