Lost amid societies rampant pursuit of political correctness the word "tolerance" is almost without value. Gone is the more classical view of tolerance equating closely (but not precisely) to "civility" and instead we find it taking on the meaning of "intolerance." That is to say the so-called "tolerant" of today are actually intolerant of those who don't agree with their definition of tolerance. How ironic.

The essence of tolerance revolves around how we treat people we disagree with and not how we regard ideas which we do not ourselves hold. Much more could be said, and this seemed to be an opportune time for clarification of this point. (I hope I did...)

Overall Jeff, I would agree 100% with your response in this thread.

Tim