tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15423117.post113797567541242833..comments2023-07-20T13:13:38.728+03:00Comments on JoeSettler: Responding to a Rude CommentorUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15423117.post-1138524311453383862006-01-29T10:45:00.000+02:002006-01-29T10:45:00.000+02:00I don't buy into arguments like that. People are a...I don't buy into arguments like that. People are all the same in that we all have the opportunity to be good and to be moral, just as we can choose the opposite position too.Jack Steinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16625864271071630940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15423117.post-1138269781824671032006-01-26T12:03:00.000+02:002006-01-26T12:03:00.000+02:00j's.s.:we are better then the goyim because we are...j's.s.:<BR/><I>we are better then the goyim because we are chosen by g-d.</I><BR/><BR/>The whole concept of the 'chosen people' is very interesting and complicated.<BR/><BR/>But a comment by more than one of my rabbis in yeshiva made a very strong impression on me.<BR/><BR/>On of the reasons the Jews received the Torah is because as a people/nation we are very strong, obstinate, determined, (even warrior-like,) etc. ("am kshei oref".<BR/><BR/>The Jews received the Torah to direct and moderate those attributes.<BR/><BR/>With the Torah, as a nation we can be the greatest nation in the world ("a light unto the nations") for the good of the world, but without the Torah to properly guide us, those exact same strengths and gifts can drag us down to the exact other end of the moral spectrum.JoeSettlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01232647820807408898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15423117.post-1138248052848893622006-01-26T06:00:00.000+02:002006-01-26T06:00:00.000+02:00we are better then the goyim because we are chosen...<I>we are better then the goyim because we are chosen by g-d.</I><BR/><BR/>Do you really believe this?Jack Steinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16625864271071630940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15423117.post-1138099727475951222006-01-24T12:48:00.000+02:002006-01-24T12:48:00.000+02:00Not as much as you think elchonon. Actually all it...Not as much as you think elchonon. Actually all it would take is ONE good lawyer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15423117.post-1138056820053540702006-01-24T00:53:00.000+02:002006-01-24T00:53:00.000+02:00zr: I am so trying to come up with a witty remark ...zr: I am so trying to come up with a witty remark to add to your comment, but I'm just not succeeding.<BR/><BR/>I don't mind the occasional leftwinger visiting and leaving reasonable (polite) comments or questions that deserve an answer(like from the purple parrot for instance, though my answers do tend to upset her for some reason); but when an ignoramous makes inciteful, obnoxious, false, and just plain stupid remarks, I ask myself, do I really want this person to have a platform on my site?JoeSettlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01232647820807408898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15423117.post-1138035455633072032006-01-23T18:57:00.000+02:002006-01-23T18:57:00.000+02:00To the cursing anon,Do you know how much time and ...To the cursing anon,<BR/>Do you know how much time and money that would take to do?<BR/>I mentioned that in my comment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15423117.post-1138026649062632902006-01-23T16:30:00.000+02:002006-01-23T16:30:00.000+02:00[bad words edited out edited by joesettler]Hey Joe...<I>[bad words edited out edited by joesettler]</I><BR/><BR/>Hey Joe. I have an idea, which might be onto something. Maybe you can pass it to people who can do something about it?<BR/><BR/>Here's the idea. If PeaceNow @!%#$&%# traitors have a legal standing to petition Israeli Supreme Court to demolish/evict "illegal" Jewish construction, then probably any Jewish group can petition the Supreme Court to enforce the demolition orders against 7000 Arab buildings that have demolition orders ALREADY issued against them! It would be might tough to argue in court against equal enforcement of the laws. What do ya think?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15423117.post-1138026063012562762006-01-23T16:21:00.000+02:002006-01-23T16:21:00.000+02:00HEY JOE,CAN'T U JUST GET RID OF THE CURSER'S COMME...HEY JOE,<BR/>CAN'T U JUST GET RID OF THE CURSER'S COMMENT IN THE MEANTIME? IT SURE DOESN'T READ WELL ON YOUR SITE!<BR/>LOVE YOUR INSIGHTFUL BLOGS! KEEP IT UP!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15423117.post-1138023402213910252006-01-23T15:36:00.000+02:002006-01-23T15:36:00.000+02:00You are wrong, oh aclu-breath. The ACLU is not the...You are wrong, oh aclu-breath. The ACLU is not the plaintiff in the case against the National Security Agency ("bush/white house"). The ACLU is the filer of the suit. See, for example, http://edition.cnn.com/2006/LAW/01/17/aclu.nsa/ which names the plaintiffs, none of whom are part of the ACLU. <BR/>In a full democracy, <B>if there are no plaintiffs, there is no case</B>. That is a basic part of the democratic legal system. However, if you prefer the systems of government which allows suits to be brought on behalf of no-one, go live in a monarchy or dictatorship. Or Israel --- whichever you prefer.<BR/><BR/>RobertAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15423117.post-1138022882599488032006-01-23T15:28:00.000+02:002006-01-23T15:28:00.000+02:00To the last anonymous poster. Please erase and rep...To the last anonymous poster. Please erase and repost that, but without the curse words.JoeSettlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01232647820807408898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15423117.post-1138015751397087982006-01-23T13:29:00.000+02:002006-01-23T13:29:00.000+02:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15423117.post-1138007722855971562006-01-23T11:15:00.000+02:002006-01-23T11:15:00.000+02:00Great post Joe.Someone needs to tell this guy to t...Great post Joe.<BR/><BR/>Someone needs to tell this guy to take his head out the sand and smell what he's been shoveling. Anybody who listened to the Peace Now lawyer talk on the radio last week, heard what he said and Joe's quote is as accurate as can be. <BR/><BR/>JJerusalemcophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194852862578375352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15423117.post-1137995607233678362006-01-23T07:53:00.000+02:002006-01-23T07:53:00.000+02:00Yasher Koach!Your response was well said, well wri...Yasher Koach!<BR/>Your response was well said, well written and 100% factual...Who's to say what experiences these people have had to make their thought processes go so awry.<BR/>He obviously doesn't possess a thorough authentic Jewish history background. Too bad! It's his loss and our tzuris.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15423117.post-1137984188016048862006-01-23T04:43:00.000+02:002006-01-23T04:43:00.000+02:00good going joe! I may post it on my blog, i was ju...good going joe! I may post it on my blog, i was just about to write the stolen car facts which is constantly brought to my attention. Stand at ANY tzomat in yehuda or shomron. and compare the models of cars... best place to stand is tzomat gush and by givat asaf..you will see that the cars with the PA plates outnumber israeli cars 4:1 in nicer models...<BR/><BR/>We are racists! heck zionism is racist! so is being jewish, we are better then the goyim because we are chosen by g-d.<BR/><BR/>I'm racist... many times i called in the cops or bitachon tachnura tziburit if there was a suspicious arab on the bus. <BR/><BR/>First thin i was taught in israel "every arab is a chafetz chashud!" <BR/><BR/>Joe, per jameel's and my father's requests it looks like i am geting a degree in law. Semicha being my BA lets see how long ebay will carry me and then maybe i can work pro bono and drag every arab to court over THEIR "ileagal outposts"<BR/><BR/>ANY land falling within the boundaries of israel, both the boundaries from G-d + the negev to eliat are eretz yisrael.. as defied as boundaries englargend due to a melchamat mitzva.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com