Feared or Respected?

[johndowe]

Originally Posted by alphanumeric

Respect is better because you have earned it. Nobody but you can take it away.

Fear is derived from pain. Being feared means having to constantly prove your the top dog, and there's ALWAYS someone bigger and badder than you.

I've had people get in my face and disrespect me, but they're usually people whom I have no respect for anyways so their opinions of me and mine don't count.

That's how I see it anyways.

Hi there.

I agree, and as i stated in this thread, when you (generic) dis-respect someone (through fear or any other means) you dis-respect yourself.

JohnDowe.