Respect for your betters

July 27, 2007

A friend

TONY
“You know, I used to think that anybody who was out to help me was actually trying to screw me. I’ve come round a bit on that one. I think I’m better now.”

This entry was posted on July 27, 2007 at 2:39 pm and is filed under betters, coming round, help me, homelessness, out to screw me, respect, screw, screw me.

2 Responses to “Respect for your betters”

  1. henry Says:

    August 1, 2007 at 9:53 am

    I’m not sure that I feel comfortable with the title of this piece.
    Is it a play on the word ‘better’?

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  2. Tony Says:

    August 1, 2007 at 2:58 pm

    Henry,
    Yes, very much so. Tony has respect for himself for the thing(s) he does better. The pun is also meant to question whether those who are of higher social status deserve that status. Thirdly, I was trying to tun the idea of “betters” on its head, viz, that Tony might be the one of the”betters” to whom others could offer more respect.

    So, no offense intended.

    Tks for the comment.

    Philip

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