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ubiquitin
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“That’ entire סוגיא is the gemarah on its own.
Had the Torah specified use from the סנה it never would have said can’t be.”

Right weve covered this. But the Torah does not say to use a sneh, nor does it say rape is not as bad as stealing. And before you cite a “rule” as the Torah saying that, you’ve tried that and there are dozens (literally) exceptions. thus not making it a rule at all. But this is just review weve covered that.

My point here is, youre claiming that if that if you wanted to make a halachic argument based on a thorn being prickly you need to prove a thorn is prickly. “you probably would if you tried to base a halacha on it and i challenged you””
Here the Gemara just takes it as agiven. Not one amorah, rishon, achron asks wait how do we know thorns are prickly

IITFT
” Why is rape seen a crime worse than torture or murder?”
Its not, but unfortunately murder is not that unusual. what happened to her is still unusual. (though I’m learning not that big a deal relatively speaking, certainly not as bad as having a pen stolen

” I think the left with its female-driven agenda has managed to create this special category of sex offenses.”
and there I was thinking the left was supporting everything goes hedonistic free for all society. hard to keep up