“Lilmod, you say “People do it because they feel it is important and they are willing to sacrifice for Am Yisrael.” Yes, you may be right. And their sacrifice is indeed immense. Why, though, does doing it because “they feel” it is right become a standard for others?”
My comment was said in response to this line and this line only, “Kollel, especially in EY, is the easy way out.”
I didn’t read the original article as it is assur to read or believe it according to Hilchos Loshon Hora. (I glanced at it long enough to figure that out).
I know enough to know how easy it is for journalists (and everyone else for that matter) to misrepresent situations and the reasons behind them (whether deliberately or not) and how unfair it would be for anyone to judge the people involved based on what they read in the newspaper.
Based on the gist of what I have picked up about what this discussion is about, it seems to have something to do with kids not being accepted to schools and people making ASSUMPTIONS about the reasons behind it, and ASSUMING that it was based on prejudice. Since you don’t know the reason, why not assume that they had a good reason instead of assuming the worst about them?