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Originally Posted by kn
A couple things I heard today which I found interesting...
* Jessica Chawrun, the PC Alberta Communications Manager, replied to an email stating that the funding for new schools and existing schools is a priority and definitely not surplus dependent. The PCs can't make up their minds on this one and seem to change their version depending on the audience they're addressing.
* I heard tolerance defined today as "requiring us to accept views against which we are vehemently opposed." A dictionary definition suggests tolerance is "a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward opinions and practices that differ from one's own." Tolerance cannot be acceptance only if it adheres to one's one opinion or worldview. I think Smith's response to Hunsperger reflects this position more accurately than the outrage from Redford.
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Again, this is where it gets tricky. What one person considers fair and objective another person may not. Some people view being gay as a sin as a fair, objective and permissive attitude towards opinions and practices of others, because they justify it through their religion. I think the first definition is a more accurate description of what at least I consider tolerance, that you accept someone without any reservations whatsoever, whether you agree with their views or not.
As to the other point, yeah the PCs are in a dogfight they never figured they would be. The flip-flopping seems about right.