# Is it Tolerant to Tolerate Intolerance? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [May 10, 2002, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-tolerant-to-tolerate-intolerance/108347 "2002-05-10T19:20:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Sparc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Sparc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparc)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-tolerant-to-tolerate-intolerance/108347/61 "2002-05-14T04:54:14Z")
And yes, I am in Europe, Munich Germany to be exact, but I keep strange hours in as much as I do not sleep very much and certainly not at night. But now Iit is 7 AM and I am about to do that very thing… good morning to me and good night to you. Sparc ---
**Author:** ![Sparc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Sparc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparc)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-tolerant-to-tolerate-intolerance/108347/62 "2002-05-15T12:20:49Z")
I suspect that we have all tired of this thread by now, ever since it warped into the ‘december’s tolerance level of various peoples thread’. I did however stumble on this op ed article in the Jerusalem Post and I thought that it might be to your liking **december** , what with you having somewhat a favor towards op eds as source literature. Given that it’s out of the JP and written by a Jewish Israeli, I even though it could make a difference in knocking some sense into at least your view of Israeli-European relations. From an [op ed in the Jerusalem Post](http://www.jpost.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=JPost/A/JPArticle/Full&cid=1021378903760): > [@](#): > > […]While Europe and the United States do not share the same position concerning Israel’s right to undertake full-scale military operations in retaliation for suicide bombings and other forms of terrorism, their overall differences in policy are far smaller than the anti-European brigade would have us believe. A comparison of speeches made by American President George Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair during the past year are more remarkable for their coordination and similarity than they are for any major differences.[…] Read and enjoy……… Sparc > [@](#): > > Freude, schoner Gotterfunken, > Tochter aus Elysium, > Wir betreten feuertrunken, > Himmlische, dein Heiligtum. > Deine Zauber binden wieder, > Was die Mode streng geteilt, > Alle Menschen werden Bruder, > Wo dein sanfter Flugel weilt. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-tolerant-to-tolerate-intolerance/108347/63 "2002-05-15T13:29:51Z")
Without wishing too much to resurrect this thread - Tony Blair (as GWB’s strongest ally, and an eager participant in the WoT) is hardly illustrative of the majority of European leaders. ---
**Author:** ![Sparc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Sparc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparc)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-tolerant-to-tolerate-intolerance/108347/64 "2002-05-15T13:38:00Z")
…ohhhh please don’t do that **jjimm**. I hesitated about one hour at even posting my post. This thread is soooo tired (and yes, I know that I was largely guilty of making it so). Let’s let it RIP, shall we? I mean we do have good reason to what with Godwin having been invoked and all. BTW You’re right, but you’re wrong. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-tolerant-to-tolerate-intolerance/108347/65 "2002-05-15T14:07:17Z")
OK I’ll shut up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-tolerant-to-tolerate-intolerance/108347.md?page=3)