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From: sms@eisx.UUCP (Samuel Saal)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: tolerance
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Date: Wed, 20-Feb-85 12:18:07 EST
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From J Abeles and ???

> >                                     ... In the Israeli army soldiers are
> > not allowed to desecrate the Sabbath in public places (they are free to do
> > as they please when in private -- unlike Iran where religious observance is
> > forced on you). ...

> This still amounts to religious observance being forced upon people.

WRONG. It amounts to respect by one group for another. Desecration of the
Sabbath can be avoided without too much effort to one's own personal
integrity (where I define PI as the need to do things which some consider
to be forbidden on the Sabbath - only moderately circular) The soldier
may carry his gun on Shabbat but he should also avoid the neighborhoods
inhabited by those who would be offended by his driving down the street.
This seems reasonable to me as being respectful. Not as an imposition
of one view onto another person.

-- 
Sam Saal ..!{ihnp4}!eisx!sms

Vayiphtach HaShem et pee ha'Atone.