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- Thread starter disenchant
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Indeed it is!
As for me, respect is automatically given to anyone of any sex age religion or race, until they show disrespect towards me.
Ain't it so Bruce?
In other words, if people give me respect right away I will give them the same respect, if they dont, I will give them less respect than they give me.
Who said anything about treating people with decency? I'm talking about respect here. Respecting someone is a far cry from merely being polite.
This is where it all gets complicated, are we talking repsect as in treating people well or expressing an admirable form of respect, as in "this guy deserves respect because he *****". As you'll see, there are people who respect others and people who treat the average person with contempt and expect them to "earn" the right to be treated with a basic standard of decency.
As it is, you won't receive my adulation for merely "being there" but I will treat you with courtesy, in the manner I should wish to be treated myself.
That's why I said what I said - so I am happy to be polite to people - but that doesn't mean I respect them!
To be worthy of respect means you have actually done something to earn that respect - otherwise you just deserve politeness or common courtesy!
Exactly. If you don't show someone courtesy and act politely towards them you aren't showing them respect.
why bother respecting someone when it's so much more fun
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Of course, the disagreement here is about what it means to respect someone. To me, it means to admire or honor someone. Naturally you don't get that just for crossing my path. Obviously to some others here, respect is just a synonym for common courtesy.
I don't much like the way the word has been watered down, to be honest. Respect is something you strive to earn from those whose opinions you value. Not something you get just for being a warm body. There's no natural right to respect.
I don't see what showing respect has to do with respect. Showing respect is just that -- a show. You do it because you want to be a well-oiled cog in the machinery of society rather than the sand gumming everything up. If I behave respectfully it doesn't mean that I respect a person, and it's not necessary to show your respect for someone for it to be real.
Not to me - in fact, I think a big part of being successful in any job is being able to show courtesy and be polite to people you really hate and for whom you have no respect whatsoever!!
i generally respect someone until they give me a reason not to.
most of all, i respect the fact that i don't know everything, least of all everything that that person is going through or has gone through before meeting me.
most of all, i respect the fact that i don't know everything, least of all everything that that person is going through or has gone through before meeting me.
Not to me - in fact, I think a big part of being successful in any job is being able to show courtesy and be polite to people you really hate and for whom you have no respect whatsoever!!
Just because you hate someone and dont agree with the way they act/talk is no reason not to give them proper respect by showing courtesy and being polite. While you may not respect their actions, you respect the fact they respect you enough to be polite and if they're not, you respect the fact that theyre your boss
What other reason would you want....
But I don't respect them at all - I just afford common courtesy!
I'm pretty sure I remember reading this earlier on in the thread, but...
Everyone who's responding to this question has a different definition of "respect." As such, it becomes incredibly hard to debate the topic when the definition of the subject of debate is not universal.
Everyone who's responding to this question has a different definition of "respect." As such, it becomes incredibly hard to debate the topic when the definition of the subject of debate is not universal.
Courtesy is not the same as respect.
You can dislike someone, think their opinions are worthless and generally consider them to be a waste of space, but still be polite to them.
And that is IMHO a form of respect. While you do not respect their opinions and ideas, you still respect the human being that they are and dont see yourself as superior to them. In such way you show them respect.
Webster's english dictionnary:
> respect
(transitive verb)
to feel or show esteem or regard to; to treat considerately.
Emphasis on to treat considerately.
