Respect - Page 2

Doug · 11-01-2006, 21:48

You two ladies should be speaking to Mr Blaire. However, I must agree with you both. I think 3 years National Services should be a minimum. With at least one over seas tour...........

Doug · 11-01-2006, 21:49

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Originally Posted by shakermaker

hmmm how can children feel safe when they are they are scared of the very people supposed to be protecting them.

It's called respect.........

shakermaker · 11-01-2006, 21:49

im sorry i was under the impression there was a difference between fear and respect

Margaret Pilkington · 11-01-2006, 21:51

Doug...do you think he would listen to us....? When has he ever listened to the people of the country? He is so full of his own self importance and his half baked ideas. I thought that the population voted in the people who would serve the country best...now how naive is that???????

Margaret Pilkington · 11-01-2006, 21:53

Shaker......to have respect there must be a small element of...well, perhaps not FEAR exactly......but concern.

shakermaker · 11-01-2006, 21:55

you have to EARN respect to GAIN it.
maybe if the conduct of police officers wasnt so apalling younger people would hold them in higher esteem.
maybe.

Margaret Pilkington · 11-01-2006, 21:57

When I was young I wasn't scared of a policeman... I knew he was there to protect me......unless of course I did something that was wrong......then I would be scared. I suppose it is to do with consequences......and understanding that you take the consequences for what you do.....but Hey if you think it is alright to have anarchic youth.......I am afraid you will be living with it and sorting it out for much longer than I will.

Margaret Pilkington · 11-01-2006, 21:59

Maybe if some of the youth weren't so appalling then the police would be better too.......it is like trying to decide which came first...the chicken or the egg.

Doug · 11-01-2006, 21:59

How many times have we both voted under that illusion Margaret? We can only hope to change British Politics by popular opinion. We complain, but to the wrong people. How many times’s do we go to the local surgery to protest, how many times do we question openly the decisions made in our name. How often do we get off our backsides?

Shakey, our local bobby hit me more than once, but I was never frightened or in fear of the man. I showed him respect and respect to my elders even when I was old enough to hit back.

Margaret Pilkington · 11-01-2006, 22:00

Respect is a two way street......yes you have to earn respect......that is true for both youth and police.

shakermaker · 11-01-2006, 22:00

im sure that the conduct of police officers was a lot more efficent when you were young. i am making the point that police officers should receive better training as to how to deal with situations involving "anarchaic youths"; so such troublemakers would actually respect their position in society.

Doug · 11-01-2006, 22:01

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Respect is a two way street......yes you have to earn respect......that is true for both youth and police.

Absolutely...............

Margaret Pilkington · 11-01-2006, 22:02

Doug the electorate of this country feel that the Prime Minister got in on a majority vote......but the majority of the people in this country did not vote for Tony Blair......and until we get proportional representation we will NEVER have the part with the majority of votes in leadership.... but hey that is another ball game altogether.

Doug · 11-01-2006, 22:05

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Originally Posted by shakermaker

im sure that the conduct of police officers was a lot more efficent when you were young. i am making the point that police officers should receive better training as to how to deal with situations involving "anarchaic youths"; so such troublemakers would actually respect their position in society.

We're not talking about anarchaic youth, we're talking about basic respect for one's elders and each other. Don't confuse Idiots and thugs with anarchaic youth.

Doug · 11-01-2006, 22:06

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Doug the electorate of this country feel that the Prime Minister got in on a majority vote......but the majority of the people in this country did not vote for Tony Blair......and until we get proportional representation we will NEVER have the part with the majority of votes in leadership.... but hey that is another ball game altogether.

Your quite right Margaret.....