Guilty as charged.  But only in a fake way when responding to this group
so as not to take the conversation into radical areas on both sides.

In reality, I am NOT tolerant, nor am I "open-minded", nor am I even
respectful of some of the crazy things that I see going on.  And I'm
sick of these one-sided laws that try to force me to bend one way while
giving the other side near total freedom to do as they please (within
the law of their respective countries, but they often bend that, too).

-----Original Message-----
From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf
Of Rich
Sent: 5. elokuuta 2008 6:56
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: Re: [OT] politics - I shouldn't be posting
itanywaybutIhavenorestraint

"...so there simply is no room for them to be open minded or tolerant."
by 
Ian Smith?

Is open-minded, or what you call tolerant universally beneficial or 
advantageous to a society?  Why? Can you think of any circumstances
under 
which tolerance may be a disadvantage?  
><
In my humble opinion, I think the politically correct idea of
"tolerance" has strayed so  far from practical usefulness that it has
actually engendered a bedrock of intolerance and social tension instead
of harmony.  
><
Perhaps there is a sense of tolerance that relates to the individual on
a personal level and another sense of tolerance that is established in
the law.  I do not believe the two are the same. In any case, we need to
know what we mean by the use of the word tolerance. 
><
I am not comfortable with the generalization of the word because of the
political usurpation of the word for the purpose of furthering an agenda
that, in my opinion, is counter productive to the general social
harmony.  There is an obvious political agenda to manipulate public
opinion concerning such matters.  Reprehensible in my view.

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