You can’t believe all the advertising signs put up outside of shops. Unless you get it directly from the owner, you have to assume it is a rumor. Do you think that the owner has time to protest every offensive advertising sign outside their shop?
I was responding to a subthread to R Slifkin who likely understood what I was writing. Not all jokes work and certainly not for all people; if one can’t live with one doesn’t write them or consume them.
No one is apologizing for this stupid sign and the fact that this represents an attitude is awful, but be honest, this is more "hock" than anything else of importance.
These people really make me angry. How is this Torah Judaism to make fun of war of any kind never mind when it affects your own people? They like to say that it is because of those of us who do not follow their branch of Judaism is why the moshiach has not come. It doesnt even dawn on these selfrighteous a*holes that the Moshiach is not coming because of their attitudes toward their fellow Jews. It is time for the State of Israel to remove all benefits for these leeches
The Charedim have revealed themselves for what they are, the Second of the Four Sons. Let them be slaves in Egypt until they consider themselves part of Israel
It would help their argument if those lecturing us about how charedim have to learn full-time weren't such obvious hypocrites. (Of course, then they wouldn't be here to lecture us.)
I think it's basically "the North and South are on fire because of the war, but here in Meah Shearim our only war is on the prices" or something.
My Arab dentist, who comes from up north, recently sighed to me that in the north and south they get war, and while in Jerusalem we don't, we get terror attacks.
Just explain to me as though I am stupid, what does this have to do with Charedim? Does it even belong to a Charedi? Why does anyone but the advertising firm and the shoe store have to apologize?
Tasteless as this is, I could see this happening with goyim in the US, were the US at war, too.
It's horrendous and disgusting, but there are much worse issues (like chareidim refusing to take part in national service or the military) so I can't be bothered too much by something like this
There's no "goy" (as you tellingly put it) in the US who would ever put up a sign saying, "We're at war on multiple fronts, but the real war here is how much we're cutting prices!"
To avoid service, it really helps to see the war as something far away.
Had the ad appeared in HaModia, the text would be the real גזירה is not the war, nor the repeal of subsidized day care, but the high cost of stilettos.
Right now the chareidi apologists are deciding whether to claim that it's unrepresentative or that it's no big deal.
You can’t believe all the advertising signs put up outside of shops. Unless you get it directly from the owner, you have to assume it is a rumor. Do you think that the owner has time to protest every offensive advertising sign outside their shop?
Yeah, I would think it would rather important for the shop's PR and a prime concern of the owner.
Sorry, my comment was parody.
@D. Ohsie
Unless it’s over the top, sarcasm doesn’t come across well in response to idiocy on blog posts.
I was responding to a subthread to R Slifkin who likely understood what I was writing. Not all jokes work and certainly not for all people; if one can’t live with one doesn’t write them or consume them.
No one is apologizing for this stupid sign and the fact that this represents an attitude is awful, but be honest, this is more "hock" than anything else of importance.
I forgot to add - Robby commented to someone near the sign about how tasteless it is. The person smiled and replied, "In our community, it isn't."
These people really make me angry. How is this Torah Judaism to make fun of war of any kind never mind when it affects your own people? They like to say that it is because of those of us who do not follow their branch of Judaism is why the moshiach has not come. It doesnt even dawn on these selfrighteous a*holes that the Moshiach is not coming because of their attitudes toward their fellow Jews. It is time for the State of Israel to remove all benefits for these leeches
Great point!
Heels with no souls.
The Charedim have revealed themselves for what they are, the Second of the Four Sons. Let them be slaves in Egypt until they consider themselves part of Israel
I usually don't comment on this issue, but that sign really is terrible.
Disgusting. What would be done if this were an Arab-owned shop?
Doesn’t Torah say “Do not stand idly by, while your brother bleeds!”
Not their Torah
Awful
Arrghh! Those darn haredim!
https://images.app.goo.gl/39nwM2vuuyVvKBmV6
It would help their argument if those lecturing us about how charedim have to learn full-time weren't such obvious hypocrites. (Of course, then they wouldn't be here to lecture us.)
Scribal Error today has something to say regarding Torah interpretation vs. and Bavli study. Could this be a basis for their blocked bias?
Kind of disgusting.
I will confess my ignorance. I neither understand the comment on the sign, nor what it has to do with shoes.
I think it's basically "the North and South are on fire because of the war, but here in Meah Shearim our only war is on the prices" or something.
My Arab dentist, who comes from up north, recently sighed to me that in the north and south they get war, and while in Jerusalem we don't, we get terror attacks.
Nothing of course! Just pure, crass, American, materialistic capitalism.
They'll take a buck (shekel) anyway they can.
It kinda reminds me of the Memorial Day sales in the US. People are totally oblivious to how crude that sounds
The war Memorial Day marks ended over a hundred and fifty years ago.
Just explain to me as though I am stupid, what does this have to do with Charedim? Does it even belong to a Charedi? Why does anyone but the advertising firm and the shoe store have to apologize?
Well yes. It does take a special kind of stupid (yours) to deny that a shoe store in meah shearim would have anything to do with other than hareidim
Well, in fairness, we do sometimes go to Charediland to get shoes. But yeah, it's mostly not our kind.
You mean nisht unzerer
This is abhorrent.
Tasteless as this is, I could see this happening with goyim in the US, were the US at war, too.
It's horrendous and disgusting, but there are much worse issues (like chareidim refusing to take part in national service or the military) so I can't be bothered too much by something like this
There's no "goy" (as you tellingly put it) in the US who would ever put up a sign saying, "We're at war on multiple fronts, but the real war here is how much we're cutting prices!"
To avoid service, it really helps to see the war as something far away.
Had the ad appeared in HaModia, the text would be the real גזירה is not the war, nor the repeal of subsidized day care, but the high cost of stilettos.
During Vietnam it was way worse than a stupid shoe sale my friend
Which you witnessed personally.