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You want to talk accepting?
Sure, the left is accepting of every deviant and destructive behavior, except conservatives.
They are ok with terrorism (freedom fighters), criminals (misunderstood), etc.
But if I oppose Barack Obama as president- I’m a racist.
If I oppose the health care bill- I want to see poor people die.
They run around accepting Arafat. How about accept George Bush.
They invite Ahmadenijad to speak, but heckle if an Israeli comes.
Very accepting.
SJS: You have got to be kidding. What do you call the media furor over this newspaper’s private decision? Live and let live?
What do you call this thread?
I am really fascinated that you percieve the left as “live and let live”, generally. While the left has been the champion of civil rights to privacy in the moral realm, that is always where it fits some other agenda they have, usually an anti-moralism agenda.
The left is the force behind the regulatory state we have. The left is why we need to wear seatbelts, helmets, child seats, etc. The left is why you need an NPDES permit to run a drain, and all sorts of permits.
Add to that things like how many hours you can work, how much you can work for, what sorts of jobs you can do, who you must hire, and all the workplace regulation.
Really? Live and let live?
The Torah tells us
What specifically are you referencing?
While I concur with anon1m0us that we should not concern ourselves with what a husband likes, I write separately, to stress 2 things.
First, I do think that the woman’s feeling about herself is just as important.
Second, I am disturbed a bit by what sounds like saying that a woman should decide how to dress based on her husband’s likes.
No, there isn’t a difference. Why should there be?
I disagree with the premise.
Tznius does not mean that a woman is supposed to conduct herself in a way that is unattractive. It does not mean that a woman is not supposed to try to make herself look nice.
I generally like the quote above from Rabbi Blumenkranz, which I take to mean that a woman should look attractive, just not in a way that attracts extra attention. (like flashy clothes, etc.)
Wearing makeup is part of being a woman, and feeling like a woman. I am surprised when people object to young girls wearing makeup. Do they object to young girls brushing their hair?
Homeowner:
How about me? Do I get your haskama?
Ruining it for themselves? I don’t understand.
Hashem runs the world. Hashem doesn’t say that you starve to death, if you happen to make some silly decision about what job you will take, or what to make for supper.
If you make a silly decision, it is just that. There is no reason to think that it will have such huge ramifications.
The reason I am picking on it, is because I don’t really like that quote.
I don’t think Hashem is going to punish someone like that by saying, “Oh! I sent your guy, and you turned him down.”
Even if you made a silly decision, the punishment for silly decisions is not that you can’t get married.
(Also, I happen to think people should not be leaving so much to their parents. I think it is a way out of taking responsibility. Seriously, would you let your mother buy your clothes? Did you let her pick you seminary? Would you let her choose your job? It is good to ask advice, but I just don’t like the idea of completely abdicating responsibilty.)
That’s fine. But then you can’t say that if they turn somenbody away, it doesn’t count as a rejection by you.
Well, what did you mean by “if your parents say no before it gets to you”? Doesn’t that mean you have allowed them to say no before it gets to you? So haven’t you given them power to make decisions?
adorable:
But, I assume if you allow other people to make decisions for you, then you have given them that power.
The way to fulfil the most mitzvot for which you are chayev is to be a farmer in Eretz Yisrael, NOT to learn Torah full time.
Perhaps. On the other hand, the purpose of life is to do what Hashem wants, not to collect the most number of mitzvos. We know what Hashem wants from the torah, the written and oral torah. The Oral torah is transmitted through the mesorah. That is why we need to listen to our rebbeim.
Methinks he is a 1L, who just took his Criminal law exam today.
It really depends on the state, since criminal law is mostly statutory.
But, here are some generalizations. (I did not google).
Murder, like all crimes, is composed of an actus reus (the act), and a mens rea (the thought).
In common law, murder is “An unlawful killing, with malice aforethought”.
This translates into:
Actus reus- killing which is caused by your actions or inactions which you are responsible for.
Mens rea- one of the following:
Knowing you are killing, or
Knowing you are grievously injuring, or
Acting with extreme recklessness towards someone dying, or
Knowing you are killing or grievously injuring someone else, or
Commiting a felony (only a dangerous one)
Manslaughter, is the same act, but has a lower mens rea. Manslaughter in common law requires only recklessness, or some call it criminal negligence. Or, the commission of a misdemeanor.
Homicide is any killing which is illegal. Criminal homicide sounds like a statutory term, which is used to differntiate among homicides.
First degree and second degree are statutory inventions, and usually depend on factors like, premeditation, the weapon used, what other crimes were being committed, and things like that.