[Panel] politeness and rudeness

[Kathleen Patton]

Cats don't care one whit for our human standards of "polite" behavior,
as you must well know! :) They definitely have social behaviours, but
"politeness" is another matter.  "Politeness" is a human social
judgment. We may say a cat is "impolite", but that is our human view of
things, not the cat's.  

Also, "behaviour" applies to all life, not just social species.


On Mon, 2013-11-18 at 00:45 +0000, Michael Everson wrote:
> On 18 Nov 2013, at 00:37, Kathleen Patton <kpatton at showme.net> wrote:
> 
> > I don't feel like "behaviour" fits, since it refers to the behaviour of any form of life. I think it is important to the meaning to show that "politeness" is a human social judgment.
> 
> Other animals have social behaviours. Apes do. In fairness my three cats have social behaviours. 
> 
> Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/
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