(The rudeness of many Americans depressed him, a rudeness based on a solid ignorance of the whole concept of manners, and on the proposition that for social purposes, all people are more or less equal and interchangeable.)
作者William S. Burroughs (0 评论)
在威廉·S·伯劳斯（William S. Burroughs）的书《酷儿》（Queer）中，作者对许多美国人的行为表示不满，他认为这是粗鲁和不屑一顾的。这种粗鲁源于对社会礼节和举止的深刻无知，表明对人类互动中尊重和礼节的重要性缺乏认识。