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From: dsg@mhuxi.UUCP (David S. Green)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: tolerance
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Date: Thu, 21-Feb-85 07:57:53 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 21 07:57:53 1985
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> 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.
> Sam Saal ..!{ihnp4}!eisx!sms

Does this mean that the soldier should only guard non-shomer shabbos
neighborhoods?  My opinion is that anyone should be offended by a soldier
carrying a gun at anytime and any place, but sometimes self defense
against terrorists and hostile neighbors is needed.