RESPECT LESSON for some SI posters
We all need and deserve to be respected. However, we cannot respect others when we don't respect ourselves. When you are rude, put people down, talk negatively, or insult people, you are hurting your respect for yourself as well as for others.
Everyone needs to feel good about themselves in order to get along with others. When someone does not feel good about himself or herself, he or she speaks and acts in ways that hurt others. When you don't feel good about yourself, everyone loses.
We all have bad days. No one is immune to having things go wrong. That is why we always have to remember to treat people with respect, even if we are not feeling very good about ourselves, or can tell that they may not be feeling much respect for themselves. When you automatically treat people with respect, you help everyone feel better about themselves.
How can I treat people with respect automatically?
1. Ignore them when they say or do something that hurts my feelings.
2. Don't argue or fight with someone who is obviously not feeling good about him/herself.
3. Overlook it when someone is trying to tease me to get me mad.
4. Don't say things in anger-count to ten before I speak or don't say anything until the anger has passed.
5. Don't say negative things. I have a right to my opinions, but I do not have the right to express it.
6. Always try to think of everyone as doing the best they can-see everyone as the best that they can be.
7. Put myself in the other person's place and try to understand what their point-of-view is.
8. Treat others as I would like to be treated.
I hope that one day, Silicon Investor will give themselves less work, a more comfortable place to express opinions, etc etc etc. and give posters a good feeling by using some of the rules that Blogit has for their site....the corrections that need to be made here will be a huge undertaking as so many posters have formed bad habits here on SI and have hurt others enough to chase them away.
The Welcome to Silicon Investor thread should be just that. A Welcome to new members.
blogit.com
The following rules provide additional guidance and examples:
Agree to disagree respectfully. Opposing opinions can generate a lively discussion, but if you cannot persuade someone with your presentation of the facts or argument, move on instead of resorting to personal attacks. If you are upset about something or someone, consider taking a break to calm down before you respond.
As in real life, activities such as verbal assault, name-calling, and harassment -- including racial, religious and sexual harassment -- carry penalties. For example, it is not acceptable to use profanity, vulgarity or hate speech against another member. Penalties may include account suspension or termination, and a report to the proper authorities if warranted. To learn more about verbal abuse and its impact on others, please see the Verbal/Emotional Abuse page on Suite 101 and the psychological abuse directory on Google.
Respect the rights of others to enjoy BN. Please do not participate in antisocial, disruptive, or destructive acts. This includes but is not limited to, "flaming" (making insulting criticisms or remarks to incite anger), "spamming" (posting numerous and/or unwanted and disruptive items), and "trolling" (intentionally inciting negative disruption, such as posting to make purely negative or disruptive comments).
Respect other members’ requests to refrain from conduct they or others may find offensive, and be forgiving of others' mistakes. If someone asks you to stop a certain line of communication with them or conduct towards them, and you do not, your actions may constitute harassment. Please choose whom you continue to interact with.
Feel free to express strong opinions about any group, but please do not use slurs to disparage a group of individuals based on their ethnicity, gender, national origin or sexual orientation.
Respect the privacy rights of others. Please do not post private email or the private contact information and identity of another individual.....
SI has lost so many great posters in the past and my heart goes out to the posters here and those that have left, that have had to put up with insults, denigration, and have been harmed in any way. Your posting name is all you have here. History here, as when SI one day is able to put in action what is on IHUB today, with several clicks, you will be able to see the WHOLE history of your postings. Scary for some people when that time comes and I wonder how many will be ashamed of what they have posted here on Silicon Investor.
That's all folks and just my opinion BWDIK.
Have a great day. |
