But "Les Huguenots" is the better opera and, as the director Olivier Py observes in a program note, it depicts the first instance of intolerance-fueled genocide in the modern Western world.
While I experienced some instances of intolerance, confusion, and depression, that certainly wasn't the majority of my experience.
An emblematic event in the life of Bayle was the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, which from his point of view was an instance of grotesque intolerance based on moral and logical absurdity.
The ban, in 1988, of Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses, might be the most famous example of intolerance and censorship in India, but there are many other instances.
Rather than uniting all races for the betterment of the country, the United States appeared to become more divided as instances of racial intolerance increased.
And, to be fair, those same vets are quick to point out, while these instances do exist, compared to everyday society and the workplace, instances of racial intolerance in the military are far below average.
For three decades, he's lectured to thousands of school children a year, about his experiences in the Holocaust, with the 'intent to recognize bullying and when you see an instance of abuse and intolerance you should not be a bystander, but be one the J.U.S.T. people, and do something about it.'.
We need to be intolerant of intolerance.
In an interview last week, Mr. McConnell said the issue in the case, Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, No. 08-1371, wan an instance of a larger problem of intolerance for disfavored views, one that sometimes affects gay groups and at other times religious ones.
Instead of stressing problematic issues by emphasizing each minor instance of petty crime or intolerance, politicians and information media should support regeneration projects—even outside central areas, to address issues such as the difficulty to organize events similar to Mantova's well-known literary festival (Festivaletteratura) outside the historical center.
Egypt's interim government has already demonstrated a level of intolerance for free speech — for instance, by jailing the 25-year-old activist Maikel Nabil Sanad for "insulting the military establishment".
