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Tolerance or Ignorance?

Reader comment on item: Report on Hanan Ashrawi and Colorado College

Submitted by D Connell (United States), Sep 20, 2002 at 10:07

I enjoy your articles and I also enjoy the comments from others concerning your articles. I have not seen any comments posted on your articles lately. So I thought I would comment. To the liberal, tolerance means the acceptance of all ideas as equal and there are no absolutes. Of this they are absolutely sure. Tolerance according to Webster's means "tolerating of views, beliefs, practices, etc. of others that differ from one's own..." Tolerate means "to not interfere with; allow; permit... to recognize and respect others' beliefs, practices, etc. without sharing those views." If you believe that all views and beliefs are equally as good as another, you are not tolerant but rather, you are ignorant.
On another subject, I just heard that our Secretary of Defense, has told Israel, that it would be best if they not get retaliate if Iraq strikes them. In other words leave it to us. Why can't we have help from our only ally in the region? Would the world not tolerate Israel helping us? Why is it permissible for the British to help but not Israel?
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Title Commenter Date Thread
Islamo-"Christian" anti-Jewish "Palestinian" Hannan Ashrawi ... [1980 words]MaliaJul 10, 2012 00:13197106
Those talk where transcribed [19 words]AronSep 19, 2003 23:1011357
The Stupidity & Arrogance of the universities [48 words]Sara SteinJan 15, 2003 20:455797
Background on Ashrawi-Please help [76 words]Eliot GarsonOct 7, 2002 09:112949
Paying for speech [79 words]Jack CaughranSep 30, 2002 13:462733
Yes. Delegitimize [90 words]Susan SalisburySep 30, 2002 13:112731
There are absolutes - Good & Evil - Right & Wrong! [685 words]John ReindersSep 24, 2002 13:572603
Delegitimize? [117 words]Jack CaughranSep 23, 2002 12:072595
Richard Celste: Part of The Bigger Problem [97 words]RobinSep 20, 2002 16:452576
Tolerance or Ignorance? [182 words]D ConnellSep 20, 2002 10:072572
Some ethical issues about free speech [398 words]Irfan KhawajaSep 19, 2002 22:392566

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