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Originally posted by Yorick:
Martin Luther King took stands against racism. Against people being judged by the colour of their skin, rather the content of their hearts. He did not tolerate racism. He was intolerant of violence, racism and inequaltiy.
Rosa Parks did not tolerate segregation. She refused to tolerate aparteid-like laws seperating people according to race.
Both of these people were INTOLERANT and that is why they succeeded in changing their environment.
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Oh no, they were both actually quite tolerant. You have provided for my perspective quite well. It's all in the spirit of the matter. You also did not answer my questions. What corner did they paint themselves in?
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When you decry intolerance you preach apathy.
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No. When intolerance is allowed to flourish in the name of being "tolerant" then apathy will threaten.
By demanding that in order to practice tolerance once must 'tolerate' intolerance is preaching apathy. I maintain that I reject this perspective on various grounds and I am perfectly willing to agree to disagree.
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I am proudly intolerant of murder, abortion, fear, terrorism, incest, rape, domestic violence, paedophilia, and many other things. I wear intolerance proudly. There are things in my world which I will not tolerate and seek to end, remove or limit.
I will not tolerate self loathing in myself, nor self condemnation, bitterness, fear, hatred, or materialism.
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Here you are using a different context of the word intolerance than I have been refering to, but that is obvious if you actually read what I have written. You did read what I wrote right? Maybe even thought about it? Perhaps, maybe even, tried to understand? (I just had Deja Vu)
Why is it so hard for you to just agree to disagree with me? Why do you insist that I see it your way? Why, in your zest to force your opinion at me, must you must attack my character and moral perspective by calling me a hypocrite, implying I think I am morally better than those who disagree with me, ect.? Why do you keep avoiding questions about this?
[ 04-09-2004, 01:59 AM: Message edited by: Chewbacca ]