tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15545356.post6640055299017164383..comments2024-02-14T16:57:45.608+00:00Comments on The Vol Abroad: What's wrong with a little muscular liberalism?Vol Abroadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083054947673242940noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15545356.post-24121285324626687362011-06-25T15:49:29.305+01:002011-06-25T15:49:29.305+01:00Yes, glad Cameron came out fighting (-ish ... for ...Yes, glad Cameron came out fighting (-ish ... for him, anyway!) on this one. Makes a nice change from the mealy-mouthed second-rate sophistry of Bliar. Our freedoms are hard-won, and - however paradoxical it may sound - may often only be preserved by recognising that tolerance has its limits.<br />There's a passage in Popper's 'The Open Society & its Enemies: The Spell of Plato' which puts it better than I did/could: 'if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them.'Minniehttp://minniebeaniste.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com