Hi Martin, thanks for your post; I was racking my brains for an example of what I was trying to say about intolerance. The whole point is that you can't solve things unless you understand; and in order to recieve the messages that allow you to understand, you first have to tolerate what appear to be contrary messages. That's a principle, not a specific.

Little Hawk has it right; I'm no ageing hippy, with dreams of peace and love, and I have no illusions about what human beings are capable of perpetrating on their fellow beings (I have lost friends and family through terrorism and warfare) but we have to start somewhere, or nothing changes. Small steps can gradually achieve great things, as long as there are enough of them.

Regarding your comment about this '2-dimensional world', I would agree if this was the only world I inhabited; but it isn't,I'm a teacher, and I use that world as often as I can to say the same things, hopefully without proselytising. I'm a parent; ditto. I'm involved in politics; ditto. I'm a musician and songwriter; ditto. If I really put my mind to it, I can produce a lot of small steps; and I intend to.

Please note Martin; the first line of this post is poking gentle fun, but there is nothing in the rest that says I do not tolerate your view of the world. Maybe in time I will understand it.
Tim from Bit on the Side