You preach tolerance as a blanket virtue, Conrad. That anything and everything should be tolerated.

Or is this not what you are saying? If not, then you'd better make that clear.

There are certain human behaviors and situations that are simply intolerable, and I've already linked to a number of them (the detritus of mass slaughter). Others are easy enough to enumerate:    child abuse, spousal abuse, pedophilia, cruelty, brutality, cheating, dishonesty, deception, indifference to the suffering and distress of others—the list goes on and on!

Conrad, I'm sorry. I simply will not accept your doctrine of universal tolerance.

Isn't there something that you will not tolerate? Or do you find any kind of behavior acceptable?

Don Firth

P. S. And morality is not elastic. No recognized philosopher will accept that—with the possible exception of Friedrich Nietzsche. Nietzsche said a number of good things, but—his was the concept of the Ûbermensch—the Superman, which Adolf Hitler latched onto. Nietzsche was Hitler's favorite philosopher, largely because he was interpreted as saying that Man is above morality. Whether or not he actually said that is open to debate.

But one of Nietzsche's bon mots:    "Goest thou to woman? Do not forget thy whip!"