Re: IDF officer discharged for insulting Conservative and Reform Judaism( soc.culture.jewish)

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From: Simcha Streltsov
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 00:00

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MrBob558 (mrbob558@aol.com) wrote:
: >ensued. It wasn't necessary for him to go into all the "worse than the
: >Holocaust" stuff."

: I think that is really the issue.  This worse than the Holocaust thing.  He
: could have just said his opinion, without getting "poetic" about it.  It was
: really a dumb thing he said.
: On the other hand, has noone here ever said anything really dumb in a public
: forum?  

firs, it seems that our fact provider despite having 2-nd hand account,
still refers to the words that were _not_ said. AFAIU, the officer said
that the effect of these movement on Jewish people was worse in terms of
number of people. this still may be too poetic, and your remarks pro-
and contra- apply, but is a quantifiable statement - whether right or 
wrong, and not an insult. if he tried to convey that the effect was
felt by the whole Jewish nation - everyone will agree, so really
the _only_ question is whether he was entitled to express his opinion
in any form.

 

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From: simon1@bu.edu (Simcha Streltsov)
Subject: Re: IDF officer discharged for insulting Conservative and Reform Judaism( soc.culture.jewish)
Date: 1999/12/28
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