Respect and Violence

I was reading about a murder recently. The purported reason was that someone looked at the murderer's girlfriend without respect. Although an extreme response in my view, I began to wonder how much of the violence in our society was related to a feeling of not being respected. If you can't gain respect, you can at least get others to fear you and keep out of your way. I started wondering if there is a way we can all respect each other and as a result decrease the level of violence in our society. I am going to have to wonder about this one for a while.