Someone posted;
Excerpt…”There is no question that taaivos are an issue. However, the Muslim response to that is to put women in a chador or burquah, and only allow her eyes to show. So maybe the problem is with the man, and not the woman. Maybe men need to learn more self-control. I love the smell of a BLT, but I am not going to eat it.”
So should we say the Chochimim were wrong G-d forbid, to assur swimming and horseback riding on Shabbos?
Since I remember being taught they were not Assur D’Orisa but the Rabbonnnim assur’d them, because of making and breaking.
What I mean by making and breaking is;
In the case of swimming they were worried that people would ‘make’ a raft and so they assured swimming altogether.
In the case of horseback riding they were afraid someone might ‘break’ off a stick from a tree to hit the horse to make it go faster so they assured riding.
I could argue that I would not do those things and let those who would, learn to control themselves, but it’s not “my problem” and
thus I should be able to ride and swim all I want, even on Shabbos.