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Our discussions of the relationships between laws, community standards, moral attitudes, and codes of ethics reveal a continuum where each concept underpins the other, and where the punishment for misuse varies according to the level of promulgation. Perhaps in some ways we can also see a progression or movement of guidelines where the community comes to believe that generally accepted standards need to have "teeth" added to their expectations so as to improve enforcement. Within each category of guideline there is a degree of tolerance that blurs the edges between what is right and what is wrong, and which encourage the boundaries to move.


The United States of America was founded on the basis of the tolerance of religion, being populated in some part by those refugees from Europe who were not prepared to conform to the rigid, formal expectations of worship and catechism of the denominations of the Roman Catholic Church and Church of England. While the puritans themselves displayed certain lack of tolerance in dealing with their peers, the founding fathers built into the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights elements that establish tolerance as one of the major tenets of life in this country. The concepts of "innocent until found guilty", "giving the benefit of doubt", and the acceptance of evidence to establish guilt "beyond reasonable doubt", provide gray areas in application of law that have a profound effect on our way of life.





As contrasted with some other religions, the major religion of the United States preaches forgiveness, and provides the beatitude that when "struck on the cheek, turn the other cheek". Tolerance is a form of forgiveness where we attempt to put ourselves into the perpetrator's shoes. If we strayed that far over the line of lawfulness, would we not want to be forgiven?





Tolerance, according to my MS Word supplied thesaurus has equivalencies in open-mindedness, impartiality, liberality, allowance, variation, magnanimity, and lenity. Tolerance is a part of our lives in many of our daily living experiences. While there are community standards for our activities, we apply tolerance in our dealings with others daily. Two communicating people are rarely so alike that there are not things that we tolerate so that we can live together -- within certain limits. We tolerate that our friends and associates do not have the same accent or dialect as ourselves, that their eating habits -- both in the manner of eating and the things we eat -- are different, and that our beliefs differ. If we could only base friendship on the commonalty of some metrics of our daily activities, then we might find ourselves with a very small number of friends and colleagues. Even in marriage there is tolerance for the time spent in the bathroom or on the telephone, for the different ways of doing things. Tolerance is the realization that simply because something is different, does not mean that it is wrong. The emerging philosophy that we need to learn to live in a diverse society will only come to fruition if we are tolerant. But have far does our tolerance have to stretch? Are there limits beyond which we can go no further? Do these limits change with time and with changes in our environment?








Our Expectations of Tolerance


Consider a few cases where tolerance has an impact on the way in which we view both the law and act. An examination of automobile speed limits throughout the world reveals that there are three major zones of speed, that might well be classified as "slow" (commonly used for urban areas), "moderate" (for rural areas), and "fast" (for the well designed highway or autobahn). The discriminating speed limits approximate 30 mph and 60 mph in most countries. Why then are the speed limits in the USA set at 25 mph and 55 mph? Every driver believes that there is a tolerance in measuring speeds so that they will not be pulled over for exceeding the speed limit by 5 mph, since there is a question of the accuracy of radar units or the ability of a police officer to precisely judge a driver's speed by following behind. Thus though our official speed limits are 5 mph less than those enforced in other countries where there is not a strong belief in giving the accused the "benefit of the doubt". In 1995-1996 the upper speed limit in the US has been changed twice -- once to 65 mph and then to a speed at the discretion of the local (state) authorities. The first move was the acceptance of the realization that most drivers were already driving in excess of the limits, and thus the move to 65 mph was an acceptance of reality. The later move was a change to allow community standards to prevail and to tolerate variations in opinion of "safe speeds". Until the mid-1960s road intersections in the United Kingdom were primarily controlled by a "STOP" sign, the "YIELD" being generally used where two highways merged. Until that time the British policeman rigorously enforced the requirement to come to a complete STOP in an intersection. The lack of respect for the STOP sign and the general motorist's use of a "rolling STOP", combined with the need for the law enforcement personnel to attend to more important problems, eventually forced the government to replace the majority of STOP signs with YIELD signs. The widespread disregard for the law could have overwhelmed the courts if the law were to be enforced rigorously. In both cases practice, dissatisfaction with the law, and tolerance of action led to the change in the law.


