Re: A frightening sign

On Dec 30, 6:56 pm, r norman <r_s_norman@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The tolerance whereof I speak does not involve the acceptance of
people who do evil.  Rather it is the acceptance of people who some
suspect of being capable of evil merely because they look or talk or
think differently.

It's good to hear tolerance doesn't mean accepting of doing evil.

You say "look, talk or think" differently. These are in different
categories. Could we single out "talking differently"?

If the talking is about matters of taste, let the diversity reign. But
if the talking is about a matter of truth, shouldn't we should seek
unity?


-Alan Wostenberg














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