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Edited on Tue May-02-06 11:24 PM by REP
Sometimes people confuse tolerance with abandoning all common sense. Tolerance is putting up with strange but harmless customs that are meaningless, contrary to one's beliefs or even offensive - as long as these customs do not harm anyone. Common sense is saying that a long-held practice that is harmful, socially and/or physically to a segment of society because of some inborn trait (female genitalia, sexual orientation, race, etc) is wrong, no matter how long it has been practiced and no matter how it is justified. Cruelty, victimization and exploitation do not have to be honored as a cultural difference.
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