Civility : a thing of the past

We, "The People", used to be civilized. I put it in the past tense, because I want you all to understand something...we are no longer Civilized.
The Princeton WordNet defines "civility" as, "formal or perfunctory politeness" or "politeness: the act of showing regard for others".
My reasoning?
If you have to ask the Government to make laws to enforce CIVIL behavior, then we are no longer Civilized.
It used to be that people acted with Respect, Honor, Integrity, Dignity, and Honesty. Now, we have to jockey for our position on the highway, we have to watch our belongings, we have to rely on the LAW to make people behave, to make people be civil...or punish them if they don't.
Whatever happened to self control...to doing the right thing, just because it is the right thing to do?
The LDS have had to respond to behavior, ON THEIR PROPERTY, that shouldn't have happened. It isn't that it "just shouldn't have happened on private property" but it "shouldn't have happened at all *IN PUBLIC*"... Some public displays of affection are NOT civilized behavior. We expect animals to act "natural" in public, but people are supposed to be restrained, they are supposed to be civilized, or at least THOUGHTFUL enough of other people to not act certain ways IN PUBLIC.
Now, we look at the some people's response to the LDS. If people were CIVILIZED, they would respect the right of the land owners. If people had self control, if they exercised personal responsibility, they would act (in public) in a dignified manner. Instead, we have all kinds of people acting selfish, they trample the land owner's wishes and rights, and they show no respect for others in our society. Then they get upset when the landowner must change policy to MAKE PEOPLE *have*, or at least, *show* Respect.
This isn't "civilized" behavior! Being "forced to be civilized" is not the same as "being civilized".
We have gone backwards in our society. We don't take responsibility for our actions, we expect the LAW to force us to "obey" and then we can point fingers and blame the LAW for being too harsh, or being wrong, or trampling on our rights...
Only, it is our uncivilized behavior that has forced the LAW to work in that way...
We wouldn't need the LAW to FORCE us to do ANYTHING, if we exercised a little civility.
I would love to see us all go back to the days when people were Civilized. Where they acted appropriately in public, where they respected other people; days where being honest, having integrity, and showing courtesy was the NORM, not the EXCEPTION.
I would never act, on your front lawn or in your home like some people act on the LDS Church's property, or in PUBLIC...I have enough respect for you to "behave myself" to show a little restraint, to be Civilized...
I wish more people had that respect too. If more people were civilized, we might be able to reduce the complexity and invasiveness of the law...maybe crime would go down for once...maybe road rage and assault would become a thing of the past...
That only requires that we become "CIVILIZED"...