From: Christopher Hudert <heyhoot-AT-mindspring.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:16:36 -0500
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Context



On Jan 15, 2010, at 7:39 PM, puppetpro-AT-aol.com wrote:

> I so much enjoy the word "inclusiveness" rather than "tolerance".

And a huge difference it is, too. Like comparing apples and 
orangutangs. Just think of the root of tolerance: to tolerate, which, 
while it does mean to allow, or to respect the beliefs, practices, etc. 
of others without sharing them, more often than not it really means to 
put up with, or to resist the effects of something. Nowhere in there is 
even an implication of understanding. Inclusiveness, on the other 
hand...

In Improv it's called the "Yes, and..." In puppetry I'm not sure what 
it's called, but it's there. Or it can be. But I do know that our 
business suffers from "tolerance" and the teaching there of. More to 
the point, I believe it is teaching intolerance in the name of 
tolerance. When you can't do or say things because others may not share 
the same beliefs, practices, etc., that is not tolerance, it is 
intolerance and it teaches that we must not allow an exposure to other 
thoughts unlike our own. It eliminates discussion and understanding of 
different beliefs, cultures, races, etc. and leads to a segregation of 
the mind, which is a sibling of ignorance, which leads to fear, which 
leads to name calling, which leads to hate, which leads to... Oh never 
mind. I'm going to do an old fashion Punch and Judy show complete with 
slapstick again one of these days. I'm going to put it on my future 
shows list right now.

Christopher

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