tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626610279159340013.post2667616926431415491..comments2024-01-21T05:17:46.958-05:00Comments on The Partial View: Internet Asifa- Six Months later, are we making progress?Tomim Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09358985107505490625noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626610279159340013.post-90858440110590116192012-11-27T11:52:39.052-05:002012-11-27T11:52:39.052-05:00Because only we Yidden can rent a stadium, pack in...Because only we Yidden can rent a stadium, pack in 40,000 people, and decide the biggest evil in all of the known universe is cell phones and internet. <br /><br />Then we congratulate ourselves for a Maariv davened by 40,000 people together, while the rest of the world laughs themselves sick over how ridiculous it is to rent the stadium for crying about the internet in the first place (AND OFFERING NO SOULTIONS!!!). Of course, no one is happy about the night’s events, because everyone had a different agenda they wanted to advance. [Can you imagine the Kiddush HaShem that would have been made had we invited all those who suffer from the inadvertent evils the internet provides (community leaders, social workers, school principals, to name a few - Jewish, and otherwise) to join us in an open dialogue to find a solution for the whole world? What better example of an ohr la’amim than that? What, you think only we have a problem with this?]<br /><br />But, of course, the "egrof shel chanifa" is alive and well, so everyone says what an unmitigated success this was - because the gedoilim spoke and the oilam listened. Even though there were no gedoilim talking, as they were just being used as mouthpieces for some filter software. <br /><br />Even when the whole world is laughing in our faces, we still hold onto the stupidities of being a good sheep and doing what you’re told as you’re driven to the edge of the cliff by some internet filter selling snake charmer who convinced some people with beards the importance of his product. <br /><br />And many, many people shook their heads in disbelief and wondered if this is the vision for the future that we are selling ourselves, and our children. <br /><br />Or if we have one at all.<br /><br /><br />{and i am posting with my name - i wont hide behind anonymity.}Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15796130516476241598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626610279159340013.post-75698783542414160022012-11-25T14:36:26.982-05:002012-11-25T14:36:26.982-05:00In what way was it a Chilul hashem?In what way was it a Chilul hashem?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626610279159340013.post-52026473374147997042012-11-24T22:59:11.782-05:002012-11-24T22:59:11.782-05:00to me and many of those I know,
the internet asif...to me and many of those I know, <br />the internet asifa was a chillul hashem although some of its goals were admirable and the<br />siyum hashas was a tremedous kidush hashem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626610279159340013.post-82840376005067852532012-11-23T11:59:30.665-05:002012-11-23T11:59:30.665-05:00The internet asifa inspired me to get a filter.The internet asifa inspired me to get a filter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626610279159340013.post-85424795410068611452012-11-22T11:05:18.450-05:002012-11-22T11:05:18.450-05:00Yes, as Rav Salomon so eloguently put it, The Asif...Yes, as Rav Salomon so eloguently put it, The Asifa at Citifield was Sur Mera, The Siyum HaShas was Aseh Tov.SoMeHoW Frumhttp://somehowfrum.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626610279159340013.post-91416452727908943432012-11-22T10:38:26.851-05:002012-11-22T10:38:26.851-05:00 As one who attendwed both I was more impacted by ... As one who attendwed both I was more impacted by the Siyum hashas. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com