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In reply to the discussion: Eruv: The (Nearly) Invisible Borders That Define Religious Jewish Life [View all]cbayer
(146,218 posts)34. So what? Why would that make yours any less absurd to someone else?
How does theirs impinge on you in any way whatsoever?
Why can't people just admire and respect that everyone is different and that's what makes life so interesting?
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But it's a way to get around the restrictions designed to make them rest
muriel_volestrangler
Feb 2013
#16
I have a friend who owns a shop on Venice Beach that sells bathing suits, flip flops, etc.
cbayer
Feb 2013
#3
Yes,it is "almost invisible". Telephone poles and wires and the like are used. I lived in
virgogal
Feb 2013
#11
I can't remember why, but "The Yiddish Policeman's Union" has big part about an eruv.
Jim__
Feb 2013
#19
It's also really absurd the lengths people will go to attack religious traditions
cbayer
Feb 2013
#22
It's not absurd to everyone. But it is to him and he wants to make sure everyone knows it.
cbayer
Feb 2013
#24
"I may not have been sure about what really did interest me, but I was absolutely sure about what
rug
Feb 2013
#28
I admire and respect others as individuals even if I find their practices to be really
cbayer
Feb 2013
#45
You can't just go erecting poles on public property for any old reason
muriel_volestrangler
Feb 2013
#47
Does not sound like a big deal. This country was founded on freedom of religion (and from
cbayer
Feb 2013
#49