Bad manners have just as much right to exist as good manners - it's the responsibility of each individual to choose whether they will be polite or rude, just as it is the individuals' responsibility to determine what is rude in what situation.

The key word is responsible... we can be as rude as we like but we need to accept that we as individuals are responsible for our behaviour. If we don't like being treated one way, we should not treat others the same way. Do unto others as you would have them do to you. To blame someone else for your bad manners ("they let me do it in the other place") is not taking responsibility and thus the whole blame culture is progressed a little farther towards total 'someone else's problem' syndrome.

LTS