Mm hmm. Everybody missed it, and you're gonna set em straight.

Your philosophy has been tried for the last 50 years and has led to huge problems, not limited to gross racial inequity and high recidivism. If you were right, the US with its tough on crime approach which inarguably demands respect would have a lower recidivism rate.

Tell me, who do you respect more--the person who smiles at you and treats you like a human, or the person who snarls in your face and locks you in a hole?

Easy question to answer. Life is not as simple as Fox News would have you believe.