Respect

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The realization that it hasn't even been a day since my last post has come to me but I kinda have something on my mind and thought I would vent a little. Pass the time away while putting some rather deep thoughts to rest.

The initiation topic shall be respect.
Respect is an important thing, it determines how others interact with you and how you are able to interact with others. Before I go any further, I'd just like to add; I am no scientist, I am no social studier. I'm just somebody expressing his OWN opinion, nothing more.
I'll use another cliche' quote; "respect isn't handed to you, you have to work for respect". The way you treat others, the way you communicate with others ultimately determines how much people respect or alternatively disrespect you. I guess this also leads onwards to 'treat others how you wish to be treated'. I'll admit I'm not the nicest person in the world, I will insult you at almost every chance GIVEN that (i guess) show you respect. No, i will not go up to a random and start swearing at them but I will however swear and bag my friends a heap. Ultimately cause I believe it doesn't cause problems and it illustrates the exact person that I am. I mean, I can't tell when people genuinely like me or are just putting on a happy face for my sake, but i believe the people I socialize with genuinely like who i am, how i speak, how i react and all that.

Superiority is another thing i want to cover. Whether you have a better car than somebody, better computer or even better internet connection for that matter :P. Although I admit I do joke about this kind of thing often but I don't say I'm better than that person for abc reason. Ultimately I'm better than NOBODY and nobody is better than me. Everybody has their worth however some peoples worth is more valuable to some than it is to others which leads to the kinda friends you end up with or rather obtain in life. When I think about some of the garbage i'm sprouting out i feel like I'm contradicting myself as I do some of the stuff here that I'm saying not to. I guess I should change for the better.

Opinion is another thing I want to cover, yes, your opinion is 100% valid you're always entitled to it but the moment you start provoking people with snide remarks resulting in the outcome that you genuinely believe that your opinion is stronger or better than somebody else's then you again have crossed that line. I like to think I exercise a lot of self control in the sense I do onto others as i wish upon myself. But when somebody says xyz is better than abc, i'll live with it, it's your opinion, i understand however when you start saying "you have a poor opinion" or something similar to that I have to start exerting self-control, stopping myself from blurting out a remark along the lines of: YOU'RE A DICK, F%*K OFF!!
Honestly, what makes you think that your opinion is any better than mine? There is no basis for that and even though you're not directly saying "hehe my opinion is better than your's." When you abuse somebody's opinion you are automatically saying that their opinion is below yours.

This once again is some serious stuff I'm covering here. I think. I'm just ranting don't take it seriously. Just remember though don't go out of your way to make others feel bad, it ain't worth it.

I swear, sooooo many people that read this are gonna flame me. If not everybody =P.

Laters

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