respect
By buwald
@buwald (271)
Netherlands
August 26, 2008 4:36am CST
hello posters,
recently, i have seen that a lot of people seem to misunderstand the true meaning of respect. i dont mean to rant, but it seems that they think that respect is a good to be "earned" through how many digits your bank account holds, or how many girls you can "play". I think, however, that true respect is a proces of mutial understanding of one's good sides, and the ability to respect oneself.
Do you agree with this, or have you seen a situation in real live where something like this happened?
buwald
4 responses
@roniroxas (10559)
• Philippines
26 Aug 08
not only here.... even people you meet outside. there are a lot of people who no longer practise this good gesture. it is like most people now a days are rude and disrespectful. there are no longer people who gives there seat to an elderly in a bus, there are seldom who say thank you and excuse me. i think there are more parents who does not teach their children resect that is why.
@buwald (271)
• Netherlands
27 Aug 08
I agree that respect in the context of recognising the need for respectfull behaviour is also an important part of respect, and i agree that some of this might be due to a lack of teaching. But the greater problem is that most people dont even know what the true meaning of respect is: the mutial recognition of each other's good points. I dont think that its possible for anyone to always hold this in mind, but it is possible to try your best to do so.
@roniroxas (10559)
• Philippines
27 Aug 08
you said the mutial recognition of each other's good points, for me that is not respect, that is appreciation. respect does not apply only on people you know, that you have to know what are his good points. if you meet someone in the street that you dont know you still need to respect them for there are human too. most children who does not know how to respect are the children who does not see respect in their homes.
@razor123 (979)
• India
26 Aug 08
I totally agree with you buwald. Respect is something mutual between people by one good deed and actions, how nice the person is to others, how helpful the person is, whether of not primarily he or she has the same kind of respect for other people, politeness, kindness and a lot more. I respect a person because of all these mentioned qualities.
Just because some body is rich or famous wouldn't mean that they should be respected like God or something when they don't have the proper respect to give to others. At least this would be my opinion regarding respect.
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@mjmlagat (3170)
• Philippines
26 Aug 08
Hi there! I always believe that respect should be earned instead of asked. That is why people should always do their best to be good and kind to others and never step on somebody else's foot to earn such respect. We are not perfect individuals though and it's inevitable that sometimes in our lives we commit mistakes but we are always given the chance to recover and redeem ouselves to earn back respect due to us.
Happy posting!
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@syankee525 (6261)
• United States
26 Aug 08
and i thought it was just where i live at.. i actully been seeing the samething people just don't have respect for others anymore. i tried to talk to some and they just turn up thier noises.
or family don't have the same family respect either.
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