An Open Letter to Britney Spears

Worldnetdaily ^ | 01/10/2004 | Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

[Gerasimov]

He lost me completely here ...

My old friend Michael Jackson should be a lesson to you

No matter what the good Rabbi might say, she does look good in her underwear.

[Robert_Paulson2]

The rabbi is turned off by a drop dead gorgeous and extrremely attractive american born and bred female but offers seeming admiration for the opinions of a (more than alleged) child molester and pervert? Who probably wears his own silk panties and bra to bed with little boys... just wait folks, pictures at ten... one of these nights.

how appropriate. Perhaps his five little girls will grow up to emulate the very twisted same sex, lust for minors of their own gender that his beloved michael seems to emulate.

puke.

Perhaps the good rabbi ought to encourage heterosexual, non-minor/adult relationships with members of the opposite sex, instead of quoting michael jackson in a critique of Brittanies rather tight and appropriately cute short shorts.

She is after all,NOT the first hollywood-hyped-american-beauty-starlet to go through a whirlwind "36 hour later" anulment, or slip into her skivvies more than religionists can abide, for a magazine cover or centerfold. There is something all american about brittany, but many of us have come to believe michael is a very very dark pervert. Interesting that this rabbi, seemingly admires michael. and rather concerning.

[GreatOne]

When she first came on the scene, with her talk of being a virgin and wanting to stay that way until marriage, I was hoping she'd be a secular Rebecca St. James. Maybe even be pro-life. It's obvious that she's come from a troublesome family background (parents divorced, with her saying it should have been done years ago), and her mom pimping her out to the American masses. Can any decent mother stand by and allow their daughter to dress like that? Yeah, she's an "adult" (allegedly), but mom is part of her management team.

When she's 50 pounds heavier and a punch line like Vanilla Ice 10 years from now, hope those millions were worth it.

[Johnny_Cipher]

When she's 50 pounds heavier and a punch line like Vanilla Ice 10 years from now, hope those millions were worth it.

I'll take those millions, thanks. (I've already got the 50 pounds heavier part done).

[WackyKat]

I was hoping she'd be a secular Rebecca St. James.

What about a secular Amy Grant? Or Sandy Patty?

Oh wait... they were hypocrites weren't they?

Give me an honest, sexy girl any day

[uglybiker]

Tell her ya loved the bit with the snake. Didn't we all?

She was overdressed.

[GreatOne]

Sandy Patty? Oh, she pulled an Amy Grant, right? (That's divorcing your husband for someone else)

[judgeandjury]

Dear Britney,
If you read the whacko's letter there is a chance you may read mine. I admire the way you take chances and the way you show your audacity. Don't let these small minded, judgemental freaks put you off. Your success is commendable, and I'm sure it will continue. Don't worry about making anyone happy, except yourself and your fans.

Sincerely,
An old, fat, bald guy

Barf!

[judgeandjury]

The rabbi is turned off by a drop dead gorgeous and extrremely attractive american born and bred female but offers seeming admiration for the opinions of a (more than alleged) child molester and pervert?

Drop dead gorgeous? You've got to be kidding! Britney isn't that great looking. On a scale of 1-10, I'd give her a 7, and that's being a bit generous on my part.

[Begin]

Well said, Rabbi. Well said.

[Robert_Paulson2]

So we can safely assume that Michael is your kind of "ten" too eh?
You and the rabbi, must be buddies?
ROFL...

[ETERNAL WARMING]

Tell it like it is, Rabbi!

[PGalt]

New B.S. same as the old B.S. Repackaged B.S. B.S. = B.S.

[L.N. Smithee]

Michael turned to me and said, "In a few years, this girl is gone from the public eye. Nobody's gonna care about her...

Michael, of course, was only half right.

Yeah. He forgot the part about how even though she would slowly slide from the scene, her latest CD would nonetheless kick the spit out of his greatest hits collection on the Billboard Top 200.

[Agnes Heep]

Drop dead gorgeous? You've got to be kidding!

To my mind "drop dead gorgeous" implies the usual female charms allied with a special aura comprised of love, modesty, grace and personal integrity. These are qualities not usually seen in your average whore.

[Thinkin' Gal]

A ping for you!

[DonQ]

I have the nagging feeling that this rabbi has, himself, descended to self-promoting and celebrity-chasing. It is a very very old Jewish rule that rebukes are given privately, not as public scoldings.

[itsinthebag]

The rabbi is turned off by a drop dead gorgeous and extrremely attractive american born and bred female but offers seeming admiration for the opinions of a (more than alleged) child molester and pervert?

Not everyone agrees with your standard of beauty. Blonde and blue-eyed is not beauty to a lot of folks.

[MitchellC]

Seems like the good Rabbi was so dazzled by Ms Spears that he was (and remains) blind to the real EVIL in that hotel room.

That's a pretty harsh thing to say about Justin Timberlake... 8)