Not necessarily, no. I can respect that. However, I would say a better way to look at it is to have basic standards that must be met. You expect people to be good to others in certain ways that are important to you. When others do not meet this expectation, they are not worthy of your time or energy. Ted D February 20, 2012 at 3:58 pm I totally deserve to be called an asshole for my next statement: In general I already believe most people don’t deserve my respect. That is partly why I constantly try to temper myself and force myself to a minimum level of respect. When I say I really don’t like most people I’m not kidding. Hell, most people you or I would meet on the street wouldn’t even understand this conversation. Not because they are incapable, but because they go through life completely oblivious to why they do what they do. Most have little to no introspection skills, and most don’t care a whit about anything that isn’t good for them. Yeah, not much there to respect. But even though I haven’t been a practicing Catholic for several decades, I still try to keep some iota of respect for “people”. As my time away from the Church gets longer, that minimum level of respect keeps dropping. :-p Ted D February 20, 2012 at 4:04 pm Oops I dropped the last couple sentences… https://russian-women.startupdate.nl/ https://russian-women.linkschakel.nl/ https://russian-women.linknavigator.nl/ https://russian-women.startfreak.nl/ https://russian-women.skhor.de/ https://russian-women.surfplezier.nl/ https://russian-women.startway.nl/ https://russian-women.linkactueel.nl/