Men whom you respect and/or look up to 100%

Respect 100%... There was never really one who fit this for me. Everyone I thought I respected... I'd always find something I just couldn't respect. Instead of looking upto someone, to some flawed individual, I chose to look upto God. I'll have my own flaws no matter what... why should I try to be like someone else who is also flawed. Always made 'role-model' papers fun in school. Some teachers just said to write about why I didn't have one, others told me to do the best I could, which meant 'fake it' to me.

Yours was rahter intresting, and I enjoyed reading about it. Hopefully someone else will post something equally intresting~

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Trigunnerz

Wow. Are you serious about this? No one is perfect. That's a fact. Martin Luther King Jr. wasn't perfect. Ghandi wasn't perfect. Mother Theresa wasn't perfect. Yet they are respect by millions of people. Why? Because of their attitudes toward life and the things they have accomplished. You're putting too much emphasis on the negative aspects.

You sound like an arrogant bitch. Doesn't the fact that people are trying to overcome their shortcomings mean anything to you? Or since they're role models, they should be perfect.

My dad is my greatest role model. But he drinks. Oops! This automatically makes him evil and disrespectable.

Your making quite a bit of assumptions. If I've never met them, how much can I really know about them. Can someone whom I don't know anything about really be a rolemodel. I don't think so.

Your right, no one is perfect. Your claiming my exact point. Why can't I aim for an ideal? Are you saying aiming for an ideal is bad?

Don't put words in my mouth. Your overexagerating. I respect plenty of people, but to respect 100% of a person is a lot to respect. To respect 100% to me means every aspect, all 100%. I respect both of my parents greatly, they fed me, raised me, housed me, paid for my entire education. However, they both also have qualities which I do not find respectable. Does this mean they are bad? Does this mean I dis-respect them. No. It means there are aspect I do not respect, and thus I do not respect the entirity of 100%. There are thiings I respect about everyone and things I do not respect about everyone. I respect your participation in the thread and your opinion, however I dont care for the demeanor. Everything has good aspect and bad, everything is a shade of grey. Only ideals are black and white.

Instead of jumping to conclusions and making accusations, couldn't you just ask for clarification?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

no worries. Text can easily be misread into other meanings :/

One of the strongest impression ever made on me was by a friend. I respected him on about the average level. However, one day he did something that has impressed me since then, roughly 10 years ago or so now. We were still foolish kids, and an online gag got a bit out of hand. It became harrasment, and an official came to hold us accountable. We were all quite fearful... none of us knew what was going to happen, and it looked as if we'd all be in deep shit. He stepped forward though, and claimed it was him alone. Whatever happened, he seemed fine later about, but this act gained alot of respect from me.

Originally Posted by Trigunnerz

I find that respectable in any person. The ability to keep on fighting on despites the odds.

A very respectable trait. Until recently, I could say I didn't really know anyone like that. I've known people who've done extremely well, but the odds are either neutral or in their favor. Currently though, I do know someone whom seems to have alot stacked up against her, and yet she still thrives.

I currently have more respect for her than anyone else Although its still not quite that 100%, it is pretty close. I guess it _could_ be close enough... I'm not sure if I know her well enough to decide that.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.