brooklyn, you said “so don’t go on saying that the blacker the hat, the more things are assur. no, it’s probably based on the fact that they know what they’re talking about a DROP!” I took that to mean that the more right wing knew more than the MO rabbis. I apologize for snapping at you if thats not what you meant. Just to clarify though, do you think more right wing rabbis have more “insightful. And si’ata dishmaya”?
notpashut – I think we are arguing over semantics now. I still “accept” what she is doing, but I don’t think its correct. I guess the better way to say it is that “I accept her in my life, but dont condone what she is doing.” Is that better? I really dont think I’m a politician! I had a semantics issue with Intellegent, but now that I “know” her better, I can usually spot it before it becomes long winded.
Now, if we look at ROB adn notpashut’s comment about the validity of the lenient/strict approach is really everything I have been saying on this site – don’t dismiss other people’s psak halacha because they are ALL* (within the bounds of halacha) valid.
*feel free to “miss the point” and jump on me with reform and conservative “halachic” points of view, but I am sure by now you understand. Just because someone follows the lenient view on halacha, does not make their psak any less valid. The same is true the other way around. Please try to find a way to RESPECT SOMEONE ELSE’S PSAK HALACHA EVEN IF YOU DON’T FOLLOW IT.