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Old 03-31-2006, 04:33 PM   #21
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One can be intolerant of acts of intolerance but tolerant of ideas of intolerance. IOW, process is equal but result is not. That being said, moral high ground does not come from tolerance, especially if you mean tolerance of the ideas you find tolerant but intolerance of the ideas you find intolerant. That's rather circular. Moral high ground comes from factors extrinsic to the concept of tolerance, although tolerance may be a manifestaton of the moral system you follow, so that operationally tolerance is eveidnce of a moral approach.

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