Great info guys!
I think that time has already passed for change, enough is enough!
Respect for someone that is doing good by his fellow contractors or doing good by helping us by making life easier or by helping us fight the nonsense and mis-information that is being spread around or helping us talk to the city officials in not making more laws, ordinances or regulations that are just hurting us, the contractors is ok by me.
I will respect any man that is out there helping us but offering blind respect for someone based on age, based on years in the business selling parts or equipment or based on anything else than doing right by me or helping fellow contractors is respect that i will not offer anyone, especially when they are out there trying to hurt my business and the businesses of my friends.
Anyone that says you need to respect him or her or this or that obviously is not being hurt by this person(s) RIGHT NOW, but in the future their idea of respect will change quite dramatically once their business is hurt, hurting or devastated and by then it will be too late.