On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:45:45 +0000 Elfyn McBratney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 03:40:31PM +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: | > On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 16:33:17 +0200 Simon Stelling | > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > | Respect is something that should be applied unconditionally, in | > | my opinion. The "you don't so I won't" attitude gets us nowhere. | > | > But if respect is unearned and undeserved, it's meaningless. | > What's the point of being respected if every incompetent jackass | > is respected? | | In a similar vein, what's the point in the meaningless replies, when | all you're going to do is be disrespectful?
Perhaps you should look up 'respect' in a dictionary sometime. It does not mean the same thing as 'courtesy'. | If you can't say anything constructive, why not just keep it zipped? Now that *is* irony. -- Ciaran McCreesh Mail : ciaran dot mccreesh at blueyonder.co.uk -- [email protected] mailing list
