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Originally Posted by simplepeddler
But we have a younger group that is confusing fear with respect.
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Sometimes authorities can reasonably use fear to help impart healthy respect.
We've all known teachers who would slap your hand with a ruler or issue a detention if you did not demonstrate respect.
We've all known coaches who would make you run extra laps or have some other consequence if proper respect was not shown.
And we've all encountered law enforcement more likely to write a ticket rather than issue a warning for a traffic violation if we failed to be respectful.
There is nothing wrong with a healthy fear of those in authority bringing reasonable consequences for failure to demonstrate proper respect.
But serious injury and death are not reasonable consequences in most cases unless that "lack of respect" carries with it a clear danger of death or great bodily harm.