Will Falconer, DVM Moderator
Thanks for this, Roger. Somehow, your comment (and several others) got pegged by the new site as "Pending Approval," and I wasn't alerted by email in a timely manner. Support has just heard from me on this.
In general, I think we'll get much farther in this world, even with big goals like changing it (!), when we are tolerant and compassionate, as you say. We are all trying our best and all at different levels of understanding. Accepting someone at whatever stage they are at is the higher road. We can silently wish them well and hope they'll come around. Some will, some won't and that's entirely out of our control.