Hi Linda, Thank you for dropping by and thanks for sharing that pearl of wisdom with us. What a terribly BORING world this would be if we all never had differing opinions! I believe that we should all be able to voice our own opinions, but that we also need to be sensitive to our audience. By that, I don't mean that we should always keep quiet in case we upset someone - that is a form of dishonesty - but words can sometimes go beyond bothering someone to the point of causing harm or great hurt. There needs to be a certain level of tolerance in any discussion. To tolerate something does NOT necessarily mean to approve of it, but it means to accept another individual's right to make their own choices and to have their own opinions, even if you disagree with them. Our society here in Canada, today, has pushed tolerance to the point where some people think it means to embrace the opinions and choices of everyone. They really need to check their dictionaries! LOL! The fact is that our "tolerant" society has also passed laws making certain openly voiced opinions a crime because of the harm and hurt that they can do. It is a shame when such laws are deemed necessary; people SHOULD be responsible enough to know where to draw the line. God bless, Dave

Hello Dave,

Thank you for your enlightening post.  I definitely agree. 

 hello  Dave,   You prove to be well versatile in your knowledge. Thats all that needs said is said....  .. .. . Knowledge that some choose not to learn may your words be shared and knowledge learned...     Thanks dave hopefully a few here learns from your shareing...

Dave,

Thank you for this posting.

I will have to agree with you and most all of the replys to this post.

There should be no raceism, due to the fact that genealogy testing has show that all races trace back to two individuals.

So we are all of the same genealogy and of the same family.  Now being of the same family we can have our likes, dislikes, and difference of opinions.

There are members of my personal family that will do or say things I do not like, but that does not mean that I have to stop loving them.

We can compare this to (I don't like the word reglious) so I will say (faith bigotry), where people of a certain faith will try to rid the world of people that don't believe the same as they do.

Hello Dave,

I am so glad that I missed the posting mentioned.

There is no place in Adland for racist views and no place in the world for the promotion of such vileness.

There will be the ultimate judgement one day and may the Lord deal with those that are so ignorant as he thinks fit.

Roger