A Little Civility

WBZ's Jordan Rich says August has been deemed National Civility Month. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Thank you for being a friend. Hello, and welcome to
the Upside with Jordan a dose of good news, because
it's a big world out there now. As most of
us know, the only month of the year without a
national holiday is August. But what you may not know
is that the entire month of August has been deemed
National Civility Month to stress that it's always important to
treat others the way we wish to be treated, with

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respect and kindness and certainly empathy. The term civility dates
all the way back to the Roman Empire civis or citizen,
referring to mend with property, and over time it evolved
to civitas, the rights and duties of citizenship, with most
of us discovering life is that nice begets nice, that
politeness is contagious, and when you treat your fellow citizen
with respect, you're likely to get more of it back

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in return. So, with this month coming to an end
and school about to start, let's focus on a little
more civility at home, at the office, at the beach,
and certainly in traffic. It's worth the effort, and that's
the Upside with Jordan. W Z Boston's news Radio beggar
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