What is respect?

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Lately when I disagree with people they reply that I am not giving them respect. Is respect compliance? What is respect?

― 1 1 2 3 5, Monday, 13 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

You know what it means to me.

― Sterling Clover, Monday, 13 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Treating another person as though he was intelligent, I think. You can disagree with someone respectfully.

― Lyra, Monday, 13 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

recepct - for real, aye!

― Geoff, Tuesday, 14 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

If metioned by a bus it means Kowtow asshole
otherwise it is using the unversal lae in all dealings.

― anthony, Tuesday, 14 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

boss

― anthony, Tuesday, 14 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

It's a great Aretha Franklin song. Now sock it to me!

― nathalie (nathalie), Tuesday, 14 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The only people you can show too much respect too are opposing football teams, it would appear...

― Paul, Tuesday, 14 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Nobody deserves respect unless they earn it, and if they insist on it they usually have no way of earning it

― dave q, Tuesday, 14 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The best way around that little conundrum is asking the person displaying a lack of respect for others if they have any for themselves.

― suzy, Tuesday, 14 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Oh Suzy, that's like asking a kid if they would throw a crisp packet on the floor at home. They invariably say yes.

I disrespect people because I have too much respect for myself.

― Pete, Tuesday, 14 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Well, asking someone if they have any self-respect is not necessarily rhetorical

― suzy, Tuesday, 14 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The only thing worse than respect is self-respect.

― Otis Wheeler, Tuesday, 14 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I don't really understand this 'respect' business. I think it's an American thing.

― Nick, Wednesday, 15 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

seven years pass...

to me, respect is one of the biggest operating factors in any social interaction. am i getting it, am i giving it, am i allowing it for myself -- too much of it, etc.

Pygmalion was based on this idea.

― Surmounter, Sunday, 8 February 2009 03:09 (seventeen years ago)

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