Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Level of tolerance (freedom of expression)

For reading 3 and 4 about the freedom of expression, I am most subscribe to the view of the author in reading article 4 which he says that some of us may have a certain believe or religion, when other people talk about it, as long as it does not cause very distinct and serious harm, people must learn how to tolerate these people’s view.
Personally I am a free thinker. As a result, joke about any religion actually do not cause very serious effects on me. However, putting myself in those religious people’s shoes, I felt that if some of them are a bit more sensitive, they may feel offended by some of the jokes made due to the freedom of expression.
However, on the other hand, most of the time those certain groups of people may be the minority one. If may be sometimes jokes are too much for them, but if someone make some public opinion of thoughts about tem, as long as its does not cause negative impact on those group of people, they should learn to tolerate a bit more.
This is because sometimes public opinions may contain a certain level of criticisms; however it may not always have a negative effect on the group. People always learn from their mistakes sometimes by responding positively to de suggestions make, these groups of people actually can create more public awareness of people on them.
Therefore, I felt that no matter for which group of religion group a certain level of tolerance should be there. Personally I felt that over reactions of very small matter sometimes may not get de best outcome but in fact turns the situation worst. In conclusion, there must be a bit of tolerance of others in every one of us as if not, once a quarrel start it may never end… even some opinions are positive ones. However I am also not referring that we must tolerate everything including those personal attacks or insulations. So best of all have a balance level of tolerance!

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