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oomis
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“With all due respect, that is a load of nonsense and closed-minded-ness. If something is wrong it is wrong, and if someone believes that the Torah demands that everyone be vegetarian than it his obligation to argue his point;”

With equal respect, what you posted was as much nonsense as you seem to think my words were. “IF SOMEONE BELIEVES…” is the crux of the matter. Your belief, her belief, anyone else’s belief, does not give that person the right to criticize, UNLESS THEIR BELIEF IS BACKED UP BY THE ACTUAL TORAH. Her belief may be based on a misunderstanding. I have been told there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with this music being played at a wedding. I personally do not think that Eye of the Tiger is the “most” appropriate song for the chosson and kallah’s entrance, but that is my personal taste, and I certainly would not seek to tell off someone who feels differently. Please express your OPINION (and so far, ALL it is IS an opinion), but state it as such and not in a critical way.

This is what gets people’s dander up in the CR – when some folks state things as absolutes according to the Torah, and they are potentially very wrong in their assertion. My Rov did not hold as you do, even in davening, he had been known to use a bit of melodic OPERA when doing the chazoras hashatz, if appropriate to the moment. I think that if you or anyone else has a strong belief about something, by all means express it as your personal hashkafa (which is your right), but please do not give mussar to others, because you do NOT have a right to do so under any and all circumstances, despite what you believe. Even if you believe that The Torah assers meat, which clearly it does not or there would be no mitzvah of korban Pesach, you have no right to make someone feel bad because he is not a vegetarian.