Why do young people place so much value on respect?

\\Michelle says she was shocked that the first time she went to a Trident meeting (part of the Met's drive to combat gun crime) meeting and was shown a pie chart about black-on-black killings. 'Disrespect' accounted for 70 per cent of murders. 'I have heard of people being killed over a parking space,' she says. 'For taking the pee out of someone's haircut or insulting their mother.'//



That's just daft, if someone laughs at my haircut, i laugh at them back. I don't shoot or stab them.

Oh, the youth of our time have the least respect for anyone but themselves than any other generation. Respect means more "obedience" to them... if you dont do as I say, feel as I feel, and bow to my authority, you are disrespecting me. Gang wars are about control of the other gangs... its about the "fun" of conflict, the aggressive behavior of competition.

If kids actually had respect, they would obey both their parents and the law, stay in school, learn from their elders mistakes, quit killing each other, quit polluting their own bodies, stay with their church, stay in school, make more friends than enemies, cooperate, improved work ethic.... gee, what else could I list?

Thanks for the ten. I guess I will take this opportunity to add that those kids who are so concerned for "respect" are only concerned with the type of respect that is shown to them... not showing any themselves. Report It

no its a lack of respect they have as they should respect other peoples right to be different

because they are dumb and big babies

Your right, now you know why humans are just plain idiots, this kind of stuff. Anyone who murders or rapes is evil, plain and simple.

It's a misuse of the word respect; it's an anger management issue. Some folks are looking for a chance to use the weapon they just picked up so easily.

As a teacher who used to work in London, I've encountered this notion of 'respect'. People who commit these crimes are demanding respect for themselves but are unable to see that others deserve it too.
"I feel that nobody in my life is respecting me so I will force others to do so. I will do this through intimidation and fear creation."

respect is essentially important because if you have respect fro yourself then you can walk your life path with elegance and dignity knowing with certainty that you are happy with yourself & i would suggest that someone who needs to hurt another over their opinion of a haircut or parking space has little or no respect for themselves.

yes, you are right. and don't you think that the thing you described is just opposite to the meaning of respect in general. it's more about the lack of nerves and respect as well.

i don't live in any area that has a gang culture but isn't it the "gang "that provokes and gets provoked and it turns into a deadly game with knives and guns and it really doesn't matter what is said any thing big or small triggers the trouble to save face or reputation and if there's bad blood it has to be revenged they say respect me but they don't seem to grip the notion you have to give respect back it needs to be a two way thing until then nothing is going to change

Where do you live on Mars? I haven't met a young person giving any respect in years ! I don't think they even know how to spell the word.

. . . especially when they haven't a clue what respect is all about!

i moved my children from where this was happening because i didn't want them getting involved in this sort of thing, it would have been inevitable that they would either have to comply to gangs or get hurt. This 'respect' thing starts from an early age 10 or so in the area i lived, they did have respect for their own ie; mothers, community to a certain degree but outsiders had no chance, its only getting worse its respect for life they need.

They use the word all the time but they don't have a clue what it means. What they really mean when they say they want people to "respect" them, is that they want people to "fear" them. They don't understand that real respect is a two-way thing.

Inferiority needs to enforce respect. Beware of lowlife and the socially inadequate section of youth culture.