(September 5, 2014 at 9:29 am)Brian37 Wrote:(September 5, 2014 at 9:23 am)Chad32 Wrote: Respect is a weird word. People say respect is earned, not given. But my father believes he deserves respect just for being my dad. And if I do something a little out of line then somehow I have no respect at all.
No "earned" like groveling to gain acceptance or confronting put someone in their place.
That is not morality.
No you should not have any respect for anyone or any thing. You should value people and value what they demonstrate. But you own no one any loyalty merely by demand.
No one has to prove to you anything and you do not have to grovel to them to gain acceptance.
Fuck the word respect. I use the word "value".
Okay.. You can use whatever word you like, I'm gonna use "respect" for what I mean by "respect".
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson
