[TheThinkTank] Respect with a focus on Ethics.

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In a message dated 6/25/2008 12:44:04 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
colin.phoenixbikes at gmail.com writes:

1.  respect other people. students, staff, visitors. 
2. respect  tools.



Respect without ethics is destructive.
 
The Mafia had great respect inside its ranks, but it lacked ethical  bearings 
for the greater community, Gangsta's demand respect from  everyone yet they 
do not give respect back to the community. Some  communities will not talk to 
the police because there is a code of silence they  respect. The code of 
silence protects the guilty and lacks ethical concerns for  the rest of the 
community. Respect with out ETHICS is deadly.
 
 
A student can respect other people. students, staff, visitors.  When one 
steals from the shop, respect thief and do not tell on  them.  Respect without 
ethics is destructive to the community, the program  and to all related people.
 
A student can respect tools. If you need them, take them home, care for  them 
and use them appropriately. It is theft but it is also respect. Respect  
without ethics is Loss
 
 
I propose that focus on Ethical treatment of people, community, property,  
and so on; is important to changing the environment of RESPECT for bad behavior. 
 

The Dalai Lama puts the idea of ethics in  a broader message.
            
It is in everybody's interest to seek those [actions] that lead to  happiness 
and avoid those which lead to suffering. And because our  interests are 
inextricably linked, we are compelled to accept  ethics as the indispensable 
interface  between my desire to be happy and  yours.
 
 
-His Holiness the Dalai Lama
 
Respect without a focus on Ethics, is just  dust in the wind.



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