tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523041.post9102094160772606282..comments2024-02-08T00:38:57.594-05:00Comments on Talmud תלמוד by Tzvee Zahavy: Is the Internet Kosher?Tzvee Zahavyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15833902273722124103noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523041.post-25407954703338790092012-05-15T09:52:13.802-04:002012-05-15T09:52:13.802-04:00I find too many rabbis fear and want to forbid the...I find too many rabbis fear and want to forbid the internet, failing too see its magnificence as a powerful vehicle for promoting kosher Judaism.FunnyAndJewish.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00534255661218417735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523041.post-57668915125638555032012-05-13T00:33:11.331-04:002012-05-13T00:33:11.331-04:00Hi Tzvee,
It is so interesting that today's p...Hi Tzvee,<br /><br />It is so interesting that today's parlance uses the word "Kosher" to mean "acceptable, appropriate, legal, good, clean, etc".<br /><br />I agree with you -- essentially "don't kill the messenger". However, there IS a greater issue. <br /><br />I am not sure which came first in this case, the chicken or the egg. I use the internet. I use it a lot. I read online. I read news, stupid stories, and good stories, friends posts on FB, blogs, commentators, and more. I use the internet to learn and do research. I use it to communicate. I use it to network. For me, the internet has been all about the good stuff. <br /><br />However, I COULD have used it for so much more: I could have used it to target those who reviled me and slandered me and stole from me. I did write about that but I kept it moderate and tame. I did not name names. Only those "in the know" would know to whom I was referring. <br /><br />I could use it to gossip monger. <br />I could use it to look at pornography (and yes, there ARE women who do that, although the numbers, at least those known, are disproportionate to the numbers of men doing this).<br />I could use it to write scathing commentary that incite hatred, fear, and violence. <br /><br />But the internet is not to blame. I was taught morals, ethics, and humankindness as a child, as a teen, as a young adult, and I continue to learn these things as I continue to grow. Those are the things that "keep me in check". <br /><br />Morality IS learned. Building brick walls around something in place of teaching beautiful morality simply does not work. It puts what is on the other side of the wall, not out of reach, but on the pedestal of desire. <br /><br />It is that which must be removed. <br /><br />Anyway, those are my two agorot...Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12401579760660391194noreply@blogger.com