“You don’t give me no respect!”<\/p>\n
The eternal complaint from whining incompetents, over-privileged bullies, and those who think that a post-it note stuck to their forehead requires others to hold them in high esteem.<\/p>\n
I don’t care what religion, rank (awarded by the queen or self-anointed), position or job that someone holds – there is only one universal rule that applies …<\/p>\n
Respect is earned.<\/p>\n
I have known more than a few. From differing religions, countries, armies. People who do their job properly, have consideration for others. People who live by their beliefs and allow others to live by theirs. For them, I have respect.<\/p>\n
For those who demand the attention of others because they have the fine vestments of privilege, or the blindness of a cowardly morality, I have none. It is not I who spits on their gods. They do that themselves. They have no worth.<\/p>\n
Poking fun at the pompous, is an old tradition. People at the top need reminding, when they start to believe that the world exists, merely for them. Dave Allen, the superb Irish comedian, was an artist in his trade. Humour can be one of the great pillars of freedom.
\nIn Roman times, when a great general was rewarded with a parade through Rome, he was accompanied by another who whispered in ear …
\n“Remember! You are only human!”<\/p>\n
To those who demand ‘respect’ by means of a gun, it would be wise to consider …
\n“Remember! You are only human!”
\nIn time, you will fall. And you will be judged.<\/p>\n
Je suis Charlie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
“You don’t give me no respect!”<\/p>\n
The eternal complaint from whining incompetents, over-privileged bullies, and those who think that a post-it note stuck to their forehead requires others to hold them in high esteem.<\/p>\n
I don’t care what religion, rank (awarded by the queen or self-anointed), position or job that someone holds – there is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-having-a-say","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tachras.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tachras.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tachras.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tachras.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tachras.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1339"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.tachras.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1342,"href":"http:\/\/www.tachras.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1339\/revisions\/1342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tachras.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tachras.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tachras.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}