Comments on: An Open Letter to the New York Post

By: AE808

AE808 — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 23:20:11 +0000

If he would have a gun to protect himself then the would be no discussion. Only in NY unlike the rest of the USA and Israel, Jews cannot protect themselves with guns. NY has disarmed their Jewish civilians just like in 1930′s and 1940′s in Germany. Liberals Elite and Left Wing Politician Democrats don’t want to protect the Jewish Community.

By: HaKatan

HaKatan — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 00:42:32 +0000

#8, how courageous and open-minded of you…

#7, I disagree. I daresay that contemporary krum American society may believe this to be true but, lihavdil, our Torah does not.

For example, theoretically speaking, even if a person does aveiros, that does not at all mean this should become their legacy.

I can’t believe that all these posters are observant Jews.

By: geula

geula — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 00:12:01 +0000

#2
either your drunk. Or your so perfect in everything you do that I’d like to come for a blessing from you.

By: chatzfleis@gmail.com

chatzfleis@gmail.com — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 19:30:28 +0000

#4 – If you believe my first two points are debatable then I won’t bother reading the rest of your post.

By: mdd

mdd — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 19:08:13 +0000

My dear kanoi, HaKatan, points 1 and 2 are not debatable — they are simple truths. They are just not obvious to the contemporary krum Americam society.

By: a mamin

a mamin — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 19:02:45 +0000

#2 You should be ashamed of yourself! Who are you to decide that he did ANYTHING in his life that would shame his family? You believe all that hogwash printed in that horrific paper they call the post? SHAME ON YOU!

By: arizona

arizona — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 18:56:25 +0000

#5–There is nothing debatable in points 1 and 2 that you criticize in post #2. They are spot on. The greatness of America, whether or not you can comprehend it, is that so long as an act of libel is not committed, the press has the right to print what it likes. You, similarly, are free to not purchase a newspaper that prints a headline you find offensive.

By: HaKatan

HaKatan — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 18:27:45 +0000

#2 – Your first and second points are debatable.

But your third point deals with laws, not human decency. The outcry here is regarding human decency, not laws.

Writing a front-page headline “Who didn’t want him dead?” is a gross insult to not only his family and friends, but to the entire rest of the world who didn’t even know him and, perhaps, even to (many of) his alleged “enemies”.

The real headline, of course, is “Who DID want him dead and who MURDERED him?”.

The point the writer made rather eloquently, which you seem to have missed, is that they are condoning murder in a similar way to how the media implicitly condones “knockout” attacks by calling it a “game”.

This Post headline is the kind of headline one might accept for the death of Yasser Arafat, Osama Bin Laden or some other world-class murderer.

This headline essentially makes the argument that when one is in dispute with another, that this dispute automatically extends to wanting the other dead.
Their choice of headline here was abominable even if it were legal and not defamatory.

By: Vuckovicher Chossid

Vuckovicher Chossid — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 18:02:15 +0000

CHEVRA, GIVE UP ON THE USA, ONCE AND FOR ALL !!!!!
MOVE TO ERETZ YISROEL !!!!!!

By: chatzfleis@gmail.com

chatzfleis@gmail.com — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 17:51:58 +0000

With all due respect to the mourners, I believe Mr. Rubinstein you are both misguided and wrong.

I never met the deceased nor have I ever heard of him before his tragic end. I can however share with you a couple observation that’s it’s worth taking to heart.

1. If you don’t want your family to suffer as result of your actions once you die don’t do anything that will cause them to suffer WHILE YOU ARE ALIVE.

2. If you don’t want to be remembered negatively once you die don’t do anything while you are alive that will leave that legacy behind.

3. The same civil liberties that enable you and every one of our Jewish/Orthodox public representatives apply to everyone equally. If the NY Post’s coverage was defamatory let the family sue and demand an apology, if indeed the coverage was legitimate then I refer you to my first two observations.