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Is it your partner you respect, or their clothes? Surely respect need not be a
fear-based emotion, true respect begins and ends with character. Respecting a
person's rights to hold a view is not synonymous with respecting their view.
We can disagree in general and specific terms on principles and implementation,
but no-one can say that any one of us is indefatigably correct in all cases, or
that one rule fits all, history indeed informs us reliably otherwise, no matter
what the (various - choose one) "good books" might say. Certitude of
predictable, action suitable to be applied in all cases at all times, is food
for recalcitrant gods whose very idea, being anthropomorphic creations at best,
can be seen as sufficient reason to encourage free-thinking, freedom of inquiry
and unrestricted individual action, in and of self. We require the ability to
break free from authoritarian rule, in whatever form it may disguise itself.
It is not necessary for us to be controlled, for human potential to be
realised, what is necessary is that we all have the freedom to choose what each
of us do in any given situation, and that this freedom be respected. Maybe
you, or your partner, need to let go a little control? Try a little respect
instead...
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