It Has Become A Norm For People To Treat Each Other With Indignity Based On What The Majority Of Society Deems As Acceptable; If You Don't Act A Certain, Go To A Certain. Club Or Even Belong To A Certain Culture, You Can't Run With Is. It Is Because Of This That You Find Such A Lack Of Respect Among Our Later Generations. The Phrase "Respect Is Earned", Which Formally Meant 'Your Value Will Be Judged Based On Your Ethic' Has Been Taken Completely Out Of Context And Turned Into A Battle Of 'I Refuse To Respect You If You Don't Respect Me First'. This Has Brought About A Nature Of Harbouring Ill Will Between Our Fellow Man Because I Want To Be Accepted Into A Certain Standard For Being Rather Than Based On Merit, Even When My Etiquette Leaves Much To Be Desired. I Fail To Grasp This New Concept Because As A Child I Was Brought Up In Such A Way As To Respect People First, Regardless Of Who They Were, Analyse Their Behaviour And If In fact One Day I Found They're Morals Were Not In Line With Mine, I Could Lose That Respect, But Never In Such A Way As To Frown Upon Or Belittle Them. This Is A Notion That Many People Have Forgotten, So You Find Opinions Being Tossed Around And Swept Under The Rug With Utter Disregard For Sentiment, Which Is Also Something That Vexes Me Completely. Although A Persons Opinion May Not Be In Line With Yours, It Is Not Grounds For You Not To Accept It And Further Go On To Dehumanize And Torment Them Based On Their Opinion. In Times Of Conflict, Both Parties Are To Settle Their Differences By Means Of Compromise. You Accept Each Others Notions, Find Common Ground, Move Forward And Accept What You Cannot Change. To Avoid These Clashes, A Common Mistake That We All Make Is Taking A Stance Without Familiarising Ourselves With The Pros And Cons Of Certain Agendas. "If The Popular Kid Says Drugs Are Good, I'll Also Say Drugs Are Good Because I Want To Fit In With The Popular Kid And I Won't Reason With Anyone Who Is Less Popular Than That Popular Kid Because They Know Best, They Didn't Just Get Popular By Talking Nonsense, Drugs Are Good Because Drugs Are Good." This Is What We Call Bigotry, Bigotry Fathers Ignorance, Which In Turn Leads To Failure In Most Aspects. To Avoid Being That Guy, If Minding Your Own Business Doesn't Seem To Work, I Would Recommend You Become A Fence Sitter For As Long As Possible. In Doing This, You Analyse Both Sides Of Every Respective Case, You Research, You Ask Questions, You Find Answers And Only Then Do You Take A Calculated And Informative Stance, One Which You Defend Against All Odds But Never At The Cost Of Intolerance. We As A Species Have Come To Forget That Being Civil Is The And The Key To Constructive Life Communication And A Balanced Society.
I Don't Have To Respect You, But Valuing You As A Human Being And What You Have To Offer Is
Only A Show Of Good Character. # Vision2020