[Erik P Conard]

Good post, Taualumna, kinda sums it up.
You all made some good points, and while we cannot indeed teach all cultures' table manners any more than their gestures,
we can know our own.
The tragic thing, though, is to watch someone implode, commit
suicide, at the table...and they often do not even know it.
Us greeks strive to be a cut above, and if we have not learned
the proper procedures for dining by the time we get to college,
our GLO's can sure be of help.
The fact remains, though--a slob is still a slob.