@Caits I would be interested in learning about your perspective on the ideas of acceptance versus tolerance in regards to IC. You mentioned that one of your priorities, mostly as Jamie, was acceptance. I'm not sure you're using the right word, however, and if you are, I'm intrigued to learn more about how you'd apply the right word. Let's start this healthy discussion off with some definitions:
Acceptance: 1. the act of taking or receiving something offered.
2. favorable reception; approval; favor.
3. the act of assenting or believing:
4. the fact or state of being accepted or acceptable.
Tolerance: 1. a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, beliefs, practices, racial or ethnic origins, etc., differ from one's own
In essence, acceptance is to approve of, and tolerance is to reasonably allow. This applies not just to physical characteristics, but to mental ones as well. A person with a wart on his nose is easy to accept, but a person who values knowledge above sentimentality? Not so easy. Jamie did not accept Nero and his behavior, ideas, or principles, but she tolerated him insofar as she allowed him to exist unbothered. When it came to the very different practices and beliefs of General-Master Sanders of Frenzy Plant, however, she pursued him, told him how wrong he was, insulted him and all his comrades, and went away. This sort of behavior (which has been previously described as self-righteousness) shows up with Gabriel as well, and to a lesser extent Michael. Is that either acceptance or tolerance? If either of these are a core principal of a character, then it must be applied to all. Wouldn't you agree that choosing individual things to accept or tolerate (moreso the latter than the former) is a fairly standard practice, characteristic of most people?
Anyone else who bothers reading this is free to comment.
