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A Tolerant Lie

The Sexual Revolution, Generation X, the age of Aquarius, Live Fast Die Young; every generation has some sort of motto or title that is used to try to sum up the beliefs and behaviors of the people from that era and the current generation is no exception.  The motto for this generation "Tolerance!" This generation boldly proclaims that we should be tolerant of every life choice, every religious belief, and every political point of view from gay marriage, to Islam, to adultery, we are told we should "mind our own business, and let everyone do what makes them happy."  Sounds good right, if we let people do whatever they want, how ever they want, and with whomever they want, then the world will be a much better place, right?! I would say no, it isn't right and I will explain why I feel this way.  Really, the explanation is rather simple; 100% tolerance is not possible!  Why? Well, lets look at the society of the "civilized" world.  Throughout the worl