There are three kinds of national tolerance–one of them is good and the other two are bad.

The good one is the tolerance born of strength which happens when Western nations open the door to immigrants from all over the world with the confident demand that they subordinate themselves to the law and tradition of the land.

Then there’s the the bad tolerance born of weakness, which we see in spades in England these days. This is a tolerance that subordinates law and tradition for fear or reprisals. Rowan Williams is the poster child for this tolerance.

Finally there’s the bad tolerance born of stupidity. This is the tolerance that looks at the inflow of Muslims into the West with a dumb smile, believing that Muslims have come to America to put aside their strict Muslim beliefs to live in the land of MTV and MySpace.