Martial Arts Ettiquete

[Silver Adept]

[quote="Bob"]Silver: Fair enough, I shouldn't have presumed you didn't. I think its because I've seen etiquette used so often to mean following the routine by people who should know better... even tho I used the word myself in this very thread. Sorry.[/quote]

Understandable - etiquette can be that way, just ask the people who have social etiquette rules - sometimes they run very counter to what common sense would dictate. And like many words that describe polite behavior, it seems to have taken on a negative context in today's society, as if following your the rules is somehow a negative thing. Which was probably the point of the original post, so full-circle, here we come.