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Re: Respect the Office of President

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Jun 28, 2018 11:46 am

ElectricMonk wrote:
gorgeous wrote:soooo...no honorable presidents...see?
If you want to honor some, that's your decision.

Only dictators demand to be honored.
Two different things there.
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Re: Respect the Office of President

Post by OlegTheBatty » Thu Jun 28, 2018 5:03 pm

ElectricMonk wrote:
gorgeous wrote:soooo...no honorable presidents...see?
If you want to honor some, that's your decision.

Only dictators demand to be honored.
and narcissists.

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Re: Respect the Office of President

Post by Gord » Fri Jun 29, 2018 7:50 am

I expect there are some honourable people out there, but it's a subjective thing and you should honour whoever you feel is worthy of your honouring them (in other words, people you think are honourable).
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Re: Respect the Office of President

Post by TJrandom » Sat Jun 30, 2018 10:07 am

Gord wrote:I expect there are some honourable people out there, but it's a subjective thing and you should honour whoever you feel is worthy of your honouring them (in other words, people you think are honourable).
Indeed there are - approximately 601 of them, primarily in Cameroon, but with over 200 in the US (none in Canada, I note). The highest density of honourable people in the world. Of course this requires using a correct spelling... ;)
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Re: Respect the Office of President

Post by Pyrrho » Sat Jun 30, 2018 12:11 pm

I am not obliged to respect job titles or human organizational hierarchies.
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Re: Respect the Office of President

Post by scrmbldggs » Sat Jun 30, 2018 12:22 pm

That might change soon enough. Probably after the parade... :roll:
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Re: Respect the Office of President

Post by Poodle » Sat Jun 30, 2018 3:13 pm

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Re: Respect the Office of President

Post by landrew » Sat Jun 30, 2018 5:49 pm

Pyrrho wrote:I am not obliged to respect job titles or human organizational hierarchies.
Or read the OP, which distinguishes between the Office and the person defiling it.
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Re: Respect the Office of President

Post by Pyrrho » Sat Jun 30, 2018 6:11 pm

landrew wrote:
Pyrrho wrote:I am not obliged to respect job titles or human organizational hierarchies.
Or read the OP, which distinguishes between the Office and the person defiling it.
I am not obliged to respect the Office of the President.
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Re: Respect the Office of President

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sat Jun 30, 2018 7:30 pm

#1 Public Servant should be the title, just to keep them in the proper frame of mind.
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