get respect- give respect. really what you're saying is that i don't respect you until you respect me. why should they respect you, if you don't respect them? are you better than them? (according to that logic).   respect should be given no matter what? or at least you should be nice to them. but you can't seem to wrap you're head around the idea of being nice to someone who has messed up. let's all take one big look in the mirror. we've all messed up, but for the most part we're all good people. we have nothing to be overly proud of.  

i don't know...

why can't we be nice for once? why can't we love people?