Snail: yes, every generation has summat 'say about the young 'uns, but that is often more to do with clothes/hair/music, etc. My parents' generation certainly had a few opinions on that score. But look at the Beatles and Rolling Stones in the early 60s. What nice boys, compared with, for instance, certain members of Oasis. OK, Lennon got a bit mouthy in the later period, but I don't think anybody ever accused him of rudeness, and I don't think that any of them - in public, at least (I can't vouch for their private lives) behaves any differently now. There HAS been a decline. No question. I'm a sensitive soul, me; I notice these things, and always have done. It's not just that I'm now a grumpy old man.
Disgusted of Wigan.