Another common example of our tolerance is the littering law. As we travel down our roads we see signs that say "NO LITTERING, Maximum fine $200". We rarely hear of anyone actually prosecuted for littering, except where the case is flagrant -- such as dumping household garbage, or allowing garbage to blow off the back of a pick-up truck. We tend to be a little bit better in environments where we are present on a regular basis, or where there are others to see us. This is generally the areas where we walk, perhaps from the parking lot to our office -- with one exception -- the disposal of cigarette buts! Obviously we are much more tolerant of these tiny pieces of flotsam than we are of other discarded articles. Is size a factor in our tolerance?

PLEASE READ AND tell the truth?
Dude, you rumbled on like 20 pages front and back!


You must consider the people around you. Once you go talking, there's no chance for them to leave. You are the kind of person whom holding another person's hand while you were talking.





Cut yourself a slack. Ease up! life is much more beautiful if you take it a little easier.
Reply:Wow, I can't believe I actually just read that...what has my life become? I guess size does matter when it comes to tolerance, cause that was toooooooooo long for me! Report It

Reply:To easily sum it up, it depends on how bad you f--ked up as to whether someone forgives you or not.
Reply:wow! do you think some one will read this????


I just have a headache. ...
Reply:Well said . . . but it should be in a blog instead of here . . . may I post it in my blog?





Basically, there is no tolerance anymore . . . with people busting heads . . . with their narrow religious viewpoint . . . and the vanity of these people. Gays should not be allowed to get married . . . but you can divorce a guy for have bad breath. It is a double standard . . . which everyone lives by.





People are prejudice against people because of skin color, heritage, habits, etc. But biblically speaking, we are all related and should accept one another . . . .





I love your analogy regarding laws, especially traffic laws. California . . . the redefiners of the Stop sign . . . creating the California Rolling Stop. People do it around the world . . . and it is illegal around the world including California. Hell, you can get a speeding ticket for going just 1 mile over the speed limit . . . like if the speed limit is 35 mph and you are going 36 mph . . . you can get a ticket. They had a couple of people in traffic school . . . who got ticketed going 3 mph over the speed limits.





Enforcers of these laws have to make judgement calls daily . . . sometimes they call it right . . . sometimes they ignore it. Me . . . if they break the law . . . enforce it . . . do not ignore it . . . what are we paying for if you ignore it.
Reply:First off I will point out that I try not to read the other answers before I give mine so I may remain unbaised in my opinion on the subject at hand. With that said there are many, and I do mean many degrees of tolerance as there words to describe it. To have a truly free society, it is imperative to have a tolerant behavior where many cultures and religions come together to form this country as our forefathers had come to realize. The problems associated with a tolerant society are discrimination from the majority relgion or culture to the minority. It has happened even after our government was established with slavery because of differing colors of skin, or the shape of eyes, or the culture in which one was raised. English society was once thought to be the polite society and yet they had such an underlying cruel and dark part in their history. Still, we have come so far in having that equalized society that the founders of our nation dreamed of. I believe we can obtain that goal to a certain extent before religion once again causes a gap or a divide in society. I'm anti-religion. My concern is only my faith in God.


As far as speed signs or cigarrette butts, there really isn't much we can do about it. People will be reckless and slobbish. Fines are only effective if the person is caught. Thankfully though, there are less ppl smoking today because of known health risks involved with lighting up. Less ppl are littering due to recycling laws. However there is a lack of strictness with speeding laws depending on where you live. Where I live, it isn't so much a problem with speeding as it is a problem with people driving unsafe. Turn signals aren't used, people pull out into the wrong lane, and another number of horrors happen on the road. I've had a number of near misses but thankfully I didn't learn to drive in the state I live in. I respect others on the roadway and I do hope they respect me as well. I believe it's the lack of respect for others on the roadway that causes the majority of accidents as well as driving unsafely. Bad habits are always bound to happen because as humans we are lazy! We are always looking for a way to make our world easier to live and work in.


