Civility. We don’t hear that word much these days. My online dictionary defines it as “formal politeness and courtesy in behavior or speech.” Come to think of it, we not only don’t hear much about civility, but we also don’t see much formal courtesy exhibited by most of our public figures or even by some of the people we encounter in everyday life. Instead, “Do your own thing” and “Be yourself” seem the watchwords of our age. Look, for instance, at our casual use of language. In some professional settings, we find ourselves addressed right off the bat by our first names. To the doctor or dentist we visit, we’re “Bob” or “Sally,” though most of us bestow on them the honorific of “doctor,” which, unintentionally or not, places us in a subservient position. Even worse is the frequent crudity of our words. Today’s F-bombs dropped in casual conversation, public …