On 8/3/2021 at 2:22 PM, Smithson said:

There must be video floating around of the incident?

Oh I do hope so.

16 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

Not been to London lately then ? 

Might be some other countries to copy from? Perhaps before immigration....

 

22 hours ago, RobU said:

So what you are saying transferred to the English culture is that I must not say sir or madam as a sign of politeness and respect to a stranger or an elderly person. Young Healthcare professionals in the UK routinely use first names to helpless and elderly people without asking permission often it is the final indignity treating patients and elderly people like children. The Wai is not just given by children to adults it is given by adults to fellow adults as a mark of respect in place of the handshake which is used in the western world it is a good cultural norm in the present days of Covid since it show friendliness and respect without touching. Asian Culture is probably 7 or 8 thousand years old and the Wai is probably as old. western culture is just over 2 thousand. The Wai was probably developed because these cultures have endured many pandemics such as Covid.

Well no. What I am saying is exactly the opposite. In my country, we do say sir, or madam, as a sign of politeness. and it works. We do not feel the urge to fight, stab, beat up, or shoot someone, just because this someone said or did something menial that we did not like. Most likely because we are not shown elders as superior to us kids back home.

The Wai is typically used to greet someone older than us, unlike what you are writing. Kids are forced to perform this WAI to friend visiting the family house. Not surprising that when these kids get older, they do show that they are not kids anymore, and that in their turn, they want respect. Failure to obtain that, they typically become immature again, and show this lack of maturity with the violence typically seen in 5 or 6 year old boys, but now expressed with the strength of an adult, and weapons available to adults.

1 hour ago, Andre0720 said:

Well no. What I am saying is exactly the opposite. In my country, we do say sir, or madam, as a sign of politeness. and it works. We do not feel the urge to fight, stab, beat up, or shoot someone, just because this someone said or did something menial that we did not like. Most likely because we are not shown elders as superior to us kids back home.

The Wai is typically used to greet someone older than us, unlike what you are writing. Kids are forced to perform this WAI to friend visiting the family house. Not surprising that when these kids get older, they do show that they are not kids anymore, and that in their turn, they want respect. Failure to obtain that, they typically become immature again, and show this lack of maturity with the violence typically seen in 5 or 6 year old boys, but now expressed with the strength of an adult, and weapons available to adults.

We will have to agree to differ because my experience is the Wai as a form of mutual respect and greeting between adults as well as children to adults when my nieces and nephews give Wai to me I return the compliment. The problem is ignorant adults and teachers who do not appreciate the child's politeness or the politeness of other people and do not return the Wai. The same is happening in the UK where terms of respect are being ignored and denigrated by modern intellectuals.