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To: mmercier

That's okay, I understand. I have been in your position before. You don't have to answer this post...I disagree with you, but you have gamely tried to present the opposing view. Thank you for trying, that is often what brings out the most interesting threads. Often, when in your shoes, you begin to feel like you are talking to brick walls (I suspect that may be the feeling you now harbor...)

To me, it boils down to what respect is. American soldiers in the Pacific in WWII respected their Japanese foes, even as they may have hated them to the core. More than one of our POW's from Vietnam has remarked that "Those Vietnamese interrogators really knew how to tie the ropes on us better than any sailor..." In nearly evident respect of their capacity for sadism.

If a man has a gun on you, or hits you with a baseball bat, you respect the gun or the bat, but not the man.

In the military, you must respect the rank of an Admiral even though you find a man wearing the uniform detestable.

If you value your skill as an athelete, you can get your clock cleaned by an obnoxious opponent (which has happened to me) and you might say to yourself "By God, that guy was a complete dickhead, but he sure could fire a slapshot..." You respect the slapshot and athletic ability, but you do not respect the person.

In this context (the rioting muslims) they are talking about respecting the person. That is the kind of Respect can only be given, not taken by force.


107 posted on 11/03/2005 4:50:41 PM PST by rlmorel ("Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does." Whittaker Chambers)
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108 posted on 11/03/2005 5:00:28 PM PST by backhoe (Just an old Keyboard Cowboy, ridin' the trakball into the Dawn of Information...)
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