Reply To: Mehadrin buses – too much for me?

The real chilul Hashem is with the passengers who shouted at Daniel and his wife, publicly embarrassing them- don’t we learn in the Gemara that publicly embarrassing a person is akin to killing him? Furthermore, I have never understood the rationale behind Mehadrin buses. Any accidental brushing up against a person of the opposite sex cannot be connoted as Derech Chiba, unless perhaps the bus is particularly crowded, and anyway, in this situation we are talking about a married couple, so negiah is not even an issue. I see no reason why the passengers should have gotten so worked up over this.