On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:47:10 -0500, "ATP"
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"Ed Huntress" wrote in message
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On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:27:18 -0500, "ATP"
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"Ed Huntress" wrote in message
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On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:12:32 -0600, Ignoramus3737
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On 2012-02-27, Ed Huntress wrote:
On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:24:12 -0800, Peter Franks



Wait a second, did this happen in the United States of America?

Open up your eyes, Iggy. These guys intentionally provoked the people
in that community. The community doesn't like it. They reacted.

The "hikers" knew they would; that's why they were there. They were
looking for trouble. It's like walking into a black community while
wearing white robes and hoods. If you don't know the Hasidim, you
might think that's an excessive comparison. It is not.

The law will sort it out.

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Ed Huntress

Not a good analogy, they weren't exactly wearing armbands and jackboots.

Then you don't understand the culture. Hasidim are religious
extremists, in the most pejorative sense. They take offense at
anything.

I
guess the people who staged the diner sit-ins in Greensboro, NC were also
looking for trouble?

Yes they were. And they got it, right?

Same deal. If you want to break up Hasidic communities and start a
religious war in the courts, this is exactly the way to do it.

Is that what you favor? Or are you saying that the Hasidim should see
things the way you do? They don't. And they won't. But you can turn
them into a Jewish version of Al Queda without a lot of trouble.

--
Ed Huntress

I have no problem with whatever they want to believe. I don't agree that
they should be allowed to enforce their customs on others as law, or to
systematically rip off communities through tax avoidance and welfare abuse.

Well, as I said, I have a lot of objections to this and some other
Hasadic communities. They're isolated, they're religious extremists,
and they're exclusionary.

But that doesn't change these facts: If you want to start a religious
conflict, this is the way to do it. If you want a fight, this is a way
to get one.

I don't picture these guys as the Sons of Liberty. Their action is
more like that of teenagers who are full of themselves. I don't want
them determining the outcome of these communities, either.

--
Ed Huntress