I understand what you mean, mellowmood, but sometimes you CANT be respectful about some things when someone believes in an opinion that you find insulting or offensive. and one comment you might respectful might be disrespectful to the next.

I'll give some examples. When someone here(I think it was ghost) expressed his opinion that people who are in the army are muderers, (I dont want to misquote him) it drew anger from a lot of people, who hurled a lot of insults at him, but a lot of people would find those insults socially acceptable because almost everyone believes that an army is there to protect you.

Suppose someone came here and started making racist comments, or say a KKK member joined cannabis.com. he would be pummeled with insults everyday and people wouldnt say you're dispecting him for expressing outrage at his opinions.

However, I'm sure the minority of religious people here found it offensive when some people on the message boards basically insinuated people who believe in God are weak-minded. Is that disrespectful or not? It depends on what side of the issue you stand.