psiga saudade

Joined: 04 Dec 2006
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Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 12:34 am |
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I have no beef with you at all, schild, but I feel compelled to do this:
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| I am also, very much, not a respect your elders type. That always struck me as "we need to respect them even though they don't respect us." |
That's my quote. Let's break it down.
1. I am also, very much, not a respect your elders type. That always struck me as "we need to respect them even though they don't respect us."
2. That always struck me as "we need to respect them even though they don't respect us."
3. respect us.
4. us.
I [now] know how that came across as this:
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| the way you phrased that made it sound like you thought most children tried to respect their parents despite not being respected. |
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Sorry. Just a greyhound-chasing-mechanical-rabbit thing on my part. _________________
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