"no thanks to gratitude"

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Hi, What does it mean?Thank you for your help.

BarbaraPA · Accepted Answer

More context, please.

Bepleased · Answer

Hi BarbaraPA,

It is the title of the article below.

The author seems just to attach the importance to "Gratitude"?

This message from that on me cannot cover well the meaning of "no thanks to gratitude".

Please give me a meaning as a whole.

Thank you for your help!

No Thanks to Gratitude

Ceaser, James W.Policy Review, n170 Dec 2011

Gratitude is one of the most fundamental and complex of the virtues, overlapping with and undergirding many of the others. Is gratitude today a diminishing virtue, less evident than it was in the past? And if so, how much of this decline is due to government or political action and how much to general trends that are operating in the culture at large? These are difficult questions, and it is hard to prove any answer beyond a reasonable doubt. Many thinkers today contend that there has been a steep decline in the ethos of gratitude in modern America, citing as causes failures in civic education and a diminishing influence of religion. In addition, wealth and technology appear to have increased expectations and allowed many people to take much for granted. The relative security of today, in which there have been no wars on a major scale, may also contribute to this decline. Still, the disposition for gratitude can never be eliminated. It resides in the human heart. There will always be occasions, whether born of concerns for one's own well-being and that of their loved ones, or of the safety of the nation, where the power of a gift breaks through the veneer of a sense of control and security and makes people feel grateful. It may be, however, that people are too prone today to search for trends, as if the only reason to validate a concern about a virtue is if conditions are deteriorating. For most enduring human problems, trends occur at the margins, and slight changes, which are usually beyond people's powers to detect, do not really touch the essence of the matter. When it comes to public gratitude, whatever trend may be afoot, people can be certain that sustaining a living history will always prove to be a difficult challenge. The author contends that if people are to be true to the spirit of the gifts of those who created this nation, keeping alive its great memories is something people owe not just to themselves, but to all mankind.

Keywords: United States History, Social Values, Civics, Social Studies, Religion, Information Technology, Socioeconomic Status, Emotional Response, Altruism, Psychological Patterns, Public Policy

Enoon · Answer

That is a review of an essay. The title of the essay is "No Thanks to Gratitude". The essay is about the changing role of the holiday of Thanksgiving in the US. It seems that the author contends that expressions of gratitude are declining in American culture, that people are saying "No, thanks" when offered the opportunity to express it.

The title is confusing because "no, thanks" is different from "no thanks". "No, thanks" is a polite or ironic refusal to accept something. "No thanks" is used in expressions like "I made it, no thanks to you", meaning that you didn't help me make it although you should have been helping.

Bepleased · Answer

Hi enoon,

Thanks a lot.

That is to say: "No, thanks" for an answer to "calling for Gratitude".
Here, the "to" shows "in response to"
And there are "to" and "for" to ask you.

1. I made it, I should not say thanks to (= towards) you.
It was thanks to A. = It should say thanks to A. = It because of A.

2. You have no thanks for it. = For it no one gives thanks towards you.=....no one thank you.

for it
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no thanks
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have
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you

it
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for
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no one
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gives
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thanks
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you
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towards

it
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for
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no one
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thanks
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you

you (-), have no thanks for it(+)
have (-), no thanks for it (+)
no thanks (-), for it (+)
for (-), it (+)..............because the preposition-for is founction word which receives the order
from "it" (so "for" must be below "it" to receive the order)which orders the "for" tell lines towards the "no thanks" and that "no thanks" speaks unto "it" that I am in regard to you. So, "no thanks" must be below "for it".

The key player of the verb-have is "you",
the existence of "you" introduce to the verb-have
the "have no thanks for it " gives the reason why the "you" exists and with the meaning "to be given no thanks for it"

Enoon · Answer

I think I followed that, and your thinking seems to be on target if a bit overcomplicated.

Just to be clear, when someone offers you a canape, you might say, "No, thanks", which means "No. (I do not want it.)" "Thank you. (But I thank you for your kind offer, nonetheless.)" "Thanks" is often short for "thank you".

Bepleased · Answer

Hi,

Thank you very much.
This is the last resort. Only after such a treatment, I can feel english in my bone

For example, HE lives unto ***.

I have to arrenge in this way:

he
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lives

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unto ***

= His living of great worth unto *** inasmuch as he shall make intercession for all the children of men; and they that believe in Him shall be saved.

That is the same as John lived up to his parents.

"no thanks to gratitude"

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