yichusdik:
“it is hypocritical to take government subsidies on an institutional or personal level while not only criticizing the government and deriding those who elected it, but denying it the right to have established itself in the first place.”
Again, why does one have to approve of everything a state does to use its infrastructure? The American government today recognizes same-gender marriages as being just as legitimate as any other one, and supports and even subsidies the systematic murder of unborn babies. Does this mean we shouldn’t use the roads, hospitals, electricity, etc?
Also, I don’t think that the Chilonim can reasonably be compared to Zevulun. Zevulun went out to work so that they could support Torah (and gave a full 50% of their earnings to those in full-time learning), while the Chilonim support those learning only because they can’t (overly) discriminate against a particular segment of their citizens for no reason.
Fried Onions / troll:
Shut up and get a life.
WIY:
“Never argue with a fool: he’ll just drag you down to his level, then beat you with experience.”