(February 8, 2012 at 8:17 am)Rokcet Scientist Wrote:(February 8, 2012 at 8:07 am)tackattack Wrote: according to my dictionary:
respect=deference to a right, privilege, privileged position, or someone or something considered to have certain rights or privileges
Precisely: "deference to a right, a privilege." A right, a privilege that has to be earned. A right, a privilege that is not a given, not an automatic birthright.
No, rights don't have to be earned. They are acknowledged to be innate or we don't call them rights. A privilege might have to be earned.
