Kind Kalman -“Health- You did not say that you did not read the article in your first post. You only stated that later after everyone was bashing you. This is how Lashon Hara starts. You tried sspreading Laz about Mishpacha based purely on secondhand information. Please do not do this in the future.”
How about refraining from being Motzay Laz on me? Instead of Kind Kalman -how about Kindly Kalman -like Kindly refrain? I’ll post my first comment now:
“How could you call something good when they just had an article promoting Alcoholism?”
This question was answered and refuted.
“They are making an Asifa against internet because that is becoming a major destruction to Klal Yisrael in both terms of gashmiyus and ruchniyus. Many people still do not believe it is that bad to have internet and are not convinced that it will be damaging to them. It could damage anyone, even the guy who learns the most and has the best middos.”
Ok.
“The other things you mentioned are definitely a problem, but are not as bad.”
And why not? Everytime you go on the Net you are Oiver an Issur – obviously acc. to you – you are also Oiver an Issur everytime you light up or drink -not for a Mtzva.
“Most people understand that drinking and smoking are bad.”
Really – not the impression I get? Most Yeshivos will throw out if you have the Net, but not if you smoke or drink.
“The majority of Jews have internet, and I believe only a minority smoke or have drinking problems.”
Any Statistics to back this up? I’m assuming when you write Jews you mean Frum ones.
“Anyway, maybe they will do something major like an Asifa about the other problems if they see that this will work. You cannot work on everything at once. One thing at a time. If they would’ve picked alcoholism then you would have got upset that they weren’t doing smoking or the internet. Just understand that the Gedolim are doing their best to combat this menuvaldika American society as best as they can.”
From previous:
“And these people who support these mags think that the Internet is the only thing where you are being exposed to bad things. Why isn’t there an Asifa against Alcoholism & the mags that promote it? I know they would never have an Asifa against smoking – that they could never do -it wouldn’t be PC!”
Stop with they would do it but they have to pick something first because smoking has been around a lot longer than any internet and if they wanted to make an Asifa – they had ample opportunity way beforehand.