Tolerance

PoundFoolish said:

Jiggs McDonald, NHL Hall of Fame broadcaster, speaking in Ontario, says: "I am truly perplexed that so many of my friends are against another mosque being built in Toronto . I think it should be the goal of every Canadian to be tolerant regardless of their religious beliefs. Thus the mosque should be allowed, in an effort to promote tolerance."



"That is why I also propose that two nightclubs be opened next door to the mosque; thereby promoting tolerance from within the mosque. We could call one of the clubs, which would be gay, The Turban Cowboy, and the other, a topless bar, would be called "You Mecca Me Hot."



"Next door should be a butcher shop that specializes in pork, and adjacent to that an open-pit barbecue pork restaurant, called " Iraq of Ribs."



"Across the street there could be a lingerie store called Victoria Keeps Nothing Secret, with sexy mannequins in the window modeling the goods, and on the other side a liquor store called Morehammered."



"All of this would encourage Muslims to demonstrate the tolerance they demand of us."



Yes we should promote tolerance, and you can do your part by passing this on. And if you are not laughing or smiling at this point, it is either past your bedtime, or it's midnight at the oasis and time to put your camel to bed..



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Serbone said:

Sure.
That will stop em.
I'll bet most of you, if living in a city of, say, a million or more, do not realize how many mosques are popping up in your area... not something to laugh about.

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Serbone said:

Wow, an accountant with sales skills!
Hey I realize it is not intended to "stop" em, but I am pointing out that they are moving in, in large quantities, everywhere, and are being mostly "favored" as they do so.

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Dave007inVegas said:

Lighten up Frances. You would recognize satire if it bit you in the ass.

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Serbone said:

Sure. Good luck, you should skip these steps and just move to London, get it over with...



(and actually, the opening post on this thread has been around for a few years, yes, funny, bacon, strippers, it has been all over the internet, though with different people being credited for the statement)

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Serbone said:

Wow, an accountant with sales skills!
Hey I realize it is not intended to "stop" em, but I am pointing out that they are moving in, in large quantities, everywhere, and are being mostly "favored" as they do so.

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Ham & Egger said:

“The so-called paradox of freedom is the argument that freedom in the sense of absence of any constraining control must lead to very great restraint, since it makes the bully free to enslave the meek. The idea is, in a slightly different form, and with very different tendency, clearly expressed in Plato.

Less well known is the paradox of tolerance: Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them. — In this formulation, I do not imply, for instance, that we should always suppress the utterance of intolerant philosophies; as long as we can counter them by rational argument and keep them in check by public opinion, suppression would certainly be unwise. But we should claim the right to suppress them if necessary even by force; for it may easily turn out that they are not prepared to meet us on the level of rational argument, but begin by denouncing all argument; they may forbid their followers to listen to rational argument, because it is deceptive, and teach them to answer arguments by the use of their fists or pistols. We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant. We should claim that any movement preaching intolerance places itself outside the law, and we should consider incitement to intolerance and persecution as criminal, in the same way as we should consider incitement to murder, or to kidnapping, or to the revival of the slave trade, as criminal.”

― Karl Raimund Popper, The Open Society and Its Enemies​

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