Re: Kol Isha trashing

[Alex Lubet <lubet001...>]

>At 10:03 AM 2/19/01 -0500, you wrote:
>>Kol Isah is simply another backward, repressive, unilateral Orthodox
>>belief.  Why is a women's voice nakedness and not a man's?  Most of the bad
>>music written and sung, especially in the secular world is written by men
>>not women.
>
>Clearly you have not read those postings from people on all sides of
>this issue noting that within the Orthodox Jewish community, the issue
>is seen differently. More important, you have not paid attention to the
>need to treat people and their beliefs with respect, should you choose
>to engage in discussion.
>
>It is hard to argue emotional issues, and arguing those that matter to
>us is critical for this list to work. Please be careful out there!
>
And people need to have thick enough skins to understand that others 
find their POSITIONS offensive no matter how they themselves may see 
them and expect a strong response.  Maybe it's just me, but I've come 
to expect vigorous debate from my fellow Jews, especially on Jewish 
issues.  I thought it might even be a mitzvah.

-- 
Alex Lubet, Ph. D.
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Adjunct Professor of American Studies
University of Minnesota
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