(December 9, 2019 at 12:08 pm)tackattack Wrote: I do withhold from everyone a bit. Mainly because I feel most people can't have real discussion in person much anymore. I'm not trying to convince you of anything. I try and be myself 100% of the time and try and be 100% honest and direct. It's called a filter. There's a time for speaking the truth, I just feel there's few instances where a lie is better. Honesty can, unfortunately, hurt your sometimes. My wife doesn't ask me how she looks in an outfit anymore unless she wants a real answer. I didn't used to be as honest as I am now, but I don't think I've changed terribly from when I first started here. That would be a question someone else would have to answer for me. Maybe, @Tiberius has an opinion on it?
That's all I was trying to get at; sometimes honesty is not the best policy. Therefore, we're forced to wonder about how much respect and honesty are related. I'd say they go hand in hand... but then again, there may be some situations where you withhold from someone because you don't want them to be offended or put off by your crass observations. That, too, could be considered a form of respect.
Either way, it's interesting to think about, and I've just been thinking out loud here, so to speak. I think people have their own definitions of what respect is and apply it in different ways. My main point, starting out, was that respect is often wrongly equated with power.
If you're frightened of dying, and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the Earth.
