2scents,,
I was okay with everything you said until I got to your last paragraph where you wrote:
My point is, that you never know if you will one day be on the receiving end of Hatzoloh or not, each day a lot of people are and chances are that you or one of your family members will call us with an emergency. So why bash us? are we taking something away from you? [emphasis added]
Let’s be clear; the definition of “bash” is “to attack physically or verbally.” I have done neither. Perhaps you have mistakenly used it as a synonym for “criticize” in which case you have negated your agreement that it is okay to criticize VAS groups. Is that the case? Please clarify.
But to address the plain meaning of the words in your post, I am sorry, but you may be polite, but the essence of your post is the same as that of jackness, viz., Don’t criticize a VAS if you ever want to use them!
Pending your clarification, I disagree with this sentiment. No one is above criticism, not me, not you, not even the President of the United States. And if this bizarre notion is the policy of any VAS, I am shocked.
It disturbs me to read these ideas expressed by someone who claims to be a member of an organization that professes to be working because it is a mitzvah.