BARBARA'S TCHATZKAHS

The Mobosphere Unveiled Ever since Congress passed Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act giving immunity to interactive service providers for publishing the defamation of others, a wide range of characters has arisen and infiltrated the mainstream blogosphere. Instead of becoming a source for obtaining reliable information, the blogosphere, and user generated content, is at risk of becoming a less credible information source. Dozier Internet Law defamation lawyers are constantly battling these “black hat” forces and over the past several years we have acquired quite an insight into this underworld; an anonymous and covert society bent on terrorizing businesses. These are our internal thoughts on the matter, and not scientific analyses. We are not psychiatrists; just defamation lawyers and trial lawyers trained for almost fifty years to figure out the human nature of clients, witnesses, and juries. All too often blog attacks are simply protection rackets and extortion schemes i...

This was so good, I am reposting it here - Barbara by MICHAEL J. SALAMON Two items recently crossed my desk. The first was an article that appeared in The Jerusalem Post written by Matthew Wagner entitled "Haredim move to silence 'treif' music". It was about a movement to ban musicians who produce or perform any music which the Guardians of Sanctity and Education deem inappropriate. Musicians playing such music would be banned from playing in wedding halls, their CDs would be banned and their concerts disallowed. The other item was a breaking news piece from JTA indicating that Rabbi Benzion Twerski had resigned from a task force in formation being brought together to deal with sexual abuse in the Orthodox community. New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind, also an Orthodox Jew, is establishing the task force to deal with this scourge. Twerski resigned because of the many threats against him and his family made by several individuals from his community. When taken toge...

... Do It Only Out of LOVE The commandment to rebuke one another teaches the importance of mutual responsibility. by Rabbi Avraham Fischer Morality is not enough. As important as it is to build an ethical society in which no harm is tolerated, the Torah sets a higher standard: to create a holy society. Among the many mitzvot (commandments) in this part of Vayikra [Leviticus], the book of the sanctified society, we find: You shall not hate your brother in your heart; you shall surely rebuke your friend, and you shall not bear sin upon him (Vayikra 19:17). Here, we are taught about the importance of mutual responsibility. In the sanctified society, each individual has a personal interest that everyone aspires to holiness. This sometimes requires constructive criticism. Many of the classic commentaries analyze the flow of ideas in this verse. Rashbam (Samuel ben Meir, 12th-century France), for example, says: If you feel wronged by him, do not pretend to love him. Correct him, rather than ...

WELL DUH!! SO THE U.N. FAILED ISRAEL! I have always felt there should be a show called "The DUH News." Kind of like The Daily Show with more sarcasm and less blame. Stuff that is so blatantly obvious its amazing the MSM even said something. Like Fox news with a lot more TRUTH. This item would fit right in. FINALLY the U.N. admits its bias. Wonder what their first clue was? That the "balanced fashion" this was supposed to be dealt with was anything but! Hmmmm.... I am going to (don't faint) THANK President Chimpy for saying something. Yes. I will admit he did one thing correct this time. Or was told to do it. Either way - Thank you. Now, are we all holding our collective breath to see if they actually DO something about it? Wait, let me get the oxygen tanks!! Here goes: UN Rights Council 'failed' on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Chairman The UN Human Rights Council has failed to handle the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a balanced fashion, t...

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