[Fegasderty]

I'd like to make an interesting point: tolerant is a bad word, but I only realized this a few years back. I used to use it. When you realize midday that you have a hole in your sock, you tolerate it until you can change it. If your apartment building needs to turn off the water for a few hours, you tolerate it. You need to be tolerant of the noise of construction when you walk down the street. In short, you tolerate things until you can remove them or until you leave them behind. It's called pain tolerance for a reason. You don't 'endure' other ways of life. You don't tolerate other religions, people of other backgrounds. You accept them.