Reading post 194233 in main thread: No, Mom, West Point Hasn't Changed Me...
February 20th, 2006  
tomtom22
 
 

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Originally Posted by PJ24
Must not just be a southern thing, I think it's just more of a respect thing. I'm from Boston, no kid in my neighborhood ever responded to their parent or an adult without the "sir" or the "ma'am" attached.
It's respect and it is taught from early on in life, not just down south either.


"It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle." - Norman Schwarskopf, Commander of Desert Storm Operations
 
 
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