This is about as honest as I can get. I hope this opinion is acceptable.
Reply:Size can be a factor, but it is more in the terms of size of issue than physical size. When we rate a tolerance it is based upon how much do we personally find acceptable. Those little cigarette butts are hard to notice compared to cardboard box. When we see it in our minds and see millions of them, the butts are still small. However, when we have kids and look at the same situation we see those butts as more than just an issue of size and our tolerance becomes less. So in looking at tolerance it is more about the size of the picture we form in developing our acceptance than the physical size of what we tolerate.
Reply:No one will read your question........ huh
Reply:I'm sorry... this is too long for anyone online to read (short attention span - so many things to do, so little time) From your last line : "Is size a factor in our tolerance?" well, size is a factor in whether or not people read the questions. You may get a better response if you post this on an appropriate message board, where people are willing to *discuss*
Reply:Wrong place for your blog bro. Just questions and answers here. Nothing overly complex.
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u tuk de werds rite outta my mouth
Reply:c'mon....
Reply:Was this the question or answer??? All I can say is that I learnt new levels in TOLERANCE, after going through your question!


Have fun!
Reply:Interesting, but not worthy of the wordy volume. Learn how to deliver your message in a succinct manner. Nevertheless, I am certain that at least you are impressed. The answer is the same as the question. Theoretical and actual fall between ambiguity, where size is a relative moving target. Where size matters is in ones manhood and even there some tolerate things as small as a cigarette butt.
Reply:Yes size is a factor in our tolerance.


For the record; I've been smoking for twentyfive years, I never thrown my cigarette butts on the ground or out of the window of a car.
Reply:say what *****????
Reply:is this a newspaper article? what the hell is this? does anyone have any asprin?
Reply:This is not a Finals term paper is it? No one is going to do ur homework for you (lol).
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I'm sorry, what was your question???
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Reply:Dude I seriously tried to read it, fact is It's just to long and you lost me a few times not because I didn't understand it's just your just going on and on and on , about what??? However I did dig the tolerance concept. Your very intelligent you should think of writing a book..
Reply:one has to be tolerant of certain things or ideas..some are just accepted because they are minor problem others need to be considered a rule to follow so it will not be done continuously to cause harm
Reply:O.K f##kin dokey, you talk about talerance and how far our tolerances reach, personally I think our tolerances reach to the point where someones actions infringe upon our daily lives. Say for instance the fag end which was thrown on the ground, I wouldnt give a f##k about this, but if the person flicked it and it hit me, then hell yeah Ive got a fu###ng problem with that. The same goes with your driving speed limits, did you get a speeding ticket, is that what all that sh#te you wrote above was about?, because some f##k changed the limit and you had to pay the fine.


Basically people are driven by self interest, so if its in your interest to tolerate something, then you shall. The job of the governments(at least the ones in the free world), is to ensure the interests of the people who inhabit there nation, or at least keeping us quiet enough through indulging our wants while screwing us over and filling there pockets to the brim(THROUGH SELF INTEREST),I strayed from the point there, aye so theres singular interest(relating to the person and there wants), and theres universal interest(relating to the nation), and the tolerances you talk about depend upon these interests. Why do you think democracy is the only thing that works, because we need to hinder the people at the top from fullfilling there self interest at the expence of everyone else, throutgh elections and votes. History has proven this time and time again, so in all self interest defines the limit of tolerance, and the greater the gain of the tolerant person, then the greater there tolerance will be. I should also have said you have tolerance for the interest of the people you love, and some people love everyone, humanitarians and the likes, but in general we're in it for ourselves, our families and our close friends.
Reply:they are all right ...


tolerance doesn't have levels- it just means that i don't tolerate your little discussion. Go to chat or discuss forum you'll get much better response, we have a life...


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Reply:I' m very sorry , this is too much for me even I 'm about of having head ache



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