Jent: Firstly, thank you for your kind words. Secondly, you tell me not to be impressed with his Torah, its all from the cd. But you also need to know where to apply what you learn, so he seems pretty learned to me(I am not very learned myself). But, besides that, it seems to me that he is more “areingetun” in the sources than the other anti-chareidim out there, so i give him credit for that. As for the treif pot analogy, it is a point well taken.
However the only reason i bothered answering him is because from the way he writes, he does seem to have a more refinement than many others. His usual way is not to attack, but rather to state his views in a bachovidik manner. It seems to me that he practices what he preaches in regards to Ahavas yisroel. So while I feel he is misguided and living in a dangerous dream world, and i don’t necessarily appreciate his posting anti-chareidi thoughts on this chareidi website, i feel he is a mentch and should be treated like one.
also, about the bar ilan cd, are you sure there’s something wrong with it? i know several talmidei Chachamimwho use it as reference. Of course, having all the info in your head is infinitely better, but not everyone has your fantastic recall memory, which really is quite astounding (in my opinion)
Poshut yid: I’m still waiting for your response