Saturday, June 12, 2010

The slippery slope of tolerance


Too much of a good thing can become a bad thing. In the workplace, tolerance is often seen as a virtue and intolerance is seen as bad. In fact, in some cases, being seen as intolerant has become a hate crime. You don't even need to be intolerant, you just need to be seen as intolerant to be charged with a crime.

That's a very slippery slope, which I would categorize as a bad thing.

At the other end of the spectrum, being too tolerant is enabling other bad things to occur, too.

See full Article.