The definition of toleration has two different meanings: 1. to recognize and respect (i.e.: the rights, beliefs, or practices of others). 2. to allow without prohibiting or opposing; to permit (to put up with) So on one side we find that tolerating is an act of higher human quality, one of respect for one another’s differences; where we can agree to disagree. There is also the other more sinister side, the allowing of or permitting without opposing of behaviors by others…
