Tolerance or something more...

I've used this image in a post previously as it seemed to make a good point. However there was something about the word 'tolerance' and how it's being used today. We can have a look at the Oxford English dictionary definition to get an initial thought of how tolerance is defined: Definition of tolerance noun 1 [ mass noun ] the ability or willingness to tolerate the existence of opinions or behaviour that one dislikes or disagrees with: the tolerance of corruption an advocate of religious tolerance 2 the capacity to endure continued subjection to something such as a drug or environmental conditions without adverse reaction: the desert camel shows the greatest tolerance to dehydration [ count noun ] : various species of diatoms display different tolerances to acid diminution in the body’s response to a drug after continued use: the body’s tolerance to Ecstasy builds up very quickly 3 an allowable amount of variation of a spec...