Broad-mindedness Is Related To Tolerance; Open-mindedness Is

Books Choose Their Authors; The Act Of Creation Is Not Entirely A Rational And Conscious One.

Realism Can Break A Writer's Heart.

The Chinese Are Good At Repression And Can Be Pretty Ruthless About It.

When...did It Become Irrational To Dislike Religion, Any Religion, Even To Dislike It Vehemently? When Did Reason Get Redescribed As Unreason? When Were The Fairy Stories Of The Superstitious Placed Above Criticism, Beyond Satire? A Religion Was Not A Race. It Was An Idea, And Ideas Stood (or Fell) Because They Were Strong Enough (or Too Weak) To Withstand Criticism, Not Because They Were Shielded From It. Strong Ideas Welcomed Dissent.

If Bigots Behave Like Bigots, It's Not A Huge Surprise.