The refugees I have met want nothing more than to be able to earn a living with self-respect and to be permitted to live in peace.

BBC: Human traffic. Your earlier comments

But neither are we obliged, by self-interest or self-respect, to be played by every extortionist who comes our way, seeking the prestige of our company and the things we have to offer in exchange for being kept safe from harm.

WSJ: Bret Stephens: North Korea and Iran Are Practicing Extortion

It turns out that in addition to the potential for walk-ins by significant others and soul-crushing lack of self-respect in the morning, would-be Internet Lotharios now have to worry about being blackmailed.

CNN: Police: Naked scammers seduce, blackmail men on Web

And the way we should do it--and this is part of what's wrong with what they're accusing me of by looking backwards to the '60s--is we ought to do it in a 21st century way that allow families to have independence, to be responsible, to have dignity and self-respect.

NPR: Former V.P. Candidate Edwards: Class and Katrina

Sure, this can be appealing, since choosing to keep my self-respect intact has made me unpopular and disliked at times, with no end to that in sight.

NPR: Being Content with Myself

Only a few authors (so far) have been definitively found out, and none of them have really lost anything, except for a bit of self-respect and for some that appears to be expendable anyway.

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