Dear westcoast,
(sigh)…this topic gives me the chills every time i hear it….
it’s SO scary what could happen, and not just to someone going to cc. People who work in certain environments, stay in certain places ect.
Speaking from personal experience and from observing… When entering a place in which you are not surrounded by Frum Yidden, one can NEVER be too careful. As much as you put up your guards, you see things- unintentionally, you hear things- unintentionally, and slowly, slowly your fences (and defenses) get lowered.
“No!”, some of you might be saying, “It didn’t happen to me!”
but someone comes dressed one day in a way that makes you cringe. Or says soem words that makes your ears burn. The first time you are shocked! and it’s great that you are shocked. But what happens when you hear/ see it the next time? and the next? and the next?
“Hergel Naaseh Tevah”
Presto!
your senses become dulled.
For sure 100% there are things you can do to make senses still be shocked each time like the first, like as suggested above.
And it help tremendously to be on campus as little as possible.
and to Daven… for Mashiach…
I’m not trying to do anything besided tell you that YOU MUST BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL, and just as one goes into any situation fully prepared before hand, even more so here.
Behatzlacha,
Ambush