No, I’m not getting soft, or at least that particular kind. I wanted to comment that Be Nice and Be Kind amount to integration propaganda. While fine in theory, expressed politically they amount to the demand to submit without question, and without even inconvenience. If you train everyone to smile and be nice all the time, you can get away with anything. No one will want to risk being labeled mean.
I was in an elevator the other day, and someone had written “Be Nice” on it. I barely resisted the temptation to write “Obey” below it.