Wolf: There are sources (the ones the Ashkenazim rely on) that fish and dairy is neither halacha nor sakana. If everyone held that it was sakana, it would be assur for Ashkenazim as well.
Well, something is either a sakana or it’s not. It’s ludicrous to say that it’s dangerous for Sephardim to eat something but not for Ashkaenazim. The fact of the matter is that one group is just plain wrong. But I suppose that’s another argument for another time.
If you don’t like the example I gave, there are plenty of others: tefillin on Chol HaMoed; whether or not US government regulations suffice for the requirement of Cholov Yisroel; whether or not a woman has to wear stockings below the knee in public; whether or not an Eruv can be constructed in Brooklyn; and so on. These are all arguments in halacha, not minhag. So pick any one of these and go with it. Are people who take the lenient position in any of these matters apikorsim according to you?
The Wolf