zahavasdad -“Ive been on the Buses in Israel and they are not as crowded as the Subways in NYC.”
Exactly! So why in Israel do the Non-Charedi women have to sit right next to the men? There is plenty of room to sit elsewhere. And if the men are in the front -why can’t the women sit in the back? Why make another person unconfortable? I think they do this on purpose because they want to show that they can step all over the Charedim and get away with it. It shows their animalistic behavior.
Let’s say you’re on a bus in NYC and it’s not that crowded and s/o who is coughing all over the place decides to sit next to you. Let’s say this person doesn’t have TB, just a virus, so you’re life isn’t in danger. But they are coughing and not doing a good job in covering it up. Do you think it’s wrong to ask this person to sit in the back -not near anyone? Do you think it’s wrong if this person was asked and they refused? The same thing here -maybe this women has no clue what an Aveira is, but they know touching a woman is against this person’s religion. So why wouldn’t they want to accomodate him? It’s only because of their hatred towards Frum people and there lack of respect towards the Jewish religion. If anybody would be honest -they would see this is no different than s/o who is coughing away!