[Piranha]

Your hatred of Rubashkin is perplexing and uncharacteristic of the thoughtful words you have posted here for years.

This man was a vice president of the largest kosher meat processing company in the United States, distributing reliably kosher meat throughout the country. He was prosecuted based upon false certifications made to a bank under a contract and now prosecutors are asking the judge to sentence him to jail for the rest of his life. The only sentence in American jurisprudence that is worse is the death sentence and that is under broad attack.

Again, I am not arguing the innocence of Sholom Rubashkin. I think that the requested sentence is grossly disproportionate and that a terrible injustice would be done if he were to receive that sentence.

[rmlew]

Your hatred of Rubashkin is perplexing and uncharacteristic of the thoughtful words you have posted here for years.
Hardly. He and Agriprosessors are an embarrassment for all Jews. I think Bloom's book, Postville: A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America, probably takes the clash of cultures too far and shows the Hasidim in a bad light. However, Rubashin et all did not show particular trust in the locals at Postville and did not do enough to include them. Agriprossessors then began hiring practices that discoureged American employment (low balling wages) and low and behold 1/3 of emplyees were illegal aliens at Postville. Over 300 were rounded up! One illegela is an error. 300 is a management decision to screw the locals.