Unrelenting Civility

Aaah.... what happened to our society lately?

Was it the effect of the widespread outbreak of swine flu?

Or was it just  a general collapse of individual manners or etiquette in an effort to seek personal satisfaction and attention.

Has our moral values been slowly lost?

Or was it just the effect of our own personal angst and hang-ups that bemoaned the erosion of civility represented by these unwarranted rants.

Or some says that this civility was just purely a facade to begin with.

Some also says it is extremely regrettable but not that shocking. And it is considered to be widely spread contagiously like a virus.

It is like a spark of lightning in an open dry field and then suddenly it spreads like wildfire. These must be the cause of some various public outbursts we've seen in the various television channels lately.

Some says that such uncontrollable outbursts reveals a person beneath the mask of a public persona with some substantial element of racial animus working around it. And it is just plainly boorish.

Overtime, we have shredded and shattered the respect for every kind of institution, every kind of profession, and have indulged ourselves and our emotions at every level of society....... from how kids treat their parents and elders, how students treat their teachers and all the way up the line.

And this was recently noticed from a series of public outcries made by some famous celebrities like Kanye West and Serena Williams and politicians like Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina.

Lately, in the recently just concluded US Open at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York, it was been the hot topic in the television news  regarding Serena Williams losing her temper about a decision made pertaining to one of her games at the tennis tournament.

She threateningly derided a lineswoman, with expletives, to cram the ball down her throat during the game. With this, she was been penalized and punished to pay a literal price of money and the incident was still being investigated by the International Tennis Federation and was still awaiting a verdict.

In the just recently held MTV Music Awards in New York City, Kanye West's snatching of Taylor Swift's moment was even a symptom of total outrage and losing of temper. It was unruly and unscrupulous.

Kanye West was been reviled by the public, from business community and to the fans, many of whom instantly denounced him on Twitter for snatching the microphone out of Taylor Swift's hand last Sunday at the awards night insisting her award should have belonged to Beyonce Knowles.

It was total madness, and many audience booed him and were shocked with his uncultured and unrelenting manners. It was a big embarrassment for Taylor Swift, who rigidly stood on that stage absorbing her accidentally acquired humiliation and shame.

I suddenly recalled and remember the movie Carrie who exactly typify her when a bucket of blood was been poured from up the stage, but for Taylor Swift it was just a very bad dream.

If not for Beyonce Knowles, who exemplified modesty and humility, giving Taylor Swift her moment to continue her interrupted acceptance speech, the embarrassment wasn't been redeemed.

Then a day after that, Kanye West chagrined, apologized at the Jay Leno Show and publicly announced that he probably needed some time off to analyze his unruly behavior. But the damaged was already been done and the dignity of the victim couldn't be retrieved back anymore.

Some says that Kanye West did it because of his lack of and constantly seeking of attention and publicity as well. And that shameful behavior had catapulted him into the heart of the news and he was getting exactly what he wants right now, hence people were talking about him everywhere.

Also in the White House, it has been reported all around the town about Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst when he outrightly cut off President Barack Obama during the president's speech on healthcare reform last week before a joint session of Congress where he was so enraged calling the president a liar while the president was in the middle of addressing the nation on the topic of critical importance.

The president had just said in his speech that he was happy to work with people who wants solutions but will call out those who are getting in the way and being uncivil. And then the angered representative from South Carolina calls him a liar to his face in front of the whole nation and the whole world.

Some says that these public hardball and outburst denotes the emergence of racial slur which become more distinct to the public eye. It was the effect of unconscious racism in the political and public context and was no accident that most of these incidents involved blacks and whites. That the racial tensions on both sides are on a pretty high level right now.

It's on a new level now, because it is not conscious or overt, and people should be on extremely on high alert. It is bubbling underneath and what might have led to a small reaction or a thought to yourself that something is unfair is now popping out of people's mouth. It is inevitable as well as unpredictable.

In the wake of these high profile outbursts across disciplines whether it be politics, entertainment, and sports many people have found themselves asking what is going on in our society right now?

To some, it is not just a coincidence but rather a manifestation of a deepening social dysfunction. And this needs sudden attention by our higher ranking officials because it will surely degrade our social mores and public persona.

In my opinion, people need to be wary about the collapse of social respect and the emergence of racial division and anarchy which could spark more public outburst and the denigration of someone's right to enjoy life because of this selfish descrimination.

I am afraid it will embolden people to be more rude and will backfire in the end because of this bad examples set by our celebrities, politicians, and athletes.

Well, it is high time now to examine where we made a mistake and try to fix it so that we all live harmoniously in the end.