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Originally posted by 1kiki:
What I find interesting is that Wulfie seems to think in cartoons. There's a serious lack of human nuance. It doesn't show up anywhere.

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Originally posted by HKCavalier:
Yeah, this is the self-defeating nature of "respect is EARNED." That means we all start at disrespect, disrespect is the default. Somehow, folks whom we are disrespecting are supposed to earn our respect. By what? Disrespecting us back? But as we see, it doesn't work that way. Disrespect begets disrespect every damn time.

And then you have the case of Anthony here, who routinely returns respect for disrespect and gets nothing but more disrespect for his trouble. So, this rule to live by, "You GIVE respect, you GET respect" is at least intellectually dishonest. It basically means, "I will respect you if I damn well feel like it and, really, I probably won't."



HKCavalier

Hey, hey, hey, don't be mean. We don't have to be mean, because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are.

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Those people are your true friends, and the ones who deserve your very highest levels of respect.

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Originally posted by ANTHONYT:


At the moment, there are two people on this forum whom I've never met that I feel I could call tomorrow and say, "Hey, I'm in town, I'm penniless, and I need somewhere to stay. Can you take me in for a few days?" And I think they'd say yes.

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Originally posted by HKCavalier:
Hey Kwicko,

I didn't get that from what you were saying. I was talking about Wulf's rule, just as you were.

HKCavalier

Hey, hey, hey, don't be mean. We don't have to be mean, because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are.

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Originally posted by Kwicko:

Well, if I'm not in that pair, then make it three.

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Originally posted by ANTHONYT:

Sometimes I think of someone as a friend even with very limited information to go on. You never know for sure if your estimation of someone is completely accurate until something bad happens and you need help.

At the moment, there are two people on this forum whom I've never met that I feel I could call tomorrow and say, "Hey, I'm in town, I'm penniless, and I need somewhere to stay. Can you take me in for a few days?" And I think they'd say yes.

These people could expect the same from me. Though at least one of them would probably be surprised to hear I hold them in such esteem.

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
And about the highest level of respect I can give someone is to say to them, "I want YOU on my bank-robbing team!" Not everyone makes the cut; in fact, very few do. The bank-robbing team is a thought exercise: You're going into a tense situation, life or death, do or die. Who do you want with you? Which five or six people are the most indispensable in your life for such situations? Who will have your back, be loyal and fearless, stay cool under pressure, and never ever betray you, no matter what hell may come? Who can you rely on to be there if you need them, to be there if they say they're going to be there? Those people are your true friends, and the ones who deserve your very highest levels of respect.

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