“No I categorically do not agree it is among the worst things a human can do to another…but my lack of understanding doesn’t change the truth.”
I’m a bit confused.
why isn’t how bad something is towards a person determined by people?
For example If I were to ask you what hurts more getting stabbed or shot r”l. would you say well the Torah says the punishment is the same so they are the same.
Or a better example IF a person tortures and kills someone. Is that just as bad as killing since the punishment for both is the same ?
I think i’m missing something .
also do you have a mekor fr this idea that something being bad is determined solely by the punishment?
As to why the Torah didnt mandate misah, maybe being meanes is so bad that he doesnt even deserve the kaparah of misas beis din? Or “I happen not to understand it. But I think that that is my short coming”
It seems to me than when faced with this “stirah”
If its so bad why doesnt the Torah demand a worse punishment. can be resolved wither by saying its not so bad (though I don’t know why) or by saying Its horrible, I don’t know why the punishment isnt worse.
why do you take the former approach?