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Is it Right to Hold People to Your Own Principles?

Is it right to judge people based on the principles you judge yourself on? If you always try to be a certain way and someone specifically acts contradictary to it, should you be offended?


  • Holding People to Your Own Principles

    I always try so hard to be a good person. And I don't know if its fair or not to be upset when I feel someone isn't trying as hard as I am. I personally become angry when I'm not shown the courtesy that I try so hard to show to others, especially when I know it is something I would have readily done.

    I mean, I think in some situations you have the right to be upset if it is something drastic and meaningful. But then there are those borderline situations such as offering the last slice of pizza or taking your shoes off in someone's home where I think people shouldn't overreact. The neglect of simple acts of courtesy can get some people's blood boiling.

    18%  Voted for by endsofbread, Dwn.
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  • No choice

    if we dont hold people to the principles in which we believe , then whos principles should we or could we hold them to

    18%  Voted for by Dwn, Auxiliar.
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  • Excellent Topic!!

    hmmmm, touchy one as well. I believe that all things positive are accepted, all things negative cause friction.

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    I cuss, because it only offends those who let it offend them. I do not curse, because that causes a negative energy to be released. So I may say shyte(alot)but I will not say you know who to damn something. That is a curse. or request to damnate or cast down.

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    I may drink a beer occassionally, but I will not drink several beers ever.

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    I will pray alot, but I will not pray in front of you. Can keep it between those who are concerned with the praying.

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    If I see something offensive to me, it would have to actually have energy to change something or someone beyond their will to resist. If I see two men kissing each other on a public bench, it does not offend me. But if I see Two men french kissing on a public bench and a 6 year old boy also sees this; his perspective is awakened, not changed, but pushed on him before he is ready to fathom it. That is wrong, even when it is a man and women french kissing each other on a public bench

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    Judge: from the Hebrew meaning and the godly meaning and also the US constitutional beginnings; Guided by the hand of God.

    Judges are impartial.

    18%  Voted for by frndofyaweh, Dwn.
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  • impartiality?

    A judge's role is to, eventually, take a side. Impartiality when judging is an oxymoron. Two people judging one another are attracted to each other due to each other's own self judgement. The employment of a 3rd judge, based on a mythological concept of objectivity and impartiality, becomes just a threesome of what was before a twosome. The 3rd judge finds the same attractiveness of judgement as the first two. (the 3rd judge, on a judgemental level, looks the most attractive by his authorititive garb and office). All this judgement stuff has nothing to do with right and wrong. It has to do with winning and losing (or is that the same thing?)

    Voted for by grant.
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    psh nah everybody is diffrent, their is a certain line from judging and helping and it's a lot deeper then i feel like elaborating

    Voted for by painter-of-words.
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  • you

    if your principles are based on the belief that you are bad so must try to be good, then you will be looking for the same in others. That being the perception that they are also bad and should be looking to be good also. Why believe you're bad anyway? You are already unique. No-one will ever be better at being you than you are right now.

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  • No, but you need respect

    No, but you need to respect each other. I have a friend whos Satanist/atheist and i'm a total Pentecostal Christian. We still get along but we try to respect each other as much as possible.

    Voted for by Carino.
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  • WE COULD HOLD PEOPLE TO THE PRINCIPLES WE ALL SHARE IN COMMON

    WE COULD HOLD THEM TO THE PRINCIPLES WE ALL SHARE IN COMMON.

    In view of the fact that on one has a monopoly on principles meaning if one tries to hold people to their own principles the people will also reciprocate by holding that person to their own principles,we could take the following conflict reduction approach. 

    We could establish a common ground of principles and then try to reason out within the framework of those principles, and of course, bearing in mind that you have at your disposal the power to convince.

    So, its not right to hold people to your own principles

    Voted for by likewhatitis100.
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  • Judgement

    In order to have the authority to judge, the judge should not be excluded from the external custom of judgement. "Contradictory" and "to it" are both judgements made by two judges. The failure here is that the act of judging is impeding everyone's need to avoid being offended. Another is that because of our understanding of our judgements to hold anyone accountable, it is our judging that compels us to offend.

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