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Tolerance: a word seldom heard from those engaged in a crusade. But on issues like sexual freedom, those who ignore it do so at their peril. In every era when moral fervor held sway, a counterreaction began to build when the community became intolerant of individual liberties. That is why the Meese commission, even while helping to foment a more repressive stance toward pornography, made a point of mentioning that tolerance for private choices must still be respected. Political and social leaders who carry their moral zeal too far are in danger of being left stranded when the pendulum swings the other way. And it always does.