Having lived in Israel for 6.5 years now, I can say that Manners is one thing that I sorely miss. I just came back from a vacation in England, where I guess I had forgotten how polite people are. Every little bump is followed by a "pardon me" or "sorry", and if you are in someones way, an "execuse me". In my part of the world, you either knock them off their feet, or get knocked off yourself unfortunately. I guess some parts of the world will always prevail when it comes to manners.