Posted on 12/11/2006 8:14:08 AM PST by beaversmom
"the rabbi has every right to file a suit if he chooses."
so, he has a right to file a suit over a display that is appropriate to the season, but not his season.
can one verbalize the basis for such a suit? is his hatred and disdain so intense that he is exposing his intolerance for the world to see or is he hiding behind another religion in his suit against a particular religion he does not choose to tolerate?
what chutzpah! what disgusting weakness in the guise of offended nobility!
what obnoxious, unmitigated hypocrisy! what a display hatred for not only christianity, but christians themselves!
"you need to find someone who disagrees..." how cute
I love the way this is being twisted to all be the airports fault now.
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Repeating proven untruths paints you as an idiot or worse.
"one more time. this was not a secular action to remove religion. it was a conservative action to include religion."
you mean...if you keep repeating the same words, in the face of circumstances that indicate something different, that it will change the facts?
onto the slippery, dangerous slope he climbed....
Ping
Thank you for your post. As you know the Rabbi and I do not I accept your explanation for this entire fiasco.
The Rabbi did make a major mistake in evoking a lawsuit however your explanation of his actions eases the sentiment I held.
As an American Jew I wish the Christmas Trees were back.
Although I do not observe or celebrate Christmas it is a joyous time for all.
"the 'rabbi' apologized already."
how intellectual. he urinates on someone else's expression of faith, he subjects it to ridicule, scorn, contempt and empties his entrails of venom then camouflages it as an expression of being offended. (isn't that called mendacity?
just like the schoolyard bully who takes lunch money from five people and belches an apology after a full and satisfying lunch with some more left over.
rabbi, indeed.
What religious "expression of faith" was "urinated on" so to speak?
It always amazes me that this never seems to happen before a lawsuit over displays is taken up. It seems no ever says, "What a great display! Can my goup put something here with yours next year? How do we go about doing that?" It's nearly always, "Hey! Where's mine? Why isn't it here? Get it up or I'm suin'!"
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he urinates on someone else's expression of faith
What religious "expression of faith" was "urinated on" so to speak?
Pardon me Ripley
I see a Rabbi who made a major mistake, But I haven't seen anyone "pi$$ing" on anothers "expression of faith"
ripley, are you in two threads?
I think the public menorah campaign by Chabad-Lubavitch is an fine idea, and it's good to know how successful they have been. I truly don't see what the problem is with having a menorah in the airport, altho the religious ceremony would seem to be a sticking point if Christians are to be held to the same standard about public worship. Otherwise, hope both sides find a more collegial way to work it out in the future. Putting a legal "gun" to the airport's head is not going to make the menorah committee feel accepted; just emptily triumphant over what was probably bureaucratic bumbling, not a hate-filled attempt to discriminate.
"but i haven't seen anyone "pi%%ing on anothers "expression of faith"."
even though you weren't there you still choose to see nothing.
What a crock.
I think we would be well off with less Christmas trees and more Christmas spirit. If the removal of some Christmas trees results in so much venom, I'm thinking there wasn't much Christmas spirit in our hearts to begin with.
One more time. I agree with the idea of menorahs in public at Hannukah. I disagreed with the Sharpton-style method of trying to achieve it, and your bitterness in suspecting that it was all Christian malevolence against Jews instead of taking the airport spokesperson's socialist denial of religion ("these are holiday trees) at face value. So we agree more than we disagree.
You misunderstand me. I never made that claim against the Airport. What motivated the Airport was that they were cowards.
The malevolence is found in too many posters on FreeRepublic.
You don't understand, it's a symbol and our symbols have been under constant attack. If we Christians don't quit backing up and start taking a stand all of our symbols will be stomped into the dirt. The Christmas tree is a symbol that has been a part of our holiday celebration since I was a small child, through school, through military service and still is today. If you tell me I have to take my symbol down we have a problem. I will further tell you I don't care what any other religion puts up. It's supposed to be a free country. Put up whatever symbol you want, but by God don't tell me I have to take mine down.
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