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charliehall:

“If you can’t be trusted to avoid the porn and gambling sites, by all means donate your smartphone to a shelter for victims of abuse and stay off the internet.”

Tell me, do you think the issur of yichud is only for those who “can’t be trusted” to control themselves? Or do we see that Chazal realized (quite accurately, if I may say so) that this is an issue that everybody struggles with, and gedarim must be set in place for everyone? We cannot bury our heads in the sand – this s a very real issue that many, many frum people struggle with.

zahavasdad:

A) If something is assur, there can be no discussion of “picking battles”, “turning the other way”, etc. The last time somebody tried that on a grand scale was the Conservative movement about driving on Shabbos; how’d that work out for them?

B) The fact there are other pressing issues facing World Jewry does not detract from this particular issue.

C) I find it somewhat disturbing that you do not seem to think widespread violations of halacha pertaining to kedusha to be a pressing issue.

D) Changing the subject will not make these points go away.

yekke2, happy to entertain.