The
Benefits of Tolerance and A Vision of New
Ethiopiawinet
By
Metshet Wubneh
July
11, 2011
The
fundamental rule of politics is tolerance. Without
tolerance there is no politics. Politics is a
special kind of friendship and friendship itself
is ground on respect. Friends respect each other
by listening to one another and by caring to each
other. Similarly, a large number of people who
wish to attain a goal seek to cultivate a kind of
friendship that is suitable for political life,
where total strangers come to the political arena
to articulate a way of life by listening to one
another and respecting each other�s views,
however divergent and irreconcilable those views
are.
When
measured by this view of political life, we
Ethiopians have a long way to go. Our political
condition in the Diaspora is in crisis. We are
deeply divided by ethnicity and our relationships
as political beings are contaminated by hate,
suspicion, and intolerance. Lest we correct
ourselves quickly, we cannot attain the goal of
achieving regime change.
I
was compelled to make these statements because I
am deeply disappointed with the recent infightings
in our websites over the future of our country,
the country that we so deeply love and over which
we are fighting via hate, suspicion, and divisive
ethnicity.
Note:
For related articles to the above statement, we
encourage our subscribers to read the following
references:
Humanizing
the Ethiopian Political Culture,
www.africanidea.org/humanizing.html
Education
for Tolerance: Sustainable Dialogue for Human
Dignity, www.africanidea.org/tolerance.html
National
Reconciliation and National Development in
Ethiopia, www.africanidea.org/national_reconcillation.html
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