Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site utcsrgv.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsrgv!peterr From: peterr@utcsrgv.UUCP (Peter Rowley) Newsgroups: net.motss Subject: Tolerance boosts the GNP Message-ID: <529@utcsrgv.UUCP> Date: Thu, 29-Nov-84 11:02:03 EST Article-I.D.: utcsrgv.529 Posted: Thu Nov 29 11:02:03 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 29-Nov-84 11:42:34 EST Reply-To: peterr@utcsrgv.UUCP (Peter Rowley) Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto Lines: 18 Apart from any philosophical reasons (which some seem doomed to dismiss as irrelevant), consider that tolerance increases the GNP: letting people do the work they want to, challenging themselves as much as possible, lets them be more productive. Just think of all the advances in medicine and technology we would have had if we hadn't shut out all those people a bit different from the white male! In fact, one should *want* a diversity of people tackling society's problem: with more viewpoints, there's a better chance of pursuing something that works. Tolerance isn't just a "rights" issue, it's an economic one too. The next time you refuse to hire someone because they're different from you, Mr. Brunson, think of similar acts by others that may well have prevented a cure for cancer or a way to feed millions where only one was fed before. How dare you encourage the waste of human potential. We certainly have enough problems to work on that we need every bit of ingenuity and energy we can get. p. rowley, U. Toronto