Have you never, ever in your life done something wrong?
Everyone has, and nobody appreciates others pointing it out to the entire world and judging them.
okay, i’m sorry but this is a bit misplaced. If i steal from my employer by making personal phone calls when i should be working, or i borrow something from someone and dont return it, or am hurtful to my husband, there wont be helicopters over your house. you cannot compare to my “wrongs” to the allegations that are being made right now. Gd willing nobody is guilty of it, but if anyone is, do you really think they still qualify for not having people pointing and judging? I would have to say that someone who choses to “wrong” on such a grand public level, kinda leaves that privilege of privacy behind them.
No matter what did or did not transpire, our job is not to make accusations, judments, and critical comments.
Our job is to say that hey, “that’s my brother!” and love them, even IF, and i do say IF, they did something wrong
100% correct. But that was not what you were saying before. my understanding of your original comments was that i shouldnt be flippant because some tatty may go to jail and his baby will be left without him. But that was his poor judgement, not mine.
My obligation is: to believe that anyone involved not just in money fraud but in turning the eyes of the world upon us, did not realize just how the chips would fall. They were duped by the yetzer hora and if they understood the damage and pain they would cause the world they wouldn’t have done it. and i throw on that pile the expectation, of course, that everyone involved will cooperate and not add to the chillul Hashem so we can be seen as honest and truthful emissaries of Hakodosh Baruch Hu.
May Hashem have rachmanus on us all.