Respect
December 10, 2006 - 8:59pm
Respect is a word you hear a lot these days.
Rich men command it; young men thump their chests and demand it; and old men
complain if they don't get it. We need money and sometimes we want power, but
our egos crave respect as much as our hearts crave love. Disrespect is so
universally hated that the noun itself doesn't carry enough power to satisfy us.
So we've made it into a slang verb.
"Don't you disrespect me!"
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