Word: acceptability
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TOLERATION of others does not entail acceptance of their lifestyles or even the willingness to mingle with them socially. Toleration only requires that we accept others as human beings entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness...
...decrying even moderate conservatives as fascists and making no place in their world view for us--by demanding that we accept rather than tolerate homosexuals--BGLSA, Queer Nation and their allies have helped make co-existence well-nigh impossible. This weekend, ACT-UP displayed a poster which depicted Pope John Paul II and a condom and asked, "which is a dick and which is a condom?" This is blatantly offensive and deliberately inflammatory. Imagine the outcry if AALARM stooped to such a level...
Asking that conservatives unequivocally accept homosexuality while refusing to grant the most basic civilities in return is rank hypocrisy. In such an atmosphere, is it any wonder that conservatives resort to reactionary provocation? The blue square campaign is about the only way for conservatives to shake the campus out of a complacency that stifles criticism of gay activism...
Sheila Kannappan '91 said she was consistently cut off by a professor whenever she tried to ask a question in a science class. When she consulted her teaching fellow, he said that it was unfortunate but that she would have to accept the situation, Kannappan said...
...from 5,000 to just 400. A new Singapore press law requiring foreign publications to be licensed annually and to post a deposit against legal judgments makes clear that "what the government of Singapore wants is for the foreign press to practice self-censorship," the editorial continued. "We cannot accept the implicit bargain." With that, the newspaper announced that it would no longer sell any copies in Singapore...