Anathema
Crotchety Olde Man
A very simple question... Which would you rather be... Feared or Respected? Does it vary between different aspects of your life?... Personal, Professional, Public? Why?
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A very simple question... Which would you rather be... Feared or Respected? Does it vary between different aspects of your life?... Personal, Professional, Public? Why?
Neither.A very simple question... Which would you rather be... Feared or Respected? Does it vary between different aspects of your life?... Personal, Professional, Public? Why?
This fails as a false dilemma fallacy.A very simple question... Which would you rather be... Feared or Respected? Does it vary between different aspects of your life?... Personal, Professional, Public? Why?
I'm with Machiavelli on this one. Balancing the two is preferable, but that balance is difficult to attain, therefore it's better to be feared. The bond of respect or love is easier to break, whereas fear of punishment is almost always effective in any situation. Unfortunately, this just isn't practical since I am not a 16th century Italian banker so I aim for respect. It's just so hard to make people legally fear you these days. It's not like I can threaten to fling them from the Palazzo della Signoria.
Oh, none of that namby pamby bowels in crap. Bowels out, lest the lesson not be learned.I'm with Machiavelli on this one. Balancing the two is preferable, but that balance is difficult to attain, therefore it's better to be feared. The bond of respect or love is easier to break, whereas fear of punishment is almost always effective in any situation. Unfortunately, this just isn't practical since I am not a 16th century Italian banker so I aim for respect. It's just so hard to make people legally fear you these days. It's not like I can threaten to fling them from the Palazzo della Signoria.
"Bowels in, or bowels out?"
A very simple question... Which would you rather be... Feared or Respected? Does it vary between different aspects of your life?... Personal, Professional, Public? Why?
Classic Lecter!!I'm with Machiavelli on this one. Balancing the two is preferable, but that balance is difficult to attain, therefore it's better to be feared. The bond of respect or love is easier to break, whereas fear of punishment is almost always effective in any situation. Unfortunately, this just isn't practical since I am not a 16th century Italian banker so I aim for respect. It's just so hard to make people legally fear you these days. It's not like I can threaten to fling them from the Palazzo della Signoria.
"Bowels in, or bowels out?"