Dear Haredim |
It’s true I was annoyed at having to take the long way around – taking us twice as long as necessary – to attend a family event Thursday evening. In case you were at all concerned for our welfare, I can tell you we weren’t the last to arrive. One or two did not make it at all, admitting defeat and turning back at an off ramp.
It’s true I have supported others who blocked roads, so I can hardly fault you for doing the same, even when I disagree with your cause. Regularly blocked roads are simply another symptom of our dysfunctional present. And even though the police are standing farther back when it comes to your protest, as opposed to ours, I find myself shrugging my shoulders. I am not a lover of arrests and police violence.
In fact, I have some wildly mixed feelings when it comes to army service: I believe the way out of our face-off could be a radical rethinking of the idea of compulsory conscription and upholding the tattered myth of the “people’s army.”
So, what is my issue with you? Whenever I see you on TV, explaining your convoluted rationale for bringing the center of........