Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site utastro.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!hao!seismo!ut-sally!utastro!mjs From: mjs@utastro.UUCP (Pooh @ Your Department of Redundancy Department) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Tolerance (Jeff, Chuqui, Plaid, Paisley) Message-ID: <890@utastro.UUCP> Date: Sat, 8-Dec-84 18:40:53 EST Article-I.D.: utastro.890 Posted: Sat Dec 8 18:40:53 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 10-Dec-84 03:08:59 EST Distribution: net Organization: UTexas Astronomy Dept., Austin, Texas Lines: 28 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."