From: john williams (ducati900@bigpond.com)
Date: Thu Jan 16 2003 - 02:59:21 GMT
Hey Platt
> John:
> > > The only thing I can't tolerate is intolerance.
>
> Patrick:
> > I agree.
>
> Are you gentlemen specifically referring to tolerance based on people of
> different genetic characteristics, not their cultural ones?
My tolerance is based around peoples behaviours and its causes and not their
appearance, this is because I know that people of my own genetic make up are
as good or evil as anyone else and all should be accorded the same
treatment.
This stops you from letting people off the hook for bad behaviour because of
past wrongdoings ( Blacks because of slavery, Zionist treatment of
Palestinians
because of the holocaust). You look at the behaviour and not the person.
Even
if you can understand why a person is behaving a certain way doesn't excuse
the
behaviour.Therefore the tolerance is based on cultural characteristics. The
intolerance
would fall into both camps.
Pirsig says,
> "Cultures can be graded and judged morally on their contribution to the
> evolution of life." (24) Do you agree?
I'd have to say yes, it's not hard to grade Nazi germany below the current
German society.
John from The Rock
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