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Darthmat
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Respect
Do people need to earn respect, or should you respect all until they lose it?
I highly suggest Mobb Deep's albums The Infamous and Hell on Earth, if you have not listened to it yet.
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happy fool called Nigel
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Depends on weather or not..... I don't know.
They in the sea being burnt, they in the burnt ship drowned.
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Both.
You give a person respect as a human being, and they can do or say things that could cause you to respect them more.
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I respect everyone with the default basic amount reserved for a human being, but if they want more than that, they'll have to earn it. Most earn more than that quite easily, some a lot more (takes longer), and some just never get anywhere at all.
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I have a moderate amount of respect for everyone who hasn't lost mine yet. Not the same kind of respect you would give someone you really care about, but generally respect for their space, and their freedom to do as they wish so long as they don't interfere in my life. But I think respect for someone's opinions has to be earned, along with any kind of trust in general.
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SoulRiser Wrote:I respect everyone with the default basic amount reserved for a human being, but if they want more than that, they'll have to earn it. Most earn more than that quite easily, some a lot more (takes longer), and some just never get anywhere at all.
I essentially follow this same rule. But people can lose the basic amount of respect by treating others like shit without provocation.
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hmmm, i think for me its like my belief system: i belive most things unless they contradict a higher belief of mine or they have been personally disproven, same basically with respect.
i am me myself and i
we are very much the same
different types of entities
under one single name
Flock <3
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Anonymous1.0 Wrote:SoulRiser Wrote:I respect everyone with the default basic amount reserved for a human being, but if they want more than that, they'll have to earn it. Most earn more than that quite easily, some a lot more (takes longer), and some just never get anywhere at all.
I essentially follow this same rule. But people can lose the basic amount of respect by treating others like shit without provocation.
QFT
I highly suggest Mobb Deep's albums The Infamous and Hell on Earth, if you have not listened to it yet.
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QFT?
i am me myself and i
we are very much the same
different types of entities
under one single name
Flock <3
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cryptevah72 Wrote:QFT?
Quoted For Truth.
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cryptevah72
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ah, thanx
i am me myself and i
we are very much the same
different types of entities
under one single name
Flock <3
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i hate it when parents and other adults expect you to respect them
instead of earning your respect
Telling people to do something without giving a reason compels them to rebel not to obey-Avenger
We need to learn not to be afraid of making mistakes all the time-Avenger
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Avenger Wrote:i hate it when parents and other adults expect you to respect them
instead of earning your respect
Your not the only one.. Just because you are closer to dying then me by age doesn't mean you automatically get my respect.
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RESPEK...WE needd more of it...look it up in the dictionary, its not there anymore. No really, look it up. R-E-S-P-E-K. Youll be bloody dissapointed.
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Respect is something I don't really like to give it and don't expect to recieve it.
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