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Ch. 9 - Tolerance: A Case Study
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Ch. 9 - Tolerance: A Case Study
This thread is for discussing Chapter 9 -Tolerance: A Case Study. You can post within this framework or create your own threads.Chris O'Connor "For Every Winner, There Are Dozens Of Losers. Odds Are You're One Of Them"
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Quote:How easy to tolerate those who agree with you, we smugly think, and how hard to tolerate those who don't--a sentiment derived from our conviction that if we are to be truly tolerant, we cannot pick and choose which sects will be tolerated and which won't, but must be willing to tolerate all religious sects and groups, including those who have no religion at all, such as atheists and agnostics.I'm going to like this chapter. Chris "For Every Winner, There Are Dozens Of Losers. Odds Are You're One Of Them"
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When we get to page 151 we need to discuss the very top of the page!Chris "For Every Winner, There Are Dozens Of Losers. Odds Are You're One Of Them"
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Re: Ch. 9 - Tolerance: A Case Study
The emergence of tolerance I disagree with his premise. He seems to say ideas can only come from actuality that has come before. However, this discounts imagination. So Marx or Moore's Utopia could not have been written, as they do not come from examining real life.On page 153, we finally get to an interesting idea: Ideas that have been executed in reality are more interesting than those that have not and are therefore more rational. While I don't entirely agree, I will admit that this is an idea that has some merit, unlike many of the other ideas that Harris has put forth so far. I think I would say that I would agree with Harris in general, but there would be many specific instances where I might disagree. I find it funny that after 152 pages of pissing off the left, he starts making fun of the right because of their lock step response to issues.
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I guess that is the 'fair and balanced' counter to the rest of the book.Did you read the conclusion yet? Pissed me off.Mr. P. The one thing of which I am positive is that there is much of which to be negative - Mr. P.I came to get down, I came to get down. So get out ya seat and jump around - House of PainHEY! Is that a ball in your court? - Mr. P