keith - in the kindest possible way, you evidently don't understand what I wrote in that discussion. I think I expressed myself quite clearly in that thread, but once again you seem to have difficulty with our language.

It's perfectly possible to tolerate Islam and Muslims, while simultaneously disagreeing with the imposition of religious law on a secular society. However, it is intolerant to ascribe antisocial patriarchal attitudes to an individual on the basis that he is Muslim, especially when his own words indicate otherwise - as Severin points out.

Speaking of whom, Severin is a woman, not a "bloke". You're not very good with people, are you keith? I'm glad for your sake that you have at least some "mates", even if they're apparently reduced to hovering around your PC for entertainment while you type silly, if hateful, inanities.

It takes all kinds, I guess - but that's what tolerance is all about. That is, of course, why we tolerate you :)

'... we tolerate you :)'

If you think tolerance is abusing people, when you perceive them as holding views with which you do not agree ... then you've really outdone yourself.

You're made yourself into a true laughingstock and even bigger ass than you've already displayed.

Another word for keith to look up in the dictionary: 'abuse'.

The only abuse in this thread is coming from him - everybody else is communicating calmly and politely.

I hope his French is better than his English.

I completely agree with you CJ.

It would have been bad enough if Keith had said those things about Nazeem because he believed them. But to do it for his own amusement is deplorable.

Tolerance,

a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, practices, race, religion, nationality, etc., differfrom one's own; freedom from bigotry.
2.a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward opinions and practices that differ from one's own.
3.interest in and concern for ideas, opinions, practices, etc., foreign to one's own; a liberal, undogmatic viewpoint.

Now apply this to your so called tolerance CJ.

Laughable

Once again we hear intolerance from 'suck it up' Lucy.

Keith

May I suggest you do something on this thread that is completely different from your current modus operandi?

Read Nazeem Hussain's article in full.
Consider what he has written.
Make some thoughtful comments.

Thank you