RE: [off-topic] Re: Boy Scout Open Source

["Boland, John" <user=1483@nabble.blu.org>]

 paul, 
  
i've lived in several other parts of the country.  all i noted was that 
the degree of tolerance changes from one area to another. if you wish 
extrapolate from that that i think everyone is bigoted and racist, that 
is your prerogative. 
i've tried to be tolerant of others my whole life. i have personally 
experienced hatred, bigotry and racism in this country.   
everyone is entitled to their own opinion, no matter how stupid, 
foolish, ill-informed, bigoted or moronic it maybe. 
  
in the meantime, to mangle a quote from hal:  take a stress pill and lie 
down. 


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        From: Paul [mailto:[hidden email]] 
        Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 11:41 AM 
        To: Boland, John 
        Cc: randy cole; [hidden email] 
        Subject: Re: [off-topic] Re: Boy Scout Open Source 
        
        


        On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Boland, John 
<[hidden email]> wrote: 
        

                randy, 
                
                once you leave the northeast, the degree of acceptance 
of differences 
                decreases dramatically, in my experience. 


        What a horribly narrow, closed-minded world view.  I'm sure it's 
a scary world once you leave your Ivory Tower of the northeast (where 
everyone thinks the same as you, and everyone else is weird) and contact 
people who think you're weird because you think differently than do 
they. 
        
        This whole "everyone is a racist/bigot/intolerant ass except me 
and my group" is getting tired and worn out. 
        
        Diversity is just that...diverse.  It includes people you don't 
like because they think differently than you.   
        
        That knee-jerk reaction of folks like you is to call everyone a 
racist/bigot and then hide behind a facade of being accepting.  "Oh, 
well that group of people think that what they do is OK...I can't stand 
them.  I can't believe those people have those views!!  Those views are 
wrong!  Go get the torches and rope!  BURN THEM!"  That kind of thinking 
is no different than any other hate group.   
        
        You expect those people to accept those they disagree with, but 
are perfectly comfortable not accepting those that think differently 
than you.  That is the very definition of hypocrisy and it's running 
rampant in this country.  Especially in the Northeast, where you're nice 
and cozy with the rest of the hypocrites. 
        


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