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'Messy' and 'dirty' are very different things. Not returning your dishes is a different thing from littering. If it's custom in a locale, it seems reasonable
by sonnyblarney 8y ago
'Messy' and 'dirty' are very different things.
Not returning your dishes is a different thing from littering.
If it's custom in a locale, it seems reasonable to leave your plates ... it's what we do at regular restaurants.
But not throwing rubbish in the streets - this is universally a good thing.
I sometimes see people throwing water or coke bottles out of their car here in Montreal I find it maddening that someone could be so crude.
Kids and Teachers doing a one-over, such a great idea. I believe it's probably strongly linked to creating conscientious behaviour overall.
I also believe there are strong psychological effects (i.e. 'broken windows') - if people see a slum, I think they're more likely to treat it as such, and visa-versa.
- Cthulhu_ 8y agoI love those clips on e.g. youtube where someone picks up the trash and throws it back in their face. Littering is illegal pretty much everywhere, but it's hard to enforce because there's not police everywhere.
- sonnyblarney 8y agoIt's not lawfulness that will keep the city clean it's institutionalized behaviour. In addition to being taught that in school ... things like 'shaming' enforce social behaviour.
- sonnyblarney 8y agoIt's the same thing that drives the non-usage of the 'n word' for example. North Americans don't use the n-word because of some kind of legality, it's socially taboo. If someone were to get out of hand with it, someone would say something.