Politeness is a kind of lubricant that lubricates our interface with others around us. The immediate interface and the environment around us also play a part in our lives. So we should be kinder ever to our adversaries.
In a world highly competitive and populated with a huge number of individuals where self-interest dominates, being kinder and polite becomes a vehicle to exchange respect, cooperation.
The intangible parameters of society create a conducive turf for tangible exchanges. It costs nothing to be polite; a goodwill gesture not only sustains a society but also makes us Humane.
The time has come where the focus should shift to how we engage rather than what we possess. The basic attention of engagement should be politeness, goodwill gesture.