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From: mjs@utastro.UUCP (Pooh @ Your Department of Redundancy Department)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Tolerance (Jeff, Chuqui, Plaid, Paisley)
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Date: Sat, 8-Dec-84 18:40:53 EST
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Posted: Sat Dec  8 18:40:53 1984
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Chuq, I agree with most of what you say.
I would like to point out, however, that religious
intolerance is not the sole domain of the Christian
contingent--there are some other groups on this net
who are equally sure that the rest of us are wrong. . .:-)

But that's neither here nor there; that's getting back
into an inappropriate subject (unless I choose to discuss
religious groups singly? :-) 

What it boils down to here is that while Jeff may have
exhibited some disapproval, distaste or whatever for
the ideas other people live by, he has never been malicious
or intentionally insulting--UNLIKE some other people we
all have encountered.  He does not deserve some of the
ridicule and personal insults I've seen heaped at him
(and behind his back) lately.

Let's go easy, folks.  It's fine to say, "[Jeff, Chuq,
Pooh], your opinion is not only wrong, but uninformed and
inappropriate to this group.  Please take it elsewhere,"
but leave the ridicule out of it.  

[By the way, I've met Jeff too. And Chuq, even!]

Pooh

"Hey, hey, hey.  Don't be mean.  We don't have to be mean."