notpashut – there is a bit of a difference.
I personally go out every once in a while with some friends to bars. We drink only kosher drinks. We dont get very rowdy. And yes, we do look Jewish.
There is nothing INHERENTLY wrong with going into a bar. Maybe it was a “kosher bachelor” party where they were having on night of fun before one of them was getting married. Nothing wrong with celebrating a simcha with your friends!
Are you not allowed to go to a restaurant that serves alcohol? Is it solely because its not a kosher place? If so, then you shouldnt go to ANY non kosher place (bowling alleys included), especially if they serve some form of non kosher food.
I’m just trying to figure out what people are so against. Is it the bitul zman? The drinking? The non kosher establishment?
Putting a cat in the aron is showing disrespect for the sefer torah. Not to mention, the cat could pee on the torah which I think would make it pasul (but I am not sure).
You cant just say “its wrong” without a reason. Halacha is very much about defining details. Sometimes, the nuances are left to Rabbis, but even then, its connected to a source. We, as a religion, dont make up halacha!