1) the point is that it is not going to ruin your jewish neshama to visit a bookstore
-Guess what? Those in the know, know that it will. The smallest glance. The more, the worse it gets. Till one doesn’t feel the neshama anymore. Then they think they know what Jewishness is all about.
2) But I disagree that our lives must be lived in an insular way
-Guess what? Rambam disagrees. He says to distance oneself from all evil surroundings and influences. (don’t have the source at hand now, I’m not that scholarly)
3) I personally disagree that Torah was meant to be sequestered in a community that does not see the remainder of the living.
-Guess what? Hashem (G-d) saw differently. He had us Jews in the desert away from civilization from our start-up. ?? ?? ???? ?????, we are separate and meant to be separate.
4) more PREPARED to enter a world where there is evil …
-Guess what? The way to avoiding the evil inclination is by avoiding the evil inclination.