On 10/18/2020 5:23 AM, Michael uplawski wrote:
Weaver:
And I stand mine: respect is a quality that needs to be earned.
All living thing, and maybe more merit respect as a matter of fact.
That is total horse crap. As I pointed out before, anything given
without discrimination to everyone without respect to merit is
completely worthless by definition. If this is the case for your
respect, then do not bopther to offer it to me, because it is less than
nothing.
I maintain, however, that my respect has both meaning and value, and as
such will under no circumstances be afforded to any who cannot be
bothered to earn it. I am generally loathe to quote the Bible, but
Matthew 7:6 says, "Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither
cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their
feet, and turn again and rend you.
You may go offering "respect" to thieves, murderers, rapists, and
blithering idiots, but I refuse.