Giving the Birdie…A Farewell: The Future of Body Language What we have here is a failure to communicate. While living in New York, I was astounded by the grotesque nature of body language given during the course of a normal day. New York's streets and sidewalks are clogged with more people from more places than ever before and often the only way they can talk to one another is through sign language. But there …showed first 75 words of 876 total…

…showed last 75 words of 876 total…along with many more repugnant actions of the body are not problems fixed with one gesture. From all my encounters with people on the streets of New York, I gained a sense that there is a lack of self-respect among the citizens of the vast metropolis. One hand signal will not change everything, but it might help to bring courtesy back to drivers, and that in turn will help all humanity to grow and prosper.