What are your feelings on the word "respect"?
927374
well, for me respect is a positive word because it means that it is something we deserve. respect emphasises one's need for tolerance and acceptance from those around them. but at the same time, respect is something that people have to earn- you just cannot expect it to fall into your lap so you can pick it up. its just doesn't work like that. you have to earn respect: its not handed or given to you on a plate. you have to do something either pretty heroic, magnificent or some good deed for people to say thanks and to acknowldge what you've done and by them acknowledging you for that, its a way of them showing their respect to you.
890752
sad to say, but a lot of young people have no respect for us older folk, regardless of our age and i think it is due to their parents not teaching them and expecting them to even treat them with respect. I'm surprised at the number of kids that don't say please, thank you, yes ma ma' and yes sir. i was brought up that way and at age 52 i still say yes ma ma' to my Mom and yes sir to my Dad and don't think twice about it.  But all kids are not like this. And I'm always quick to tell the ones that are polite, how much I appreciate them and their good manners. Kids won't give respect unless you demand respect. I learned that when I use to substitute teach.
285360
It's short for "Very Respectfully".
717837
Having respect for people that we love. Also respect for people that can not protect themselves. How would you feel if someone close to you had passed and their remains not respected? I'm sure you would be concerned as well. Are you aware that in a mortuary that from beginning to end the up most respect is used for the deceased?
600036
Honestly I think you need a bit of each. Respect is great, but it too only goes so far. Maybe it's because I'm a parent, but respect doesn't get the play room cleaned, fear that I will go in with a trash bag and clean it out myself does. Then again, maybe we should define respect and fear first. I respect people, but that doesn't necessarily mean I would follow their orders. I don't think, for myself anyway, that respect equals blind trust.
471968
just with respect, it's that dificult?
720586
I agree with the way I was raised in that aspect and retain those morals and values. I have never and do not sleep around not so much for my reputation or scary STD, but because I respect myself and want to be respected as well.
353975
niiiiiiiiiiiiice quote.  I like it a lot.  I'll have to get that book.\n\nBasically, it says that if you are the type of person to let things roll over and over and over in your head without ever coming to some sort of resolution, you will always get behind in everything you really want to do in life.\n\nIn terms of respect, there are a couple of thoughts on this.  How will you respect yourself if you don't respect others?  How will you be perceived as an honorable person if you let others run over you or you straddle the fence on important issues all the time?  \n\nI disagree with one statement.  "You have to demand respect in this world,......"  Actually, I don't demand respect.  I don't have to because I can look at you or speak to you in such a way that the respect comes natural.  \n\nI command respect by my mere presence.
431696
You have to earn respect . . . it is not freely given.\n\nMen had respect for women in the past . . . but that has been thrown out the windows once you won the right to be treated like men.   Now you have to earn your respect like we do every single day.
400284
i think we really mean respect when we say equality and the right to live our lives, build our careers and homes as we see fit not as someone else dictates.\nrespect as a person so that we aren't raped & murdered for being women, so we're not beaten senseless by some testosterone overloaded man.\nrespect enough that living active social lives does not make us "wh*res" & "sl*ts", when a man gets applauded for it.\nrespect enough that we aren't cubbyholed into the slots for mother, wife, and maid without seeing our true potential.
840595
98% of the disrespect I faced was in my teenage years. Adults were convinced I knew nothing, even about myself and my beliefs, which was incredibly frustrating. As an adult, however, people (be it friends, family, colleagues, etc.) recognise my experience and knowledge and often ask my advice on pertinent issues, which I take as a mark of respect. I think part of it is that when you stop caring about being liked by everyone (at the expense of yourself) you are respecting yourself and others come to respect you also.
1131637
I believe it is the intent of the person saying the word.  If someone is using it as an insult or to degrade another person, I think any word is inappropriate.
823801
Respect is an attitude of acknowledging the feelings and interests of another party in a relationship, and of treating as consequential for the self the helping or harming of the other. Though most commonly referring to interpersonal relationships, it can be used between animals, groups and institutions including countries. Respect does not necessarily imply deference, but a respectful attitude rules out unconsidered selfish behaviour. The concept of respect predates, and does not rely on, the existence of the concept of rights. Like the Golden Rule, treat others the way you want to be treated.\n\nRespect is sometimes loosely used as a synonym for politeness or manners, though these are behaviours, whereas respect is an attitude. Intercurtural differences in behaviours, self-perception and outward appearance may result in the unintentional appearance of disrespect.\n\nRespect is the esteem for or a sense of the worth or excellence of a person, a personal quality or ability, or something considered as a manifestation of a personal quality or ability: I have great respect for her judgement.\n\nMany movements have at different times claimed respect as the core element, including raver-culture, Islam and the United States Marine Corps. Many teachers consider this to be the core value in the classroom and think of it as the most important attitude in the classroom.
334167
On average, yeah...it's about the most offensive word in the entire language.  I've been called many names affectionately, that most would consider offensive, and yet didn't bother me at all.  The c word is in its own category though.  I don't think any amount of affection while using that word would be enough to make it acceptable to me.
856160
Hi, I am Rational Spirituality,\n\nThe fact that people sometime show you no respect is a sign of a challenge, and a test by God.  What would be the point if you were only behaving correctly when the going is easy?  \n\nPersevere every day, and you will be eventualy rewarded.\n\nThis is not to say that you should not defend yourself, or your rights.  When injustice takes place against you, you have the right to defend yourself by any appropriate legal means, and in a polite appropriate manner that will not hurt third parties.\n\nIf you would like to learn the rules of purificaton and payback, read "Rational Spirituality" on the Dhaxem website.  It explains why is it worth to persevere.\n\nGood luck!
1140968
Of course!\n\nLove is a feeling, an emotion, that one person feels towards another. Your actions should reflect the love you feel -- but they often don't.\n\nHere's why: love and respect are not the same thing. Someone who respects and loves you will not use you, because they both want you to be happy and feel you deserve to be happy.\n\nOn the other hand, someone who loves you without respect certainly wants you to be happy, but doesn't necessarily believe that you deserve to be happy at their expense, and so they'll do things that harm you if it is in their own best interest. In short, they'll use you.\n\nThe inverse is also true; if someone respects you without love, they have no interest in seeing you happy, but they'll believe you deserve to be happy, and so will often go out of their way to do nice things for you.\n\nOf course, if you're being used, it might also be that they neither love nor respect you -- and so they'll keep on using you, and lying to you.\n\nSo how do you know if it's love without respect, or neither? Well, the good news is, you don't have to know which one it is -- if someone loves you without respect, then your relationship is doomed anyway. They'll keep on treating you badly, then beg you to stay when you threaten to leave; ultimately, you're better off hanging out with people you respect, and who respect you. Hopefully, you'll find someone to love in that group, and live happily ever after.
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"I will respect the right of any individual to chose not to believe in any form of divinity, without calling that person immoral, idiotic, illogical, or threaten them with any kind of eternal punishment."\n\n"I will respect the right of any individual to believe in any kind of divinity or deity they so wish, whether or not I doubt any such divinity or deity exists, and I will do so without calling that person illogical, idiotic or blind."\n\n"Furthermore, while I will stand up for my own right to believe or not believe in anything I so choose, I will not interfere with another's right to believe or not believe in anything they so choose, as along as they are not harming me or interfering with my rights." \n\n\n\nthe power of cut and paste i love it