Quote:
I have to say that I agree with Guppie on this one. I always seem to have an opinion as well and I have never felt disrespected or abused for it.
I don't totally agree with Sin and Heat on the point of respect though. Personally, I feel that everyone deserves respect in one measure or another. For me, it's the way people treat each other which lessons or increases the amount of respect that they get, but the respect is always there at the beginning. I guess that it goes back to "do unto others".
Maria ~ Just my opinion
|
Maria
I can fully understand your view point. Personally I, like Heat has expressed, acknowledge the right of every individual to receive common courtesy, a dignified approach and be free of degrading treatment. However in my book RESPECT is on a different level altogether.
I can communicate with different people and personalities and will at all times treat them in a dignified and courteous manner, this does not mean I respect them. It means I am a polite and courteous person.
I do not think Sadam Hussain qualifies for my respect, nor many others I could name.
Yes, respect will increase with acts and deeds but it also (imho) needs a start point., and that will grow and develop as your relationship shapes. This of course is accepting that it starts from mutual courtesy and diginity.
I think it is totally different to respect the right of the individual to receive an expected standard, I.e courtesy, dignity, equality and freedom of speech than to have respect for the actual individual.
Using Sadam Hussain again as an example, I do not and cannot have respect for the man, but I respect his right to a free and fair trial.
Likewise I do not profess to love the world, because, I can’t and I don’t and even acknowledging my many faults, I am never insincere or hypocritical. That’s my standard.
Sin - (who thinks she now may have covered all her thoughts and feelings)