Originally Posted by
taxexile
"We don't have to be tolerant all the time," Gianluca Buonanno said.
Quite right we don't and have been far too tolerant in the past, in the UK at least. Tolerant to the point of letting islamist preachers spout their hate of us on the streets, tolerant of dress demands in Schools and the Police, tolerant of sharia law, tolerant of mosque building, Islamic Schools, tolerant of time off for prayers, tolerant of absurd compensation cases for the 'hurt' feeling of Muslims, tolerant of polygamy even to the point of extra benefits for multiple wives, tolerant of arranged (forced) marriage, often to first cousins, etc etc. Yet still we in the west are accused of oppressing the poor Muslims and denying them their human rights and that we do not respect their religion and culture enough. I think we have given too much respect to a religion that gives none back in return.