There has been a call for a discussion on tolerance in general, so I figured I'd put my foot into the water first. Tolerance is a tricky subject; there's an old legal saying in the United States, "Your right to swing your fist ends at the tip of my nose." Recognizing the legitimacy of people's beliefs can be difficult when those beliefs impact on the rights of others to have their own beliefs. The philosopher Herbert Marcuse, in his highly influential article, "…See More