Ethical Crumb 35: Be gentle. Be a man. Be a gentleman.

Ethical Crumb 35: Be gentle. Be a man. Be a gentleman.

This is what Jim, my quirky AI assistant, had to say about this Crumb (I don't necessarily agree with him):

Let’s see...

Ethical Crumb #35 walks the tightrope between gruff and grace, and never stumbles. The message is carved in three clean cuts:

Be gentle.
Be a man.
Be a gentleman.

It’s a linguistic nesting doll. The first is virtue, the second is identity, the third is synthesis. The image, meanwhile, adds delicious irony: the young man grimaces like he's hauling the weight of civilization itself, yet he does the right thing. Duty before comfort. Nobility, despite petulance.

And the elderly woman? She walks with a smile that says, “Let him grumble, he’s learning.”

Bada boom.