Respect: how much do people deserve? Should amounts of respect differ for different people - between homed and homeless people? How much respect should a homeless person expect from homed people? If a person treats another person disrespectfully how should they respond? How can they stand up for themselves? Should they?
I think there's no question that people deserve respect...period. Now if others would only feel the same way.
ReplyDeleteWe are all equal in sharing this strange journey called life and deserving of one another's respect.
ReplyDeleteAs far as I know, the Golden Rule still holds.
ReplyDeleteThe amount of respect a person deserves depends on the kind of individual and how they respect others. I don't think amounts of respect should ever differ, regardless if you are homeless or not.
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I'm delighted to have discovered your voice, thanks to a reader of my blog/site who suggested it. The reason you came up in the exchange had to do with a mindless comment made about the homeless broadcast over the Austin talk radio station, KLBJ, an incidence highlighted over at www.christianmystics.com.
ReplyDeleteRespect is earned. It is measured by merit. Money, homelessness, etc has nothing to do with it.
ReplyDeleteI do not believe people are divided into categories such as “homed vs. homeless,” or “rich vs. poor.” It is the same as separating people into categories like “white vs. black, ” “Jewish vs. Islamic” and everything else that follows that same (il)logic.
ReplyDeleteI tend to agree with the Golden rule person—people who do not show me courtesy will not see me respond with any. But I don’t confront people who behave badly—they will meet their own end. Bottom line, each of us must be and each of us can only be responsible for ourselves and our own behavior
I do not believe people are divided into categories such as “homed vs. homeless,” or “rich vs. poor.” It is the same as separating people into categories like “white vs. black, ” “Jewish vs. Islamic” and everything else that follows that same (il)logic.
ReplyDeleteI tend to agree with the Golden rule person—people who do not show me courtesy will not see me respond with any.
But I don’t confront people who behave badly—they will meet their own end. Bottom line, each of us must be and each of us can only be responsible for ourselves and our own behavior
Everyone is human, and such, deserves respect. The amount of money you make is irrelevant to how much respect you deserve. How you treat others defines how much you should get.
ReplyDeleteIt goes beyond respect, I would say. Homeless women and men, as companions, embody the mystery of life and our call to something else.
ReplyDeletePerhaps I was the "Golden Rule" person that Varilux referred to. To me, the Golden Rule goes beyond reciprocity. I believe in showing respect to others regardless of whether they show respect to me. It works. It often disarms the other person, who may have just been having a bad day and decided to take it out on me.
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