Today is International Tolerance Day; did you get your cards and gifts mailed in time?

I looked this up so you don't have to: Today, November 16, has been declared the International Day of Tolerance by the United Nations. The U.N. established this annual observance in 1996.

Perhaps you missed the memo. You weren't alone.

But in a world where people find it increasingly difficult to acknowledge the common humanity of anyone who disagrees with them on seemingly anything, perhaps a day to celebrate the virtue of tolerance really is necessary.

Unfortunately, Tim Rickard, in today's Brewster Rockit comic (reproduced at the top of this post) probably has nailed the way the International Day of Tolerance would likely be celebrated, if it were celebrated at all....