Considering my join date and my actual age, I get quite a bit of respect around here. Not that anyone is kissing my butt, but my opinions and blu-ray.com forum articles are rarely sucessfully challenged. If they are, I am equally sucessful at defending them. But no one is currently attacking me.
Considering my history here, I appreciate it that people respect my opinion. Either that or they are just ignoring me.
But I am also big enough to take the new information I have learned and grow from it. That is how you EARN respect.
I have always believed that 10% of respect is common courtesy and that you must earn the remaining 90%.