Comments on: "Modesty Patrols" Sow Fear In Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews, On Campaign For Purity, Allegedly Stone Women For Wearing Red Blouses

Modesty patrols?

Oh, please - call it what it is - a group of religious nuts forcing their views on others.

These same kind of religious nuts used terrorism against the British prior to the forming of Israel, and they have continued to exist.

It just goes to prove that extremists can be found in all religions - including Judaism.

[bailmeout1]

Well where I come from, if I see someone throwing a rock at a woman I walk up and beat the bloody chit out of them. But that is just me, an American, presuppossing that someone wants aid. It''s a problem we have, we do it all the time, but we are working on it and soon everyone in other countries can relax and not have to worry about our interference.

[slim1h2o]

I can''t believe that we Americans give money to this terrorist organization.

[j_flood]

Is there any form of religion where the fundamentalists don''t just scare the hell out of ya!

And all in the name of God...........it''s beyond me....

[j_flood]

Is there any form of religion where the fundamentalists don''t just scare the hell out of ya!

And all in the name of God...........it''s beyond me....

[sslow-2009]

These people are part of the "Neturei Karta", a very small minority of religious fanatics who are against Zionism and its state. They openly collaborate with Iran and Ahmadinejad. These patrols mainly take place in very religious areas and their targets are usually religious dropouts.

Posted by sslow at 05:06 AM : Oct 05, 2008

That is totally untrue.

Ultra-orthodox Jews form a very influential part of Israeli politics. Benjamin Netanyahu is counting on their vote if what''''s her name fails to form a gov''''t and nat''''l elections are called.

Many of the "settlers" (murderous land thieves) are ultra-Orthodox Jews.

I have lived in Jerusalem for four years. I know the difference between ultra religious anti-zionists (the ones doing the patrols who are dressed in haredi/hasidic garb) and religious zionists (these are the settlers-type who wear westernised clothes), who are too busy fighting for their land. They are very easily distinguished.

[tucson23]

No, religion is not a force of opression and the enemy of freedom. It''s just that everyone needs to live by it, or face the consequences. That''s different.

[airboatboy1]

What''s their reward when they die? 72 dollars?

[skysoldier75]

These haredim sound just like terrorists to me.

They also sound just like Christian fundamentalists.

Any religious zealot is a potential terrorist.

Fanatical religious intolerance seems to be the perfect growth-medium for breeding grass-root terrorism anywhere.

[sslow-2009]

These people are part of the "Neturei Karta", a very small minority of religious fanatics who are against Zionism and its state. They openly collaborate with Iran and Ahmadinejad. These patrols mainly take place in very religious areas and their targets are usually religious dropouts.

[tmn]

No matter what line of faith you follow. If you go to far....you actually become the evil you preach against.

Posted by alpine42
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Exactly - right on the mark!

[larryfarma1]

Orthodox Jews are creationists. So why haven''t orthodox Jews given hell to the fanatically pro-Darwinist Anti-Defamation League?

[incog-nito]

So that means its OK?

Posted by alpine42 at 03:10 AM : Oct 05, 2008

No, it''s not. It means that the people we abhor are in some ways not all that different from the people we support.

[alpine42]

No matter what line of faith you follow. If you go to far....you actually become the evil you preach against.

[alpine42]

No big deal. The Taliban and Saudis already do this kind of stuff anyway. Posted by incog-nito at 11:30 PM : Oct 04, 2008....

So that means its OK?

[legacyabq]

Wow. How ironic, that certain Israelis are emulating NAZIS of all things.. Why don''t they get a clue?
This is what the poison of religion does to the world! Thanks a lot all you idiot zealots, moslem, jew, and christian, for RUINING a nice life on this planet. Oh, what we could have instead of this kind of trashy pseudo-life, forged by religion..
Screw god, there is no god, Why dont you people try being NICE to one another, on its OWN merit, and not cuz some invisible sky-god TOLD you to, so you get a REWARD in an "afterlife". YEAH, *that''s* moral: OOOOOOOOKAY people. Nice thinking there.

[rudy654-2009]

Reminds one of 70 CE when religious zealots were running all over Israel attacking and killing people they didn''t think were Jewish enough. Then they went and provoked a war with Rome, only to come running back to Jerusalem. Jerusalem shut their gates, the Romans came and destroyed the whole city.

[rudy654-2009]

Most Jews if they can immigrate from Russia, immigrate to Germany or the US. Many are still going to South America, but one place they don''t want to go is Israel because of these nuts telling everyone what''s what.

[rudy654-2009]

Posted by bailmeout1 at 12:19 AM

There is no far left in the US. There is the far right: McCain and Palin and there is right of center: Obama and Biden.

Anyone outside of the US can explain to you people what far left looks like, cause you haven''t the slightest idea.

[bailmeout1]

Religious people are losing their minds. Now, more than ever, these are the kinds of people we need to keep away from the US Constitution.
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Posted by celticmod at 11:58 PM : Oct 04, 2008

So true. I am a Republican and just can not stand even being thought of in the same thought as our religious right. But we need them in our party for the votes needed to balance out against the wacko far-left.

Just as we look (from the outside) and can easily see this problem in Isreal, I wish we could see as easily the problems here caused by the far right and far left.