Respect vs. Freedom

Freedom is something (a privilege) that we are either born with or have granted to us when moving to a free country. Respect in my world is treated the same as freedom. Everyone no matter how young, old, male, female or their nationality gets the same amount of respect in the beginning. Much like freedom, small amounts of respect or even all of it can be lost depending on how you act and conduct yourself.

I am tired of all of these people who are still telling me that respect is either earned, or worse, that someone automatically deserves instant respect or more of it because they are older. To make the statement that it is "earned" sounds like you are implying that people should kiss your ass and put you on a pedestal to get respect because of your age or position in society. I’ve got some news for you, its not going to happen here. When dealing with me I don’t care if you are 60 yrs old and a deacon of the church, you will not get anymore respect from me than a 16 yr old gets. In fact I may be inclined to give you a little less just because there is a large number of you who feels as though being older and a part of the church is your license to look down upon and shit on those whom you feel is lesser than you. A teenager has an excuse, they are a teenager, however if you're much older then you should know better.

Remember that everyone has a heart and soul just like you so treat everyone with the same amount of respect in the beginning and you may be surprised who gives you the most respect and turns out to be the better friend. There are a lot of good people out there that never gets a chance, good people that you may need one day only to find they are no longer there.

roger ely

The truth about lies.... by Laura

Although the title is very similar to my earlier post there is no connection between the two.


There is something genuinely insulting about obvious lies. Why do people continually lie when they think it is something of value to you? For instance, a girl, let's just call her girl X, blatantly lied to me about her education. I guess, she thought it would impress me if she rattled off the name of a prestigious school. The conversation, a series of errors, was something like:

girl X: " Yeah, I went to business school at Temple, you know, the Wharton business school...."
me: "Umm... you went to the Wharton business school?"

girl X:" Yeah.."
me:" No, you didn't because the Wharton business school belongs to the University of Pennsylvania, which is ivy league....and I don't think you went there...":::::::::::::::::::::::LONG PAUSE TO CONSIDER HER MISTAKE::::::::::::::::::::

girl X: "Well, maybe it was only the Wharton business school's building..."
me: "There's a huge difference..."

When you tell an enormous lie, expect people to notice. I think that liars underestimate people. Girl X probably thought I would not be familiar with the Wharton business school, the first and arguably, the best business school in the world! The psychology of a habitual liar differs from that of a "pressured" liar. I think the habitual liar truly believes that he is the most clever person in EVERY situation. It is an obnoxious overcompensation that shows itself to the listener as a weakness and lack of character.

BOTTOM LINE: I hate liars
Submitted by Laura
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