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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What does adding a Mr or Ms do?

It isn’t respectful.  Respect is behavior. Some of the most disrespectful stuff I’ve heard ended with “sir.”[/quote]

It's not a matter of feeling respect. It's a matter of feeling a sense of power or authority over another human being.[/quote]

This is a very odd assertion.  Did you get sent to a military boarding academy or something?[/quote]

It's not odd at all. Someone that doesn't know you can't meaningfully respect you. A child is not conferring respect by using a title like Mr. and Mrs., and no rationale person could look at the behavior of kids (and adults, for that matter) and assume otherwise.

But it is a way for someone to verbally express a deference to authority.[/quote]

Why do you need a child to “respect” you? How bizarre. Just being generally friendly and nicely behaved is all that I expect from my children’s friends. No god complex here![/quote]

I don't get it either. What is it about the south that made this engrained in their culture? It's almost as if there's one group of people there that feels like it their god-given right to have dominion over another group of people. Does anything in the south's history come to mind?[/quote]

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