Tolerance

Christians and conservatives are about the only groups you can still make fun of anymore. The tolerance screaming people are blind to their own intolerances.

As Thomas Jefferson said, ...”But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg. “

I never read in the Constitution where we have a right not to be offended.

I think most LJ’ers look at what a person made and how it looks not what the subject is about.

-- Measure once cut twice....oh wait....ooops.

i find the ones who claim to be tolerant are in fact the least tolerant. Stop saying that you are tolerant.. Just be so.

-- making sawdust....

Mott- I like your way of stating it “Stop saying that you are tolerant.. Just be so.”

It reminds me of the Mahatma’s words “Be the change you want to see”

Richard- What I have seen so far on this site is not tolerance, but acceptance. Isn’t it much better to accept someone and their values/beliefs/etc than to tolerate them? I certainly don’t want to be tolerated.

This is definitely a respectful community

I love being a part of it.

-- I may be schizophrenic, but at least I have each other.

This is a site about woodworking though, isn’t it? and that’s what brings us together. What do I care what you do with your time when you are not in the shop. If you’re working the wood, then you belong here.

-- Steve, New Zealand, www.steveracz.com

“I’d rather see a sermon than hear one.”

Good woodworking is good woodworking. If the woodworker feels a higher calling, even better for him (her).

Wonder how much tolerance there would be if you said ” i,m just nipping down to the mosque”
With the replies so far on this post it seems tolerance is the more popular attitude. Long may it remain so pgzac Acceptance is a great word and so is understanding

-- if the hand is not working it is not a pure hand

Too bad our government and special interest groups aren’t as tolerant!!!!

-- There are three signs of old age. The first is loss of memory. I forgot the other two!

I’ll second PG_Zac’s wording of – Acceptance.

but to be more specific- I find that LJ is about as the name implies – Lumber, it’s woodworking centric, and that is what we here are interested in, be it that you are christian, jewish, muslim, hindi, or anything else your heart desires, we are all sharing our passion for wood. that being said – if you’ll start posting religious comments that have nothing to do with woodworking – you might see a different tolerance to your remarks, but those will not be anti-religious at their source as they will be pro-woodworking

-- When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

Sanding! I barely tolerate sanding.

I have accepted that flush cabinet doors and drawers must be measured accurately. There’s very little tolerance, there.

-- Gene

The problem is reality. With tolerance, comes intolerance. Subtle or not. I’m here to see woodworking projects, not hear about someones religious affiliation. As mentioned above, I don’t really care about someone’s personal life, as well, I suspect many don’t care about mine. And I’m fine with that. If I comment on a project, it’s because I really like it no matter what the subject is. If someone brings drama, a whoa is me post I’ll skip that posts as well as any other posts by that person. Same goes for people drawing attention to how many posts they have made or how long they’ve been here. Does that make me intolerant? Some would say yes. Some would just say, who cares?

-- Respect your shop tools and they will respect you - Ric

I agree. It’s not a place here to deride someone for what they believe. We can express our faith in what we do. Being tolerant of others belief’s are the basis of what I believe.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

This is a great site, no doubts about it, but it’s not the heaven.
I concive Woodworking as an Art, what I produce is the direct expresion of my thinking, my believes and what I am, it is not about gluing pieces of wood toguether

Who is here just to see woodworking projects is a selfish person.
I think we are here, because we enjoy companionship, we enjoy to hear stories and how other people is doing. When somebody loose a finger in the saw,I am sure that person feels better receiving others support.

-- Francisco Luna, San Francisco Bay Area.

I will point out that there has been at least one project removed from LumberJocks because of the subject matter of the piece. Not that I blame Martin for the decision; the subject matter scares most of society, my guess was that the person who posted it was trying to be inflammatory, and keeping the community alive in the face of such a project would have required some additional non-trivial coding on the LumberJocks software, but I was sorry to see the project go.

On the other hand, yeah, as what seems like one of the few atheists on LJ, I like that we all get along here. I can appreciate great craftsmanship and good effort from people whose beliefs I don’t necessarily subscribe to, and I appreciate that we can come together and find common ground in the things that we do share. Just ‘cause I like mushrooms and someone else doesn’t, there’s no reason we both can’t admire good cooking.

-- Dan Lyke, Petaluma California, http://www.flutterby.net/User:DanLyke

Rodney King said it best, “Can’t we all just get along”.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com