Respect

[BTAutoMag]

shartly you da man

[langrage]

Very well put Shartley

TheBigRaguPB4L

I hang out with all those kinds of people and i don't wear anything close to what they do.

Well if you hung out with boy scouts people would probably think you were a boy scout to. You are just guilty by association. Sad but that goes back to people making judgments. Reference Shartley's post in this thread of why snap judgments are made.

Lastly, this adult that didn't RESPECT you. Maybe he was having a bad day (his dog die, he got fired etc..). Something tells me he did not dwell on this meeting as much as you. So, i would just brush it off as he did. If you truly feel adults owe you respect do something that is admirable like mentoring, helping others, striving in fields of interest of yours. Give them a reason. In basketball do we cheer louder for the baskets or the dribbling? By being alive in this world we are simply dribbling the basketball. Earn some respect and go make a basket.

[FooTemps]

Ok, good point... I see what you mean by that but I find that distrusting someone by their looks is not respectful...

[MagMan5446]

There are teens that pay the bills and take care of the house.

Respect is something that people earn. It is not unconditional. My dad did something that I will never respect him again for and he thinks it's wrong that I don't have an ounce of respect for him.

Respect is something that people have died and are still dying over.

I'll add more the the last statement later...

[TheBigRaguPB4L]

shartley- As always, well spoken. However......

As I said, I am 20 years old. I in no way consider myself an adult, nor do I consider myself a child. I still live at home, but I do have a number of bills that I alone take responsability for(rent, car insurance, car payments, hospital, credit cards). I am at times very immature. I am also at times, very responsable(more often than not, the latter). I just got off of a 16 hour day as a favor of one of my managers that i have a lot or respect for. I for one know that life is not fair. It really never has. I know i'm still young and I know that I can't possibly see things how adults or even people younger than I see them. I know that simply because I don't agee with the way people do things or see things, that they should change their ways. The world doesn't cater to anyone. Does that in turn make it right? Why should anyone be classified in any way because of thier age group? How come i have to work extra hard to be respected because someone wanted to be an idiot, and happened to be my age? Wouldn't it be sensable to let them prove themselves a fool before assuming that they are? I'm sure that most adults themselves as kids went through the same things we did and maybe had the same discussions we're having right now on the opposite view. I just can't understand why people are so quick to judge people before allowing the person to prove themselves otherwise. I guess that also goes with being open minded, Some people just can't do it.

Langrage- It really didn't bother me that much. I deal with that kind of stuff all the time. I was just using it as an example because it happened to me that day.

Respect is something that people earn. It is not unconditional.

I guess my problem isn't with getting respect. I think i'm more along the lines of getting disrespected for reasons I didn't deserve. It just seems to me that respect and disrespect come hand in hand. I don't know, anyone want to fill me in?

[Failure]

Shartley you are a very admirable individual. You do hit the mark on most every discussion that you are involved in. Thats something that I'm taken aback on. Most people are too focused on everyday happenings of life to figure out why things are the way they are today. To tell you the truth, you taught me a lot with what you posted. Especially about the parents respecting their children even though they do not see it.

And magman, I don't know the reasons of the problem that you stated but I do know one thing....Everyone deserves to be forgiven if they are sorry for their actions. The human mind fuctions in strange ways, especially in emotional situations. Life is way too short to hold a grudge.

BTW Shartley, you aren't the guy that wrote the song sunscreen are you? Lol, din't think so but you would give him a run for his money my friend.