tiggerleopard

My first trip to America...I was 9, walking my with dad through downtown N.Y. and was
amazed at so many things I saw. I pointed my finger at the guy with red hair, the
woman walking around with curlers, people with different looks and the man that drove
to work in a suit on a motorized skateboard and told my dad "look" every time. Thats
when my parents told me about TOLERANCE and how wonderful it is that people can be
the way they want to without having fingers pointed at them. Somehow America seemed
to be the country of freedom and TOLERANCE for me. And here I am in this newsgroup
that is basically also about people loving people from other countries, with
different cultures and different languages, being not even tolerant about some
postings. Let Grinch be an ass (he confused me in the beginning, now that I know he
makes me laugh), let people not understand they are having their leg pulled (may be
they don't get em cause some of his jokes are not that easy to understand - English
might not be the mother language), let people misspell words (we are all not
perfect), and may-be don't judge people asking stupid questions. Help em or don't.
Some people might just be under timepressure or simply want reassurance. I am getting
a little annoyed at the aggressive tone of voice and don't like to have to think
about weather my question is a "smart" one.

Rete

hmmmm motorized skateboard? You must then be only 12 or 13 years old now ;-)))

As for tolerance, the world is not tolerant. People are different from one another and have always, and will always, find differences in each other and find fault with those differences until the end of time. It is unrealistic to assume people can live side by side without annoyance, petty arguments, envy, distrust and intolerance. It is human to disagree when you have differing opinions. How a person expresses that difference is a unique as the person is themself.

Paul Lennon's vision of living in peace is just that a vision, an ideal, a fanatasy. In reality, people are still evolving and have not journeyed all that far in their quest for enlightened co-existence.

Just my opinion. Flame retardant suit is on for those who wish to light the stakes.

Rita

tiggerleopard

Am I glad most people I know are very tolerant. Of course there are different
opinions - that is good - but listening to those is not only interesting but a way of
tolerance, too. Still no reason to be intolarant about stuff like spelling or
"question wasn't smart enough" My opinion By the way - saw the motorized
skateboard in 1978 - so why would I be 12 or 13?

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Rete

Got me ;-)

John Lennon (could you tell I wasn't a fan of his).

And didn't know we had motorized skateboards in 1978.

Age ... how I hate being old.

Rita

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Because, except for your childhood sighting, the motorized skateboard didn't come
into existence until just recently. It is called a scooter. BTW, pointing fingers at
a motorized scooter rider is NOT intolerance. Point fingers period is not
intolerance. It is called wonder and amazement, and our parents beat or scold us out
of the behaviour long before we should be thinking of such things as tolerance. *not
tolerance, perhaps just "not pointing fingers at people because it is rude. Had
nothing to do with tolerance. It had to do with the fact you are a child and were
curious. ;o)
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Jonathan_ATC

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Who Lennon? Paul? Try again, think, what is my name shortened? ;o)

BTW, you may want to change your signature, it has been incorrect for several weeks
now and I guess no one mentioned it to you before now.
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Evan and Sheila

Actually back in the 70's there were some people that put a tiny engine onto
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I guess I must have missed out on that. I had several skateboards in 1978, but none,
nor anyone of my friend's boards had motors. I just saw a thing on TV about the
"first' motorized scooter recently. No mention was made that it was NOT the first
one. My bad for trusting TV.

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