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SJS-

I’m glad you notice the similarities. Now let’s note the differences.

Let’s leave the “bloody history” of Tanach for a different discussion. Let it suffice for here to say that it is not an example of persecution.

At the most simplistic level, the difference is that we write off the NK as misguided (read: unguided) loonies with perverted sense of right and wrong, while the actions of the Crusaders and Jihadists are designed, sanctioned, and/or supported by the rank leaders of the faith. As such, all followers of the faith are buying in to that “service of G-d” (or god, as the case may be) by recognizing that leadership. In the case of NK it is quite clear that Jewish leadership and their followers denounce them and their actions. We do not support them financially or otherwise. We vocally condemn their atrocities (atrocities by our standards, not the much lower standards of the general public).

In the case of the Christian Crusaders, no one denies that the opposite is true – the holy war and the pillaging of communities was indeed sanctioned by the pope himself, as was the Inquisition. That is why it is important that the current leaders of the religion publicly distance themselves from those atrocities- so as to not be counted as a participant.

In the case of the Muslims of today, it is a bit more murky – in that although it has been proven time and again that terrorism is directed, funded, and encouraged by Islamic leadership, they still deny it for PR reasons and pretend that each individual terrorist is a random misguided loony. Which is precisely what makes these conversations difficult – because there are two sides here, 1) you can take the Muslim leaders seriously, or 2) you can just add lying to the world to the list of their crimes against humanity.

I don’t expect you to change your mind, but I will stand solidly behind what I am saying – Muslims collectively do not refuse to be associated with the leadership that has shown involvement with Jihadists. They do not condemn and distance themselves from the “loonies”, except when the cameras are rolling. As long as the worshipers continue to follow such leaders, they are giving tacit approval to the decisions by the leaders to support the war against the rest of the world.

80-

You are getting at the same point as I am.

SJS-

Is every Christian responsible for the bloodshed of the Crusades?

For the Inquisition? For the blood libels? Is Christianity responsible? Or is it just the individual soldiers of Christendom who are responsible, and their unfortunate coreligionists merely innocent spectators?

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Thank you, 42. I suspected it was you.

The only cruel game is the one AZ is playing.

I think you mean ING’s Sharebuilder program.

This is set up to take advantage of dollar cost averaging strategy. The idea is that you set up an account with automatic stock buy orders on a regular basis (once a week). The amount spent each week is the same (it should be an amount that is safely discretionary out of your net pay), but the share price will vary. When the price is high you will buy fewer shares and when it is low you will buy more shares.

Dollar cost averaging is a very good strategy to be aware of, but if you are just “testing the waters” I don’t think blindly signing on to ING’s program is a good idea. You should probably learn something about the stock market and investing first. Investing in mutual funds before going into individual stocks is also an excellent “feet wetter”.

If and when you do decide that you are ready to trade stocks individually, know your investment strategy beforehand (i.e. what you plan on doing with the money when your brokerage account is all set to go). Then practice that strategy on paper for a few months (6 months is a good amount of time) first, to see how well it plays out and how well you understand what you are getting into. Many brokerage companies offer a “virtual” trading account for free, as a service so that your “paper trading” is easy, quick, and completely realistic.

I am makpid on Cholov Yisroel. I do not drink plain milk unless it is Cholov Yisroel.

Hard cheese and butter are an exception, as brought down in Pischei Halacha.

Those who are not makpid on Cholov Yisroel do drink plain milk without a hechsher, as you said.

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When my oldest went to sleep last night she had twice as many sisters as brothers. When she woke up this morning she had the same amount of brothers and sisters.

Mazel Tov!! Twin boys!

Wolf-

I don’t want to be responsible for shaking up your marriage, but I am seeing a different perspective in your story. Perhaps she married you because you did not know, and not despite the fact. You see, she always wanted to change her eye color, but never knew what you would think of it. Therefore, when you said you did not know, she was able to run out and get the color-changing lenses she always wanted and pretend that it was her eye color all along.

Check the lens case next time you get a chance and let us know.

🙂

Let me help you. I’ll post a deleted post for this thread, and then you can do the same. Here it is:

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Excuses? No, we plainly were looking for some juicy deleted posts. The least you could have done was oblige us.

Wolf, you should know better than to say that here. Should I raise the hue and cry?

She says, “I know you is.”

By chance, is the girl in the first joke the one who wrote the second joke?

….for some reason they could never win the others

Helpful,

AHZ refers to even ho’ezer.

To the moderator who “fixed” the link by wrapping it in code: Thank you. You made the page visible again.

And promptly get arrested for assault 🙁

You mean battery. Assault is the crime of threatening violence. Battery is the crime of inflicting actual violence.

What you should have said is Yoga is ‘a goy’, backwards.

(And at advanced levels of yoga it is upside-down, bent sideways, and indescribably contorted too)

Maybe neither. Maybe I meant the parents should force the misbehaving kids to take up yoga as a punishment.

GAW-

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2) That you decided to go to Hunter or City is not my problem.

Irrelevant

3) I never said that all frum people avoided the co-ed schools, just that there were separate education options.

When some of us went to CUNY, it was not co-ed.

Frum weddings were, at the time.

Touro may be filling the demand for separate education that CUNY no longer provides.