Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan - UN Day on Tolerance: ‘Respect others, have peace’:
"ISLAMABAD: United Nations (UN) International Day for Tolerance was observed on Monday with the aim to educate people about the need for tolerance in society and help them understand negative effects of intolerance.
The International Day for Tolerance is a lesson for people to learn respecting and recognising rights and beliefs of others. It is also a time of reflection and debate on the negative effects of intolerance.
Live discussions and debates take place across the world on this day, focusing how various forms of injustice, oppression, racism and discrimination have a negative impact on society."
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009
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Can tolerance breeds intolerance? How can this be?
http://ronmossad.blogspot.com/2009/11/tolerance-breeds-intolerance.html
Historically, the indecent minority has only been able to succeed due to the indifference of the decent majority. Understanding other cultures and peoples is a wonderful approach to life, but enabling intolerant cultures (that seek to restrict our own freedoms) is where we must draw the line.
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