m in israel: I think you didn’t read my posts correctly. I’ll restate it here one more time. I do not mean to imply that this specific issue was brought to 70 R”Y, because it wasn’t. The NASI Project does not bring all its ideas to a board of 70 R”Y before going forward that would simply be almost imposssible and would prevent any progress from being made. However, it doesn’t do anything without direct guidance from the R”Y who run the project.
Hello99: I wholeheartidly agree with your statement “I see a healthy sense of individualism where each person does approximately what he estimates to be appropriate to the level of his maturity.”
we simply disagree as to whether that is taking place presently now or not.
as for you reassurance level… i can’t help that. Feel free to contact the NASI project directly if you want more specific info. One thing i will say is that you seem way to comfortable with the unchanged reality… THAT is something I (and much more importantly) the people on the ground who are working to help the girls are NOT comfortable with the unchanged reality.
To qoute Einstein: the definition of insanity is to do the same thing again and again and expect different results.
What you refer to as the “unchanged reality” has played a big part in creating the disastrous sistuation we presently find ourselves in. Why you are so convinced that the reality has to be, shouldn’t change, and is the best interest of the parties, is slightly beyond me and frankly many many R”Y disagree.
and one additonal point, I wouldn’t exactly call boys returning from EY 6 months earlier on average and/or begining the dating process closer to 22 than to 23 a “radical change”. It’s just really not radical at all.