[blackhole]

I am getting frustrated.

I just managed to pry myself away from an argument with a guy who accused me of being a scientific idiot because I didnt think that evolution was the only steering force behind life on earth, and attepted to compare me to some rapists from 400 years ago... - A friend on MSN

Tolerance. There isn't enough of it.

I don't know what you believe. And you know what? As long as you aren't knocking on doors to tell people how stupid they are, calling them furfags, ****ting on authority because you feel like it, or otherwise being a blatently disruptive influence on society, I don't care.

I don't care what you do. I don't care who you are. I don't care how old you are, what gender you are, what country you hail from, or if you like playing golf. I don't care what your musical taste's are (however much I may dissapprove of them), what kind of games you like, how much time you spend on the computer, how much you hate rabbits, or if you like to pet kittens.

I don't care if your into vore, look at porn all day, or do fursuit sex. I don't care if you think communism is a good idea, or if you think Bush isn't an idiot (however improbable that may be). I don't care if your christian, islamic, muslim, or jewish. Why?

I have met a fair number of interesting people the 17 years I've been on this planet. Some of them have been normal - most have not. For every person that wants to kill you because they don't like your religion, there is a guy who likes rap music and can make the best synth sounds and effects I've ever heard. For every self-rightious butthole who gets in your face about how religion is the root of all evil, there is a brilliant mathematician who likes looking at furry porn.

For every innocent victim of prejudice, there is a kind soul who is really a sociopathic monster attempting to tear your life into shreds.

I am sick of people disrespecting others because they are weird. I am sick of people disregarding other opinions because of what they believe in. I'm sick of all this damn intolerance. People are not stupid because they hold religious beliefs. People are not freaks of nature because they're furries. People can sometimes be suicidle and not also be totally stupid idiots. Gays are not trying to steal marriage away from everyone else or desacrate its sanctity.

Sometimes I laugh at the absurd arguments that go on. People arguing about stupid things like, say, personal messages and avatars. Global warming and space travel. AI. Gay people and gay marraige. Attacking someone relentlessly because they don't happen to agree with your views on religion.

This is all completely stupid. The real assholes aren't ones that blab a lot, the real assholes are ones that creep into your circle of friends, earn your trust, and then tear you and all your teammates to emotional shreds, leaving a gaping hole where there once was hope. The real assholes are ones that walk up to a kid in elementary school and tear their picture in half for no reason. The real assholes are the ones that haven't matured past the 5th grade level and hound you, server after server, making your life as miserable as possible while taunting you endlessly in a game where they cannot be punished for it. Hate them, not innocent people who are weird.

Dekker probably has a damn good reason for posting drunk all the time.

[Nuke]

i hate all life forms, but i still tolerate you all

[Androgeos Exeunt]

That's how the world works. For every up, there is a down. This must be why someone at the Hamumu Forums stated that the total IQ of the world is a constant, and that, for every person born into this planet, every one gets a little dumber.

We are quarrelsome as a species. If we weren't quarrelsome, we won't have any world wars. It'll probably stay that way until [insert higher power here] decides to purge the planet. That, at least, is my take on it.

Ironically, conflict is the stuff that all good stories are made of. If there's no conflict (which may arise from a lack of tolerance), there is no story.

...and, mind you, I've met many people in Grade 6 to 10 who haven't aged at all.

...uhh, Nuke, I don't think your signature should be taken as a solution to this problem (actually, it's feasible, but it's too scary a solution).

[redsniper]

While I understand and agree with your sentiments, I think there's naught to be done about it. In other words: BAWWWWW!

[Nuke]

That's how the world works. For every up, there is a down. This must be why someone at the Hamumu Forums stated that the total IQ of the world is a constant, and that, for every person born into this planet, every one gets a little dumber.

We are quarrelsome as a species. If we weren't quarrelsome, we won't have any world wars. It'll probably stay that way until Nuke decides to purge the planet. That, at least, is my take on it.

Ironically, conflict is the stuff that all good stories are made of. If there's no conflict (which may arise from a lack of tolerance), there is no story.

...and, mind you, I've met many people in Grade 6 to 10 who haven't aged at all.

...uhh, Nuke, I don't think your signature should be taken as a solution to this problem (actually, it's feasible, but it's too scary a solution).

Fixed!

isnt that a quote from a school shooter upper, i cant remember. anti cosmic misanthropy is a pretty damn good solution i think. im gonna thump the second law of thermodynamics here and say that fading out is our destiny.

