tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2186797796234731983.post5496829950298349465..comments2024-01-23T15:17:03.848+02:00Comments on Beneath the Wings: The Next Soldier? (Obsessing over Options)rickismomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07817042750959998664noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2186797796234731983.post-758181378768388282012-02-20T23:55:50.376+02:002012-02-20T23:55:50.376+02:00Mr. Alan,
I must say that I suspect you have a lo...Mr. Alan, <br />I must say that I suspect you have a lot of anger and pre-made assumptions here. May I point out that:<br />My husband worked for a living (until he retired). I worked as a nurse in a mental hospital, and with elderly patients. We worked to make our living. The subsidies we receive are similar to tax breaks given by any normal country for children and those with special needs.<br /> I have 2 sons who serve(d) in the army. (In <i>Oketz</i> and on the Hermon)<br />Oh, and did you read enough of my side bar (or read my post itself <b>carefully</b> enough) to understand that my daughter is mentally retarded? I am pretty sure that you didn't.<br /> Yes, I am scared that if my very impressionable daughter went to a place where religious moral standards are not kept, she would be influenced, because she does not have the mental reasoning to understand that what others do may not be correct. ESPECIALLY since I refrain from critizing those who are not as religious as I am.<br />I would like to add:<br /> I made no objections to my younger sons to serve in the army (even though I realized that they would probably become less religious as a result), because since they were not doing their part in protecting the land spiritually with consistent, full time study, they had a moral obligation to serve. I felt that I could not impose my world-view on them.<br /> <br /><br />By the way, if anyone is a scardey cat, YOU are! On clicking your name one reaches a page with NO WAY to contact you. You don't give me a chance to answer you except here.<br /> I personally think that you owe me an apology.rickismomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07817042750959998664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2186797796234731983.post-63699138604367623832012-02-20T16:35:23.673+02:002012-02-20T16:35:23.673+02:00I cannot imagine that the Army would NEVER be able...I cannot imagine that the Army would NEVER be able to find a suitable job for your daughter. She graduated high school somewhere? She speaks Hebrew fluently?<br /><br />I also don't buy the narrative that keeping modest girls out of the Army is a good way to do Tikkun Olam on to the Army.<br /><br />My suspicion is that you don't trust that your worldview-as-transmitted-to-the-kid, can stand up face-to-face with other realities that your daughter would meet. You're a scaredy-cat.<br /><br />You turned your now-adult daughter into a child again: "because I'm the mommy, that's why!"<br /><br />Look, you can't have it both ways. You can't run around saying (as Mr EsserAgaroth likes to do) that Army girls dress like zonot; and then claim that it's not your job to set a fashion example for Army girls.<br /><br />If you claim to be the leadership vanguard of the Jewish people, you can't be picky about who you're going to lead.<br /><br />If you don't make that claim, then get out of my way while I lead the campaign to cut off y'alls subsidies.<br /><br />the next step will be to give those Filipinit kids who DO SERVE IN THE ARMY, that money we took away from you!!<br /><br />Looking at the pages of history, I gamble that y'all will end up in the same dusty footnotes as Shabtai Zvi.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160350570530717935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2186797796234731983.post-52123590186149224622012-02-07T19:47:18.100+02:002012-02-07T19:47:18.100+02:00Mazal tov on the new grandson!Mazal tov on the new grandson!sara gnoreply@blogger.com