The world is not black and white... it is many many shades of grey. I always show courtesy until someone proves to me that they are not worthy.
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I'm curious about those of you who voted "agree". His question was absolute with zero room for the exception. Can you honestly say that no matter what, you would respect a woman? I could list numerous real life scenarios where I believe it would be impossible to have anything but contempt for a particular woman. Did you vote based on what you wanted the poll to mean: "Respect for the women that have made your lives more enjoyable and have shown no behavior that would warrant disrespect" or was it the polically correct vote? Originally Posted by BudmanQuote from TheDogger:
When I first clicked "View Poll Results", it showed the responders handles under each option letting me know who voted for what. I've never noticed that feature in previous polls. Originally Posted by SlotgoopThis sure brings a whole new light on things. Nice feature. Also, nice to see who's with me and who's against. Only one provider vote and we know which hard legs are total gentlemen. lol
And if that pisses you off…well, I don’t fucking care. Originally Posted by TheDoggerWell, the opposite of hate isn't love, it's indifference. So, you finally got something right from a conceptual standpoint.
dogger, universal respect for life is something different than respect for an individual. Universal truths are dangerous in that it doesn't demand accountability and therefore responsibility. Respect is not a right that can be demanded, it's a privilege that needs to be earned by ones actions. Originally Posted by austinkboyAgree with Budman and especially with AustinBoy above quote, Respect is EARNED.
Fascinating results. Much of the disparity comes from some of vigorous and vitriolic responses in the Houston and Austin forums lambasting even asking the question. This at first swayed the early results nearly 2-1 against but as the detractors slowly silenced, the “for’s” became much less intimidated. Originally Posted by TheDoggerI don't see that the detractors have been silenced at all, at least not in this thread anyway.
“Divisive”Well, maybe it was, but that's not what the poll asked us.
You betcha. Either you do or you don’t. You don’t…go ahead a vote and say so but your anger is terribly misplaced. This was to challenge us all into understanding whether we lead with our Respect Chins or not.
Everyone deserves some modicum of respect, period. Even the crack ho’s abusing their kids deserve respect by not condemning them by walking away allowing to continue but correcting the problem and protecting the kids through intervention through all the legal means built into our society and providing resources for the Mom to get the medical help she needs. That’s what makes us Americans.I guess we will have to agree to disagree on this. I wouldn't have any respect for a man who abuses his kids, nor would I have any respect for a woman who did the same. So I guess in your eyes, that means I don't respect women?