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May 06, 2008

Comment of the Day: accommodating others

George Parr wrote:
'Part of accommodating others is to display high levels of tolerance, in a rational world hopefully restricted to things that actually matter. Otherwise rancour and violence is liable to result over the minutiae. There could not be a better example of hubristic nonsense than carrying on in an alarming manner over signs and symbols deemed by some to be sacred whilst others not.'

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Posted by Ruth Gledhill on May 06, 2008 at 07:02 PM in Religion | Permalink

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