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Respect.

Who is worthy of Respect of these options?


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Kal'Stang

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Name: Amy Lynne Bower
Age: 35
Occupation: Hair Dresser
Race: Black

Name: Jose Chavez Gonzales
Age: 20
Occupation: College Student
Race: Hispanic

Name: Hun Lee
Age: 67
Occupation: Retired
Race: Asian

Name: John Smith
Age: 44
Occupation: None
Race: White

Name: Mohammed Ackbar
Age: 51
Occupation: Store Clerk
Race: Arab

Name: You insert someone you know.

This is all you know of these people. Do they deserve your respect?

There is no "other" option in the Poll because its a straight yes/no anwer. With the exception of the person that you know personally you either respect them all or you don't respect any of them.
 
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Only the person that I know would deserve my respect (assuming that I respect that person). Respect has to be earned, and someone I just met on the street has done nothing to earn it.
 
You've got to show it to get it.

All strangers are respected by me until they prove otherwise.
 
I try to respect people as a default behavior until I get to know them better, of course there are varying degrees of respect but I try to apply a general one to everyone I met before I get to know them. Of course thats also a standard I don't always live up to.

If I meet a stranger who's working somewhere, I respect their job and their knowledge of it. So if they ask me to get out of the way, or give me an instruction I'll generally follow it. For example I consider a store clerk to be in charge of his store and if he asks me to stop "touching all the candy," not that I go into stores and put my hands all over the food, I'd respect that. But that doesn't mean I respect him as much as my CO for example.
 
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Only the person that I know would deserve my respect (assuming that I respect that person). Respect has to be earned, and someone I just met on the street has done nothing to earn it.
NO, totally disagree
Every man merits a degree of respect, if one cannot respect another, then we can return to the cave man days.
And when I respect my fellow man (and I do have to work on this every day), his skin color, occupation, age are NOT factors.....basic respect....all the same.
Now, Mother Teresa, Barack Obama, my wife, all have earned much more respect.....a congressman...only the basic respect or less, this depends on the man.....since I do not know any(personally).
 
Name: Amy Lynne Bower
Age: 35
Occupation: Hair Dresser
Race: Black

Name: Jose Chavez Gonzales
Age: 20
Occupation: College Student
Race: Hispanic

Name: Hun Lee
Age: 67
Occupation: Retired
Race: Asian

Name: John Smith
Age: 44
Occupation: None
Race: White

Name: Mohammed Ackbar
Age: 51
Occupation: Store Clerk
Race: Arab

Name: You insert someone you know.

This is all you know of these people. Do they deserve your respect?

There is no "other" option in the Poll because its a straight yes/no anwer. With the exception of the person that you know personally you either respect them all or you don't respect any of them.

I tend to give people respect until they give me a reason not to. So, why not. By default, I see people as valuable and good. It may be considered naive by some, but I very rarely get cheated or mistreated, so there is no reason to change my policy. Plus, I believe that attitude is the Christian one.
 
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NO, totally disagree
Every man merits a degree of respect, if one cannot respect another, then we can return to the cave man days.
And when I respect my fellow man (and I do have to work on this every day), his skin color, occupation, age are NOT factors.....basic respect....all the same.
Now, Mother Teresa, Barack Obama, my wife, all have earned much more respect.....a congressman...only the basic respect or less, this depends on the man.....since I do not know any(personally).

How do you know that one of those people that I made up in the OP isn't a serial killer?
 
All of them until they prove undeserving of it.
 
Only the person that I know would deserve my respect (assuming that I respect that person). Respect has to be earned, and someone I just met on the street has done nothing to earn it.

I don't agree. You don't have to know someone to respect them as a citizen of our world. And they don't have to be nice people. Respect is different than admiration or approval. Respect is something that's in one's heart for other human beings. It's been my life's experience that, if I show it, I will almost invariably get it back in return.
 
I try to be respectful to everyone - it's merely being polite and proper.

People, though, have to offend me quite a bit to lose my respect - but it does happen.
 
Everyone needs to earn respect, it's not just granted on a whim. I had to vote no, simply because it was the closest answer.
 
Who ever has earned it.
 
Union rules only allow me one wise statement per day... that was it.

You are a commie union member?

I don't think in the absence of anything else the word respect is one I would use. People I do not know I try and treat with courtesy, which looks the same but is not respect. I respect(or disrespect) people I know. I treat people I don't know courteously(or at least I try).
 
Yo, **** you too.

wow, way to overreact there.

There's a difference between respect and courtesy. Even though I may not respect someone, I always try to treat them courteously. Clearly that's lost on you though.
 
There is the way 'respect' is used by the rest of the planet. And if you're being courteous and yet have no respect that is lying through your teeth. Possibly revise your usage of the word? You are from the midwest though, where theres 1 person every 5 miles I guess.
 
There is the way 'respect' is used by the rest of the planet. And if you're being courteous and yet have no respect that is lying through your teeth. Possibly revise your usage of the word? You are from the midwest though, where theres 1 person every 5 miles I guess.

You can be courteous to any one without lying through your teeth. The two are entirely different things.
 
I voted "No."

I make an effort to be polite to everyone, but respect I do not give easily. It is something that you must wrest from me by overwhelmingly proving you are worthy of it. I’m comfortable with people applying the same standards to me. Respect given out of courtesy is worthless. Respect earned is worthwhile.
 
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