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I feel bad about what I said before, so here it is: nossy Send a noteboard - 27/02/2012 12:43:54 PM
Reading the first paragraph would likely suffice. However, my point is tolerance and acceptance have become so muddled seemingly any blame fool and/or outright dangerous notion is considered valid. If "coexisting" with people who think hunting their neighbors for sport a fun hobby means locking them in a nice soft room where they are no threat to others, fine. If it means accepting and celebrating their "diverse" (i.e. sociopathic) beliefs as coequal with ideas like human decency, no, sorry, I cannot and will not do that. They are simply wrong, my beliefs are better than theirs, and if that makes me judgemental or "intolerant" in the eyes of people too obsessed with getting along with everyone to realize some people will not let others get along with them, so be it.

One more time, the kind of person who would have this bumper sticker is not the kind of person who wants to be running around killing people, and I highly doubt that is what they are thinking of (in others) when they are proud of their tolerance. Do you really think that is what we mean when we talk about tolerance? Seriously? If you do, it's more than mildly insulting, because it feels like you're assuming tolerant people are too stupid to understand where to stop.

It's an acceptance that there are others out there who think different things, and that that is just fine. If any belief "wrong," as you seem to think is the biggest worry, it most likely falls under the jurisdiction of the law.

About all I would add is that when people convinced no belief is inherently superior to another LOOK DOWN ON me believing differently, I do not know whether to laugh or cry at such purblind hypocrisy. Condemning me is a tacit admission of their error, as "embracing" brutal cultures by living in one would teach them.

You must lead a different life completely. I see nobody embracing any brutal culture, and I wouldn't have thought of that AT ALL, when seeing that bumper sticker. The only thing I condemn you for is that you're making this about yourself, and it makes you sound like a crazy Christian who can't see past that.
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For my fellow Grammar Nazis Tom - 23/02/2012 07:12:33 PM 779 Views
I like that. *NM* Nate - 23/02/2012 07:33:11 PM 205 Views
Nice. *NM* Legolas - 23/02/2012 07:46:08 PM 202 Views
Yes, indeed! *NM* Macharius - 23/02/2012 07:51:37 PM 206 Views
*NM* ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:30:41 PM 199 Views
I saw that several days ago. nossy - 23/02/2012 11:59:32 PM 471 Views
We are going to need a bigger bumper. Joel - 24/02/2012 05:33:44 PM 510 Views
lol intolerance *NM* Ghavrel - 24/02/2012 09:10:34 PM 194 Views
Not intolerance. Joel - 24/02/2012 11:06:08 PM 643 Views
"Coexisting" = "no belief system?" Ghavrel - 25/02/2012 01:10:04 AM 408 Views
Not technically, no, but in my experience that is how it tends to work in practice. Joel - 25/02/2012 08:39:03 AM 516 Views
What? nossy - 25/02/2012 11:46:12 AM 505 Views
"What?" indeed. Joel - 25/02/2012 05:02:32 PM 534 Views
I apologize. I can't read that. *NM* nossy - 25/02/2012 10:21:09 PM 248 Views
What can I say? Keeping it short and to the point was clearly not CONVEYING the point. Joel - 27/02/2012 06:17:14 AM 459 Views
I feel bad about what I said before, so here it is: nossy - 27/02/2012 12:43:54 PM 451 Views
Re: I feel bad about what I said before, so here it is: Joel - 27/02/2012 03:24:45 PM 494 Views
Re: I feel bad about what I said before, so here it is: nossy - 27/02/2012 08:40:16 PM 454 Views
Also, I'm done here. It doesn't matter if we agree, and these sorts of conversations are nossy - 27/02/2012 08:41:13 PM 436 Views
Sorry, but is a matter of both principle and survival to me. Joel - 27/02/2012 10:43:56 PM 440 Views
No hard feelings, nossy - 28/02/2012 12:10:07 AM 502 Views
Cool. Joel - 02/03/2012 05:27:23 AM 421 Views
I have met them, they are out there; they populate entire schools of philosophy. Joel - 27/02/2012 10:34:16 PM 671 Views
lol strawman Ghavrel - 27/02/2012 11:01:32 AM 433 Views
I have known lots of people who believe that; some even realize they believe it. Joel - 27/02/2012 02:31:48 PM 473 Views
lol false dichotomy Ghavrel - 27/02/2012 06:46:36 PM 568 Views
That's what I was going to say. Nate - 27/02/2012 10:05:51 PM 419 Views
As long as it is qualified, I have no objection. Joel - 27/02/2012 11:09:04 PM 567 Views
Oh, it enters my mind; in fact, it has taken permanent residence there (lol, stfu, omgwtfbbq, etc.) Joel - 27/02/2012 10:21:10 PM 592 Views
Dont quote Nietzsche. You dont understand him. *NM* Urza - 27/02/2012 10:34:08 PM 193 Views
I understand him well enough. Joel - 27/02/2012 11:10:21 PM 457 Views
He did not favor moral relativism and he very much railed against nihilism. *NM* Urza - 27/02/2012 11:13:46 PM 208 Views
If I ask how a grammar humor thread turned into a philisophical debate, am I going to regret it? Isaac - 27/02/2012 11:20:59 PM 429 Views
Joel posted. I think that answers your question *NM* Urza - 27/02/2012 11:27:29 PM 181 Views
Hmm... fair point, I guess it was a rather silly question *NM* Isaac - 27/02/2012 11:43:06 PM 193 Views
Meh and again I say, "meh." Joel - 27/02/2012 11:50:35 PM 472 Views
Like I said. You don't understand Nietzsche *NM* Urza - 27/02/2012 11:59:50 PM 289 Views
Like I said, meh. Joel - 02/03/2012 09:31:43 AM 364 Views
Re: For my fellow Grammar Nazis Danu - 29/02/2012 05:27:27 AM 479 Views
I feed my alot a special diet of alot pellets. Joel - 02/03/2012 05:05:22 AM 489 Views
So this site is just the reposting of really old internet memes? *NM* Nefarious - 02/03/2012 01:51:26 AM 225 Views
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