Tolerance is not enough

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Originally posted: February 8, 2006
Tolerance is not enough

Posted by Mark Silva at 2:25 pm CST

“Tolerance is such an awful word,’’ King Abdullah of Jordan said today, during a photo-op with President Bush in the Oval Office.

But don’t misinterpret the king’s sentiments in the raging controversy over Danish cartoons depicting Muhammad, the prophet of Islam. The royal point was this: Tolerance of different religions is not enough. Acceptance is the key.

“We have to continue to ask ourselves, what type of world do we want for our children?’’ King Abdullah said. “I too often hear the word used as, tolerance. And tolerance is such an awful word. If we are going to strive to move forward in the future, the word that we should be talking about is acceptance.’’

The two leaders appeared in complete agreement on the question of condemning violence that has erupted in the aftermath of a Danish newspaper publishing cartoons depicting Muhammad, one with a bomb in his turban.

“I have made it clear to his majesty and he made it clear to me that we reject violence as a way to express discontent with what may be printed in a free press,’’ Bush said. “I call upon the governments around the world to stop the violence, to be respectful, to protect property, protect the lives of innocent diplomats who are serving their countries overseas.’’

The king said: “The issue of the cartoons, again, and with all respect to press freedoms, obviously, anything that vilifies the Prophet Mohammed… or attacks Muslim sensibilities, I believe needs to be condemned. At the same time, those that want to protest should do it thoughtfully, articulately, express their views peacefully.’’

Apostate Kate

Tolerance works pretty good here in America in my humble opinion. When a painter hung his painting of the virgin Mary in a New York art gallery, no one killed anyone over it. Mary was covered in feces, urine, and pornographic images. If I were a Catholic I may have been insulted but those that were did not riot. They let their opinions be known and tolerated it.

They make movies blaspheming my God and it doesn't bother me at all. I tolerate it. My faith is in my heart where no one can reach but those I give my heart to.

TallTexan

Interesting. Islam is so accepting of other cultures and religions. That's why they want to kill the 'infidel' and as many innocent people as they can. Perhaps when they stop killing members of other religions and cultures that they don't agree with, then maybe the world will be more tolerant or 'accepting' of them.

FairMind

Two men agreeing that tolerance is not enough and condeming violence (politically correct, right?). I suppose now that the Muslim world will see the light and stop marching mankind down the road to nuclear oblivion. Hundreds of years of history has shown that Islam is a religion of hate, hate for the infidels and hate for each other.

justicehope

This discussion reminds me of a movie a recently watched called "Crash". It deals with cultural indfferences, prefudices and how it impacts all our lives. It's raw and gripping and worth the view. The core message is the consequences of intolerance.

Golf

What has the ADL say about this controversial issue?

Golf

avishai

“The issue of the cartoons, again, and with all respect to press freedoms, obviously, anything that vilifies the Prophet Mohammed… or attacks Muslim sensibilities, I believe needs to be condemned. At the same time, those that want to protest should do it thoughtfully, articulately, express their views peacefully.

Frankly, that's bullshit. If we held the same views as that about the JW's, this site would'nt exist.

Granted, there are nice Christians, Muslims, and Jews but the atrocities caused in it's name are not above reproach, neither are the atrocities in judaism where God commanded them to smash infants on Rock's. Mohammed was a dick. A warlike, murdering piece of crap that killed people for not believing the way he did. And I'm not ok with that, frankly. It NEED's criticism, even satire in bad taste. Satire is one of our greatest weapons against "sacred cow's". To lose that would be a real tragedy.

greendawn

The Jordanian king is one of the more moderate Arab leaders, but as said above the moslems have an inflated idea about themselves and little tolerence towards non moslems that live in their midst. It's a wonder that there are still some Christians left in countries like Syria and Egypt after so many centuries of Moslem domination.

Mary

Since when have Muslims ever been "tolerant" or shown "acceptance" of someone else's beliefs?

daystar

Tolerance is plenty enough. Acceptance is BS. I don't need to accept that your views are valid in order to tolerate them, and I won't.

Tolerance is not enough

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