Babble's article of the day has the headline "Manners CAN be taught".
Of course they can. Did someone think manners were some sort of inborn thing? That children are born being able to say "please" and "thank you" and "excuse me"? I mean, really, WTF?
Of course, I'm cranky today, and this is probably bugging me more than it should, but wevs. It's my party, I'll rant if I want to.