Monday, June 23, 2008

20 Siwan 5768: Let It Go Day/United Nations Public Service Day

Greetings.

Relevant to Divine Misconceptions: “A missing ethic”. Rav Shafran is right. Being accused of wrongdoing is not the same as wrongdoing. All sorts of claims have been made against people throughout history, down to the present day, which have been baseless (e.g., conspiracy theories, blood libels, accusations of devil worship, accusations of witchcraft, accusations based on allegedly recovered memories, alleged Satanic ritual abuse, and “Palestinian” claims of being victims of genocide), and such claims have sometimes resulted in disaster for the wrongfully accused. It is therefore only sensible to give people benefit of the doubt when doubt exists and not to rush to judgement.

Today’s news and commentary:Today’s weird thing is a request of Barry in honor of his recently deceased dog, Buddy: “Johnny Carson - Jimmy Stewart - Beau Poem”.


Aaron

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