There are sufficient laws in place to deal with criminals we do not need thought and attitude police. We have too many lawyers as politicians who only see law enforcement as population control.

Respect is something we learn from parents and adult models. Certain male cultures breed disrespect because they learn these offensive attitudes from their fathers. Self control is the highest form of self respect. Teach children self respect and pride in enhancing another's life. This happens from within and is not oppressive, whereas law enforcement is from without and by its nature fails to build respect. Any self respecting person will respect all comers.

Come on Philo, are you saying good people respect bad ones have the police to contend with?
Few cops have true respect unless it is for them selves.
We should get the politics out of the debate.
Is mutual respect a good thing.
If you say yes do we all have it.
Thought police, not sure I think that is what is proposed have you ever thought some one needs to learn respect.
What is so bad about learning to live together and better.

the outworking of the idiotic belief that we got here by chance results is little to no respect. If their is no Creator respect is nothing short of ludicrous. That is why you see the most disrespectful citizens those who worship the creation (rather than the Creator). A number who write on OLO fall into that category. They have rebellion and hate written towards their Maker in every second word.

Runner, your ignorance of evolution is profound. If you had studied to high school level, you would understand that your use of the term "chance result" reveals two things. First: you only read about it in old fundy pamphlets, and two: Your opinions about it are contemptible.

Do try harder and stop conflating topics with your (very) few tired old hobby horses.

Who created your supposed god by the way?

Rusty

I think runner you need more respect, for your self, your God, and those you impose your quaint ideas in threads that have zero to do with your beliefs.
I have considered the stated opinions this thread is about thought police.
While we all know what in fact is about we too easily put tags like that on subjects ,then run with it.
What proposed law tells anyone how to think.
What penalty's are proposed.
who monitors who.
No simplistic lurch away from reality no thought control no big brother just one basic idea.
by the way one that will not work, we give evidence here in this thread it can not.
Respect for others, thoughts opinions, ideas race, looks.
We put so many different views forward as evidence we or some of us, do not consider respect a good out come.

Belly tell us what role a respect Minister would have and what are their powers? You say take the politics out of this subject yet what do you imagine a Minister for respect is?

What were you on when you wrote this? "Come on Philo, are you saying good people respect bad ones have the police to contend with?"

The only way to change society by introducing a Minister for respect is for the Minister to introduce laws that enforce attitude and thought control - ie brainwashing. This was the method of Hitler, The Taliban, Russian Communists and Mao with his little red book.

Queen Victoria introduced into schools a subject called manners or social etiquite where children were taught to bow, don hats etc etc all in an attempt to teach respect. This generation finds this artificial and hides the real character of the person. A swarve man can be underneath a real charlitan etc etc. Prim and proper people can have hearts of stone. I say "Do unto others what you would desire they do to you". When one can truly respect themself they will desire to respect others. This is the principle of divine thought.