Sometimes I feel like the cowardly lion in the Wizard of Oz. Every time someone say or do something that is unethically unsound or intolerant and I don’t speak up, I am reminded of an old Gregory Peck movie “Gentleman’s Agreement”.
Recently (well, within this year), I saw an example on the Chaser’s War on Everything how intolerant society is becoming. When some residents of Mosman were asked if they would support a mosque being built in Mosman, most of them prefixed their response with “Well, I have nothing against Islam but perhaps they would be more comfortable in their own community.”
The thing that interests me is by separating communities, they are already demonstrating their intolerance. Why sugar coat intolerance and hypocrisy with politically correct wording?
With the current international instability, this is the time everyone should start broadening our mind and thinking to embrace different cultures.