[achtung]

BAWWWWWWWWWW

cry moar

[Mefustae]

BAWWWWWWWWWW

cry moar

[ShadowGorrath]

That's the reason I like the Shivans so much. They tolerate each other, but not other aliens.

[nvsblmnc]

In my opinion, tolerance comes from realising that being normal is for other people.

Just accept and move on, that's my philosophy.

[blowfish]

i hate all life forms, but i still tolerate you all

You're a life form too you know.

Unless you have something to tell us, nuke


No, but seriously.  People just have a natural tendency to be intolerant of people different than themselves.  In a survival of the fittest world, promoting yourself over others will get you places in life.  People will act that way unless taught differently.  Though the people on this forum don't really seem like the kind of people who need teaching.

[Hellstryker]

I could not agree more with blackhole... and redsniper 

[Mars]

It's impossible to be fully tolerant of everyone.

You can try.

[Flipside]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8841340504849794258

[ShadowGorrath]

Humans were never tolerant, and never will be. None of the people I know are even trying to be tolerant. Heck, even I myself am intolerant, though I tried to be as tolerant as I can be.

[Ghostavo]

blackhole missed the ultimate irony by missing out that he's not tolerant of people who are not tolerant. Therefore logic dictates he's not tolerant to himself which in turn means he's making this thread because he's pissed off at himself.

I expect a red blur next time I use Goggle Earth somewhere in his vicinity after he comes to the conclusion he's inside a paradox.

[blowfish]

blackhole missed the ultimate irony by missing out that he's not tolerant of people who are not tolerant. Therefore logic dictates he's not tolerant to himself which in turn means he's making this thread because he's pissed off at himself.

I expect a red blur next time I use Goggle Earth somewhere in his vicinity after he comes to the conclusion he's inside a paradox.

Interesting paradox...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8841340504849794258

[Nuke]

i hate all life forms, but i still tolerate you all

You're a life form too you know.

Unless you have something to tell us, nuke

my nihilistic misanthropy is not self-exclusive
why the **** do you think im on weed all the time

No, but seriously.  People just have a natural tendency to be intolerant of people different than themselves.  In a survival of the fittest world, promoting yourself over others will get you places in life.  People will act that way unless taught differently.  Though the people on this forum don't really seem like the kind of people who need teaching.

correct, the human brain is hard wired for intolerance. tolerance != survivability. any life form's prime motivation is simply to exist. it has no other purpose.

the human brain is said to have 3 layers. the ancient or so called reptilian brain, which is the core for instinct and basic emotions like fear or aggression. not to mention things like heartbeat and respiration, its not something we can just shut off.

then you got the so called mammalian brain (i think its a misnomer and evolved before mammals became dominant), which you can think of as the emo part of the brain, this is required so that parenting can be performed, so you can produce offspring more efficiently than before. it used to be you produced a large number of offspring, in hopes that a tiny few would survive. animals would lay their fertilized eggs en mass and just walk off. now they produce live offspring and protect them till they can defend themselves. and later form packs by which survival is more likely.

the cortex or the thinking brain, the thing that humans have that can do math and solve problems. you can use this part of the brain to figure out that it might be better to ignore the lower more primitive parts of the brain. but its really just running a bypass. those racist, intolerant instincts will always lie buried down in the basement, occasionally poping up and making people act like total asshats. humans don't have as much of a choice as people think they do. they have some, but mostly were reactionary creatures, and will do things based on where our environment will take us.

[blowfish]

why the **** do you think im on weed all the time

That had nothing to do with that.  I was just thinking you might be implying that you are not a life form.  Apparently I was wrong...

[blackhole]

Being tolerant of everyone isn't advisable. I'm not tolerant of serial killers or rapists or all those other poeple. However, I find the complete lack of tolerance that many people have to be downright disturbing. I'm not saying we should all be tolerant to everyone in some utopian society, I'm just making the point that people should be more tolerant of others. Like say, Swantz, who has nothing better to do except whine all the time about what people say.

[Kosh]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ocU5x_03MDM

    I just managed to pry myself away from an argument with a guy who accused me of being a scientific idiot because I didnt think that evolution was the only steering force behind life on earth, and attepted to compare me to some rapists from 400 years ago... - A friend on MSN

While I think that comparing him to rapists was excessive, otherwise I don't have any sympathy. After years of harrassment by religious people when I was in primary and secondary school and often being told I was going to go to hell for being an atheist, I find it quite hard to care when these religious types get a taste of their own medicine.