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Originally Posted by Luba
A person doesn't demand respect, a person has to EARN it!
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that couldnt be better said.
duke i think its really ad that your grandparents weren't very nice people. i didnt know any of my grandparents. my fathers side didnt want to know because they are very "proper English" and they were displeased that he married a Scottish woman, thus making me half Scottish. When i was little they asked me which football team i supported and i said Scotland oops, they didnt wanna know after that. no los there, they have all passed away, i mourn for my the loss my parents have. but i dont mourn for them so much.
if we had to respect all the dead, what about the murders? the rapists? the people who have tortured children and adults? i could never love, respect or mourn any of them.
Luba is very right, you have to earn respect and also gain love. you cant just expect it, dead or alive!
edit: and it was a great article, probably the best and most heartfelt one ive read yet.