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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: Nausea ad Nauseum
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Date: Sat, 13-Jul-85 09:05:41 EDT
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> Rich, maybe YOU are against the "isolationism" of n.r.j.
> If you're primarily interested in discussing religion in
> general, go right ahead in net.religion. I, and many other
> Jews on this network, are NOT interested in other religions.
> We have a certain basic set of beliefs, and are interested
> in discussing Judaism.  I unsubscribed to net.religion long ago.

Isolationism is the separation of oneself or one's group from a larger
group you are "NOT interested in", for whatever reason.

> If you are interested in legitimate discussion about Judaism, this
> is the place for it. If you are interested in general discussion
> about the validity of religion, it does not belong in this newsgroup.
> Your postings about Judaism do belong here, but at the same time
> observant Jews should be free to post articles which
> make basic assumptions about the validity of Torah without being
> attacked for those assumptions.  [SHERMAN]

Let me get this straight.  Orthopracts should be free from "fear" that
someone will question their notions, but my notions should be
questioned, attacked, and squelched?  Hmmm...  Haven't we seen enough
articles on meta-topics?
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			Rich Rosen   ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr