On 17-10-2020 16:59, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 16 oct 20, 16:46:42, Leslie Rhorer wrote: >> >> On 10/16/2020 4:57 AM, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: >> >> > Feel free to ignore """lazy""" people from now on, but don't be >> > irrespectful to them. >> > >> > You have no right to, and they don't deserve it. >> >> There is no such word - or concept - as irrespectful. > > Please excuse us non-native English speakers for such mistakes. As far > as I can tell Pierre-Elliot meant "rude". > >> The point you were >> apparently trying to make, however, is just completely wrong. I, and anyone >> else, have every right to reserve my respect from whomever I choose. >> Respect is *EARNED*. It is not a right and it is not a privilege. Until >> someone does earn respect, there is no reason anyone should afford it them. >> It is utterly ridiculous to think everyone deserves respect. If it is >> afforded to everyone, then it becomes totally worthless. > > This could be understood that in your opinion it is ok to be rude to a > person unless that person has somehow earned your respect. > > Is this what you meant?
I think this might be classified as a `qualified' interpretation. This was not the assertion put forward. Nowhere is this stated. The property put forward is `respect'. Nowhere is it stated that it's O.K. to be rude to somebody because they don't respect you. What _I_ would put forward is it's O.K. to be rude to somebody who has imposed rudeness upon you. But I'm generally better at it. Cheers! Harry > > Kind regards, > Andrei -- `Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful'. — Lucius Annæus Seneca. Terrorism, the new religion. Registered Linux User: 554515
