Intolerance Creates Hell

Sword of Damocles
@Shiva49 (26776)
Singapore
November 5, 2022 10:31am CST
One of our biggest enemies is Intolerance. That approach has bedeviled us right from time immemorial. All wars can be attributed to Intolerance including the present one that threatens to go out of control. Imposing one’s will on others is the way still! When even children rebel, how can we expect adults to fall in line unless they are held by the scruff of the neck with no way to fight back like it still happens in a few totalitarian countries? The right to freedom of choice and speech is a basic right but a few still manage to subjugate the rest through tyranny. And the world is held to ransom by the few who want to have it their way. None can breathe easy then. It looks like the Sword of Damocles cannot be wished away whatever the age and wherever we are placed. Do you think we can look ahead without the baggage of the past with an approach of “Live and Let Others Live”? Image: Sword of Damocles from free media site Pixabay
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
5 Nov 22
I fear for our country as well as many others around the world. Times are not good as they used to be. I can only hope for a turnaround and really soon before we are totally demolished. We all need hope for a brighter future. Not sure where that will come from.
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Shiva
@Shiva49 (26776)
• Singapore
5 Nov 22
And I hear of the nuclear option being considered. That brings to my mind Einstein's words: "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones". And to think it all boils down to the ego and hubris of one person who decides the future of humanity!
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
5 Nov 22
@Shiva49 Many here are talking about it as well. Almost as if they want it to happen. Scary times right now. Like I said, I am hoping for a fast turnaround quickly. The ego of a person often gets in the way.
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Shiva
@Shiva49 (26776)
• Singapore
5 Nov 22
@CarolDM I do hope destruction need not follow creation especially if wrought by the very few going against the vast majority who want to be left alone.
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Go Crossbones
@crossbones27 (49721)
• Mojave, California
5 Nov 22
I love what you wrote but I do not think we can. People like to bully people and I mean truly bully is what I think. I always thought, well they just want crap to get done, no I think they just like power and they like to push people around and then people have no choice but to come to their side.
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Go Crossbones
@crossbones27 (49721)
• Mojave, California
6 Nov 22
@Shiva49 Gandhi and his teachings was a much better man than me. Well said brother.
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Shiva
@Shiva49 (26776)
• Singapore
6 Nov 22
@crossbones27 I hope we are not beyond repair but for a few, their nuclear arsenal is too tempting! My way or the highway is their style!
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Shiva
@Shiva49 (26776)
• Singapore
6 Nov 22
Maybe we have a messiah in waiting! Never say never! He has to take on the terminators with tact, love, and kindness. Then the will of the vast majority will indeed be served.
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (90474)
• Arvada, Colorado
9 Nov 22
Unfortunately, human nature will always be to the divisive.
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (90474)
• Arvada, Colorado
9 Nov 22
@Shiva49 It does Shiva. I am in awe of how we have ever survived really.
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DianneN
@DianneN (247184)
• United States
17 Jan 23
To answer your question, the answer is no, unfortunately. There are too many who are a threat to many. I fear nuclear destruction worldwide and hope it doesn’t come to that.
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Shiva
@Shiva49 (26776)
• Singapore
19 Jan 23
I think a few are holding the majority peace-loving to ransom. That has been happening all through our history. The majority writ does not run then, sadly.
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DianneN
@DianneN (247184)
• United States
19 Jan 23
@Shiva49 It appears so, sadly. It's very worrisome.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342176)
• Rockingham, Australia
6 Nov 22
People seem to be more intolerant now than they ever were.
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Shiva
@Shiva49 (26776)
• Singapore
6 Nov 22
Maybe, a few think they have the power to destroy our world. Creation and destruction go hand in hand then.
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jaishankar
@Shivram59 (36483)
• India
18 Mar 23
@Shiva49 I agree.Tolerance is a noble virtue.But excess of tolerance makes you a coward.
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Shiva
@Shiva49 (26776)
• Singapore
18 Mar 23
Agreed, we should make our stand clear when needed, and should not be a pushover.
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jaishankar
@Shivram59 (36483)
• India
18 Mar 23
@Shiva49 You are absolutely right.Everything;including tolerance;has a limit.
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Ifamous
@ifa225 (14460)
• Indonesia
27 Feb 23
Freedom and speech Freedom seems so utopia now. All the world is heading to tiranny government
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Shiva
@Shiva49 (26776)
• Singapore
27 Feb 23
It is more of challenging others for a fight to finish! We want our way to be the only way and that is intolerance leading to our doom.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (139996)
• Roseburg, Oregon
6 Nov 22
I hope we can look ahead but there will always be bullies.
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Shiva
@Shiva49 (26776)
• Singapore
6 Nov 22
Yes, bullies who are armed to the teeth increasingly. Their message is all-out destruction.
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Steve Marshall
@innertalks (22093)
• Australia
6 Nov 22
I would say that intolerance is connected to hate. We need to love with tolerance, and patience instead. As soon as we hate, become intolerant of others, or even just become impatient with others, we are lighting fires outwardly with our minds, instead of burning the fuel of love in our hearts instead.
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Steve Marshall
@innertalks (22093)
• Australia
6 Nov 22
@Shiva49 The Christians call that primordial hate, the original sin. Only love can move us past that tendency to hate, and so we must increase our consciousness to embrace love more, and to drop the evolutionary trend to hate, which is inbuilt more as a defensive "dog fight dog response", rather than the loving "dog embrace dog response", which is sorely needed. "An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind” – Mahatma Gandhiji. Hate keeps us blind, and dumbed out in our minds too; love opens our eyes, with our hearts, opened then too.
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Steve Marshall
@innertalks (22093)
• Australia
8 Nov 22
@Shiva49 We do have the odd star performer who shows us where the finishing line is, and inspires us to keep running towards it. Hatred, then, is also running backwards to the same finishing line, if what you say is correct, and they, love and hatred, are running neck and neck, to the finishing line. One way, or another, we might all be finishers in the race, one day then.
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Shiva
@Shiva49 (26776)
• Singapore
6 Nov 22
Yes, this has been our bane from the very beginning. The primordial hate trumps innate love that is buried in the deep recess of our minds. There could still be a turnaround with a better sense prevailing. Let us hold on to hope that love will conquer all.
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Neil
@Neil43 (3363)
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29 Nov 22
Resolving the past is always difficult. In the Philippines, the problem in the past has been lingering up to this moment.
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Shiva
@Shiva49 (26776)
• Singapore
29 Nov 22
Yes, it is the same in most countries - people living with endless hurts, some imaginary. The reality of those times was different. Let us move on.
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