People will want you to think the way they think, feel the way they feel and choose the way they choose, but still give your opinion...
What kind modern democratic society is this...?
What is the use of my opinion if we all think, feel and choose the same? Why then should there be different groups in the same society that think, feel and choose the same? We need to achieve unity even with our differences in opinion, and it's possible.
To respect opinion is to respect diversity (call it embrace our differences) whether different, wrong, strange, good, considerable, mean, challenging or even if it sounds insane - it doesn't mean it is!
Remember, your morality is not everyone's morality and if you can not accord my opinion respect, why should I accord yours respect? Isn't this the cause of war/conflicts in democratic societies; people forgetting that the majority opinion does not have to undermine the minority opinion? Or isn't it true that the majority can be wrong and the minority right, and both will still have the conviction to pursue their cause?
I will accord your opinion the same respect you accord mine... and it's fair to you, it's fair to me. That is civilisation, that is democracy and that is a modern society... No offenses should be taken when individuals give an independent opinion!
AUTHOR: Isiko Peace John
