This past couple of months we have seen an escalating level of extremism within the heimishe community. The spray-painting of newspaper boxes, the shattering of bus stop ad displays and graffiti on the Oorah billboard are just a couple of examples. While these 'religious' acts of vandalism are entirely illegal and definitely against Halacha, the bigger question is; what are they accomplishing?
Are people actually reading the New York Times less since the windows on the distribution boxes have been painted black? Are there less people eating at Burger King since their bus stop ads have been torn down? Is there actually any sign of more ehrliche children with longer payos since the little boy on the Oorah billboard had his face blackened?
I guess the question that I'm posing here is; what are our true motives? Is it Yiddishkeit or wanton vandalism? Are we actually saving our society from the outside influence, or are we bringing the outside influence of destruction right into our community?
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Posted By Chaptzem to Chaptzem Blog! at 2/05/2007 11:44:00 AM
