Angus:"Bottom line: respect another person and the other person will respect you, regardless of cultural "superstructures". "

Dreamy. I am having an emotion of feeling that you are bluffing (compare Frank at TT Evo). I don't feel that any amount of respect for Osama Bin Laden, dead or alive would bear/yield a lot of dates. Same thing with Saddam Hussein, the fascist ruthless dictator. Also, I don't feel that a terrorist suicide bomber even has much sense of their own personal worth, submitting to their perceived "higher power".

In ordinary combat between organized military forces, there is at least statistical higher probability that you will survive and receive your colorful ribbons.