zero tolerance en · NOUN
Meanings
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(uncountable) The strict policy of enforcing law(s) or the rule(s), and allowing no toleration or compromise even for first-time offenders or petty violations.
I get weary of this zero tolerance bullshit. It's annoying. To begin with, it's a fascist concept; it's what Hitler and Stalin practiced. It allows for no exceptions or compassion of any kind. All is black and white—no gradations. But even more important, it doesn't solve anything. The use of such a slogan simply allows whichever company, school or municipality is using it to claim they're doing something about a problem when, in fact, nothing is being done at all and the problem is being ignored. It's a cosmetic non-solution designed to impress simpletons. Whenever you hear the phrase zero tolerance, remember, someone is bullshitting you.
2004, George Carlin, “ZERO TOLERANCE”, in When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 84:
Coordinates
three-strikes law · three strikes and you're out
Translations (18)
nb nulltoleranse (strict policy of enforcing all the laws or rules) · ja ゼロトレランス (strict policy of enforcing all the laws or rules) · el μηδενική ανοχή (strict policy of enforcing all the laws or rules) · nl nultolerantie (strict policy of enforcing all the laws or rules) · da nultolerance (strict policy of enforcing all the laws or rules) · fi nollatoleranssi (strict policy of enforcing all the laws or rules) · nn nulltoleranse (strict policy of enforcing all the laws or rules) · fr tolérance zéro (strict policy of enforcing all the laws or rules) · eo nula toleremo (strict policy of enforcing all the laws or rules) · es cero tolerancia (strict policy of enforcing all the laws or rules) · pl zerowa tolerancja (strict policy of enforcing all the laws or rules) · ru нулева́я толера́нтность (strict policy of enforcing all the laws or rules) · uk нульова́ терпи́мість (strict policy of enforcing all the laws or rules) · de Nulltoleranz (strict policy of enforcing all the laws or rules) · ru нулева́я терпи́мость (strict policy of enforcing all the laws or rules) · sv nolltolerans (strict policy of enforcing all the laws or rules) · cmn 零容忍 (strict policy of enforcing all the laws or rules) · uk нульова́ толера́нтність (strict policy of enforcing all the laws or rules)