tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post1358037238095513254..comments2024-03-14T11:09:32.759-05:00Comments on Falkenblog: Too Many ExpertsEric Falkensteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07243687157322033496noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-78593026711141590622009-01-09T05:47:00.000-06:002009-01-09T05:47:00.000-06:00The point is paradox. Diversity equals insularity...The point is paradox. Diversity equals insularity. Expert opinion equals any opinion.Eric Falkensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07243687157322033496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-30956344675528179982009-01-09T03:56:00.000-06:002009-01-09T03:56:00.000-06:00Eric, I assumed you were criticizing a group of p...Eric, I assumed you were criticizing a group of people in Postville that used a facade of being religious while also doing bad things. And not criticizing all Jews or even Orthodox or Hasidic jews. Those religious hypocrites just happened to be Jewish. <BR/><BR/>But still don't see how it relates to the main point of the post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-69861165303532569882009-01-09T03:53:00.000-06:002009-01-09T03:53:00.000-06:00Do not see the relationship between the bad behavi...Do not see the relationship between the bad behavior of Hasidim, or other ethnic groups exercising a veto over public practice by others in the name of diversity to the central point of this post: <BR/>Policymakers shopping the spectrum of economic opinion to support their previously held belief. <BR/><BR/>I agree: The Hasiim are behaving badly (although no differently than many other business owners in urban areas).<BR/><BR/>But what does a have to do with b?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-59454708086463779092009-01-08T19:40:00.000-06:002009-01-08T19:40:00.000-06:00As a member of the tribe, I'll say that I find the...As a member of the tribe, I'll say that I find the Hasidim bizarre. That said, Goyim and Shiksa are just words from another language for gentile and non-Jewish woman. They aren't derogatory any more than calling someone black or a woman is derogatory. It's just descriptive. <BR/>Several more points about these Hasidim: <BR/>1) They weren't even slaughtering the animals humanely, as required by Jewish law. So the place might have had rabbi approval, but it really wasn't Kosher. <BR/>2) The Hasidim would have been much better off running their plan in Chicago or NYC, where people wouldn't have noticed 300 illegal immigrants showing up at a factory.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-71541220580839362592009-01-07T20:21:00.000-06:002009-01-07T20:21:00.000-06:00well i'm not pro any of those things (though if th...well i'm not pro any of those things (though if they really paid for the land think they should have it) and i actually think that if you choose to live somewhere is because you like their culture/habits so at a minimum you want to look like them. no burkhas, turbans or those little hats, not to mention flying mexican flags and that boricua shit. you love mexico, fine. go live there. but then i'm european so i can be a bit nationalist.<BR/><BR/>yet the illegals mention weakened your argument. as if americans don't employ illegals. or not only you went to the innocent iowa community and act differently, but also dare breaking the law. please.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-53714693466331764802009-01-07T16:49:00.000-06:002009-01-07T16:49:00.000-06:00I have nothing to comment but my admiration for th...I have nothing to comment but my admiration for the exquisite politeness of not celebrating kindergarten birthdays in attention to Somali toddlers´s presumed sensibilities. We have a folk-saying here: You are hastening the coming of the Messiah (and SDF´s revelation?). <BR/><BR/>Keep up the good work.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05676167615981895061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-6152230475259698362009-01-07T15:12:00.000-06:002009-01-07T15:12:00.000-06:00I am highly pro-Semitic and pro Israel, so I don't...I am highly pro-Semitic and pro Israel, so I don't feel bad criticizing this group out of fear of being called a bigot against Jews. Steven Bloom wrote a scathing book on the incident (Potsville). The Jewish Daily Forward had an <A HREF="http://www.forward.com/articles/in-iowa-meat-plant-kosher-%E2%80%98jungle%E2%80%99-breeds-fea/" REL="nofollow">article</A> on this issue in 2006, and was rather critical of how AgriProcessors was treating its workers. <BR/><BR/>I agree its better than killing someone, but that's a weak benchmark.Eric Falkensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07243687157322033496noreply@blogger.com