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From: simon@elwood.DEC (Product Safety 237-3521)
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Subject: Re:  Moderated halachic mailing list
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Date: Thu, 13-Mar-86 10:30:22 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 13 10:30:22 1986
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>But, you have chosen to abandon the open net, and go into your moderated
>super-frum ghetto, where you, the great Sage of our time, will decide
>which article shall live and which article shall die.  
>....... 
>Finally, you choose not to take part in any discussion of your action.
>This is very typical of the Khomeini-like mentality of the new Orthodox.
>If you are not with me you are against me.  This was never the attitude
>of mainstream religious Judaism, but has begun to appear with the
>pseudo-learned baale-tsuvah of this generation.  Rather than admit that
>they still have things to learn, they assume that they have better knowledge
>than anyone else, and that anyone with less knowledge is beneath their
>contempt.  Rather than observe the spirit of Judaism, they prefer to observe
>the letter of the law.
>
>I hope no one joins your mailing list, because then the 
>purpose of nrj is gone, and there will be no more articles posted here.
 
 
>David Esan (rochester!ritcv!moscom!de)

I am sorry to say that, but this posting was the best argument 
for me IN FAVOR of joining this mailing list.


Leo B. Simon		 

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