Sean:
If you really do believe this absolute, with no qualifications and no possible reasons to deviate from it:
read John to say that he respected divorced men less than non-divorced men. That doesn't seem harsh to me if one truly believes in marriage and what it takes to make one work.
Then well, we shall once again agree to disagree. I just can't believe any reasonable person would believe that, nor make number of marriages a basis for giving respect.
In any case, I leave you in the capable hands of Mr. Huntley, who you obviously must respect less than me, given I've been married to the same woman for 15 years and he's been married more than once.
And God help you if you respect me more than him. I mean that with 100% sincerity.
TH
AsHuckster
I can honestly say that I don't follow your post. I have never met you or Bob so there isn't any sort of "respect" question involved. I don't know either of you so I couldn't draw any conclusions about any aspect of your lives.
Ciao
Sean:
I thought my post was pretty easily understandable. But I do like and respect you (as much as one can regarding someone he's only "met" though this electronic medium), so I shall try again.
Your post that I quoted says to me that you absolutely respect more those who are married to the same woman, never have been divorced, than those who have been divorced.
If you do mean that - absolutely - than that means you respect Bob Huntley less than me, as he has been divorced and I've been married only once, to the same woman, for nearly 15 years now.
You can follow that logic, right?
So I ask you - is it that absolute?
Because many people here have met each of me and Bob Huntley. And they have to be peeing their pants laughing at the thought that I deserve more respect than him.
Capiche?
I'm hoping you don't see this as an absolute. I gotta say that a lot of the posts in this thread are scaring me.
Shivas - of course I've been married only once too, as has damn near everyone I know from the Catholic school world. I just have to say taking such a strong position on this to the tune that all who have been divorced should somehow be looked down upon is pretty scary. I know you can't mean that.
Can you?
TH
ps - as for playing by the rules all the time, just try it on a crowded public course on a weekend. Just try walking back to the tee after an unexpected lost ball or OB. This is one of those ideas that's great in principle, rather far-fetched in practice.
pss - I'm burying this way down here, because tooting my own horn is not my style, but well... I am rather proud, as for a golfer of my lack of skill two club championships in 4 years is a pretty nice achievement. Click on this link if interested:
http://www.stmgc.com/