Recent questions tagged tolerance

Description : What is the difference between patience and tolerance?

Last Answer : No, different. In my mind, patience involves waiting for something, without judgement. Tolerance involves some degree of value judgement about something, which may or may not be related in any way to waiting for it.

Description : Why do people think that their desires are entitled to approval?

Last Answer : answer:@josie: Why isn't tolerance enough? Isn't it? As long as tolerance = support for equality, then I don't think anyone has a problem with that. Nobody is a huge abortion fan, but if you ... it doesn't really matter what you think of abortion. I think you may be over-thinking this a bit.

Description : Are E-cigarettes really OK to use everywhere ?

Last Answer : They only emit water vapor so they do not break any current laws. They’re as regulated as those bubble pipes for kids.

Description : What are you tolerating in your life ?

Last Answer : Microsoft , cause i don’t wanna go to Apple :)

Description : Violent media desensitizes people to violence. Does this make people more tolerant of real life violence?

Last Answer : One cannot build upon a sandy foundation. [Violent media desensitizes people to violence.] – conjecture, proven by some studies, disproven by others. [Does this make people more tolerant of real life violence?] – conjecture inferred from a conjecture. nothing to stand on.