How can people be so immature?

Question

There are certain questions asked (not in this message board of course) by such people as the President of India and the Queen of Jordan and I see many users answering in a casual, even disrespectful tone, and they seem to forget that they are talking to heads of state and royalty! One example is at http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylc=X3oDMTFwN3VkMzFpBF9TAzM5NjU0NTEwOARfcwMzOTY1NDUxMDMEc2VjA2Zyb250IHBhZ2UEc2xrA0ZQX0luLm1hbnRsZQ--?qid=20070301145921AA9ayoi and the most striking disrespect I noticed was that certain users who criticized Islam or the Jordanian Government showed absolutely no restraint. How stupid do you have to be to insult the Queen of Jordan?

AKA Reb it says 'Official' in big letters under their usernames.

Answer 1

Well.....royalty or not....they are people like the rest of us. And they deserve to be spoken to truthfully and not with any deceit.

Answer 2

This really belongs in Etiquette or the Yahoo Answers section, but I'll answer.

The Queen most likely doesn't read the answers---she just poses the question as a matter of PR, to show she observes the "international Women's Day".

But if I were a queen, I'd like to see what people had to say, speaking on the topic as truthfully and naturally as they would with anyone else. There's certain decorum expected under certain circumstances, but in a casual place that's basically where a world community can speak out in answer to a question, bowing and scraping seems silly. She's a queen, yes, but she's also a person who asked a question here, like everyone else.

Answer 3

I'm glad you put this question and comment on here. I'm new to the computer. This is the first chat line type of thing I've ever been on. I didn't know those important of people were on here. You've got me a little freaked out. I never talk about presidents or governmental type of stuff because it's not something I know about or have opinions about. I have enough anxiety without knowing about that stuff. But, I have a disturbing sense of humor, and definatley have expressed that on here. I even turn things that are hurting me into a joke. I have made some comments about the father of my child being from India on here. But him and I pick on eachother's race all the time. We flirt by making comments like that to eachother kinda like 3rd graders. You know, when you're little and you're mean to someone cause you like them so much. But, I'm sure that there have been some people that might not think that kind of humor is alright. Or maybe they don't know I'm joking. My mouth has always been my biggest problem. I guess I better get my Dale Carnigey(or how ever you spell his last name) tapes back out, and remember to have some restraint like you said.

Answer 4

I agree with AKA Reb "Official" or no "Official" and why does she write in the third person when providing links to websites. Why put "visit Queen ....." when she could have put "visit my website for..." Seems weird. However, if she is who she claims to be, I take it back. However, she doesn't participate much and why is she here? Surely a Queen, no less, has better things to do?

Answer 5

All people being created equal, a queen, king or pope, is no better than the common person, who actually works for a living. So we are on a level playing field. The mountains will be made low. If someone has an ave name called Satan, do you really think it is Satan?

Answer 6

the problem i see is that people think they are special. the king and queen and everyone else is just another animal walking around on this planet until it dies, just like the rest of us, but that doesn't mean people need to be rude, no matter if your the king of Jordan or a homeless guy on the street. TREAT PEOPLE HOW YOU WANT TO BE TREATED. also i think people say those things just because its the Internet, you know that most of them are probably unintelligent, they probably don't even know what Jordan is, but they insult people simply because they know they wont be hurt from them in anyway. to me its just people being stupid people as usual. none of us are special, were all equally meaningless, but people want to feel special and feel like they have a purpose, so they don't care who someone is, they always view them self as more important, especially here in america. i guess its not immaturity, to me its ignorance.

Answer 7

I believe in equal rightsfor all.

Every one has an equal right to be insulted by me on this forum. Whether its you or President of Timbuktoo.

Go and act vigilante! Report anyone who uses ****, **** etc. in their posts. Oops they blank it out anyways! So what is your problem?

That I didn't genuflect? Be a man/ ( Or woman, for that matter!)! Say your mind. So what if you are obnoxious? Its better than being stupid, ain't it?

All this reminds me of my childhood.

In those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women were real women, and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri.

Answer 8

The Queen of Jordan and the President of India don't hang out in yahoo Q&A, ok? People make up phony avatars and names to fool you, and it looks like it worked.

Answer 9

You're right, it is immature, but believe me, they don't read all the answers. They have people that go through all the answers and then pick out a top 10 or so, and then they might read those and pick a best answer. (If they even bother to do that.) It wasn't even their idea to ask a question here. They're contacted and asked to submit a question.

Answer 10

I think it's important to treat everyone the same. If you're disrespectful you should be disrespectful across the board you know? Why suck up to one person and treat another like garbage.

Answer 11

First,even though I don't agree with boorish behavior, she is not our queen. She WAS an american by the way before she became Jordanian.