rwhw@hound.UUCP (07/19/83)
Questions about "respect".
If one meets another for the first time, should one consider the other
respectable?
Should one treat others with respect until the others show their
disrespectability?
Is respect assumed or earned?
Roystudent@nmtvax.UUCP (07/21/83)
/**************************************************************** Questions about "respect". If one meets another for the first time, should one consider the other respectable? Should one treat others with respect until the others show their disrespectability? Is respect assumed or earned? ****************************************************************/ I always treat the people that I meet with politeness untill proved otherwise. I tend to think of respect as something that is earned. Thus I sometimes treat a unrespectable person politely while always treating a respectible person with politeness. Greg Hennessy; ..ucbvax!unmvax!nmtvax!student -- Greg Hennessy
rwhw@hound.UUCP (07/21/83)
Summaries of the interpretations for the meaning of "respect". ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Yorkers do not show respect to strangers. ---- Respectability should be assumed until demonstrated otherwise. ---- Respect new acquaintances by being courteous. ---- Respect is definitely earned. ---- Give a person the benefit of the doubt. Unfair to be disrespectful without cause. ---- Treat a stranger that is unworthy of respect, with respect, that stranger will try to take advantage of you. ---- Do not show respect to people that should be respectable (Leaders, Police, Politicians, Teachers etc.) until they earn it, but, be polite. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I enjoyed the following response, therefore, I will post it in its original form. *********** hound!rwhw asks Should you treat someone you've never met with respect? Damn right you should! Make a matrix of possible scenarios: 1) I treat with respect someone who deserves respect. 2) I treat with respect someone who doesn't deserve respect. 3) I don't treat with respect someone who deserves respect. 4) I don't treat with respect someone who doesn't deserve respect. 1) is fine. There's no harm in 2). 3) is atrocious and hardly to be excused. 4) is harmless but a matter of luck at first impression. You should always treat someone with respect until you're sure (SURE!) that you have a reason not to. I don't always adhere to this rule, but I often regret it when I'm mistaken. This message brought to you as a public service by: Andy Tannenbaum Bell Labs Whippany, NJ (201) 386-6491 ***********
trb@floyd.UUCP (Andy Tannenbaum) (07/28/83)
hound!rwhw asks Should you treat someone you've never met with respect? Damn right you should! Make a matrix of possible scenarios: 1) I treat with respect someone who deserves respect. 2) I treat with respect someone who doesn't deserve respect. 3) I don't treat with respect someone who deserves respect. 4) I don't treat with respect someone who doesn't deserve respect. 1) is fine. There's no harm in 2). 3) is atrocious and hardly to be excused. 4) is harmless but a matter of luck at first impression. You should always treat someone with respect until you're sure (SURE!) that you have a reason not to. I don't always adhere to this rule, but I often regret it when I'm mistaken. This message brought to you as a public service by: Andy Tannenbaum Bell Labs Whippany, NJ (201) 386-6491