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Frederick Alexander's avatar

Thanks for reading. What behaviour should carry more shame than it does? As always, I'm interested to hear what people think, so do join the discussions below.

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Ella Ben Emanuel's avatar

This is a chilling piece. Hard to disagree with, though. My heart sags when I see people dropping litter, but this is merely a symptom of a disturbing shift in notions of civic responsibility and behavior. God help us all.

Jeremy Poynton's avatar

Yes. Stigma and the loss of a sense of shame.

Shame is essential to a functioning society.