nitpicking one irrelevant thing like the typo issue and ignoring the rest (which you indeed did do) has become a trademark neocon tactic...make a big deal out of nothing, create smokescreens...anyone can read what i wrote, despite your denial,,,the typo crack was just a sidenote stuck in the middle...you ignored the points made concerning miller's track record in govt. and how people measure repect in others....you above this post again try to make it like the only thing i was commenting on was the typo...again, no couch, it was just a crack,,,deal with it...how bout answering the questions i asked...show us how zell has earned your respect over the years, not with his lil posthumous PR campaign...and tell us how people in general earn respect with you...is it simply by agreeing with you? are there examples in the political world where people you disagree with have earned your respect in some other fashion? i am just trying to understand what it takes for a politician to earn your respect.
i have written in the past about people i respect that i don't necessarily agree with that often on policy or their overall philosophy. my best off the top of my head example would be ronald reagan...i could cite some examples outside of us govt, but i know those examples will only cause controversy. but i will say, if we didn't respect the USSR, we would not have won the cold war.
one of the big things that has hurt us greatly in my mind in this war on terror is that we have no respect for our enemy. we give it a small amount of lip service, but when the more frank comments about "let's teach those ragheads who is boss" and "cease fire? we should pound fallujah until they are pacified or there is not another brick standing." are spoken everywhere outside of politically correct speeches and columns, i have been convinced for some time that one of our big dettriments is that we don't have any respect for our enemy, which is vital in any conflict,,,readers of the "Art of War" know that...as does anyone who knows the reference cause they have seen "Wall Street."
your article brought up the question in my mind about what it takes to get someone to respect them. it disturbs me that people would accept agreement as a measure of respect. it can be a great measure of likability but to call that respect is a disservice to the word "respect.'
and couchman,,,lose the cocktail party psychology stuff...just answer the questions...please don't try to continue either talking about the typo crack, as if it matters, or charge that i am being all hateful and attacking you,,,,i'm not...notice these letters are not in bold print, there is no all caps screaming in my posts nor am i saying anything combative, outside of a crack about a typo which you chose to blow out of proportion.
just answer the questions please.
