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kokunin 04-12-2007 07:42 PM

parents
 
why do you think we "respect" our parents...even those we don't see, more than 1/16 of any one yr...

lollijenn 04-12-2007 07:51 PM

we are conditioned too.


thats what we are taught from day one..
so its hard to go against that

Gerard 04-12-2007 07:52 PM

I don't respect my parents...

kokunin 04-12-2007 07:52 PM

wht soes it mean to condition? see, like my dad is a complete arrogant bastard...yet, i keep comin' back hopin' he's different...

kokunin 04-12-2007 07:53 PM

gerard how old are you?

Gerard 04-12-2007 07:54 PM

17... what does that have to do with anything?

lollijenn 04-12-2007 07:58 PM

condition menas basically everything i said in the second line.

thats what we are expected to do,
i mean you can hate him all day long...
but you will always have a hard time going against his wishes.
just cause.
its a moral thing.

and u do respect your parents


stop trying to be a badass

Kakashi 04-12-2007 10:52 PM

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lollijenn 04-12-2007 10:54 PM

pwnage right there

dortorb 04-12-2007 11:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kakashi (Post 90095)
Parents order us to respect them. However, upon doing so, they forget what respect is, for it is not respect that they recieve, only fear or hate. If they really wanted us to respect them, they'd actually think about earning it once in a while.

Below your screen name in your post is the phrase "Somebody, save me." I'm thinking maybe that's what they (your parents) are trying to do...showing respect is a thoughtful act, and from thoughtfulness comes the "reward" of the respect of others...just sharing a thought.

:ywave:
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