Gotta love good a protest
First off, let me say that I don't agree at ALL with this guy's political point. I don't think that the government should have the right to enforce religious ideals on the public, and the case of the prohibition of the sale of leavened bread during Passover is one of those cases. On the other hand, as one warrior to another, I can certainly appreciate a clever move by the opposition.
It took, erm, real balls, for a *yeshiva student to stand naked (except for a strategically placed sock) in a grocery store to protest the court decision that said that grocery stores were not selling bread **"in the public view" if you couldn't see it from the street. If this space isn't public, then his standing there naked doesn't break any laws, either.
M said that as soon as he heard of the decision, he was waiting for someone to do just this. Still, I wouldn't have expected a yeshiva student to break one religious rule regarding dress code in order to protest the handling of another religious rule. Then again, that's silly. Some religious folk throw stones at cars on Shabbat. Driving on Shabbat might be against religious law, but stoning people without due process AND throwing stones on Shabbat are also against religious law.
Oh, well. I'm still amused by this one, anyway.
*religious seminary
**The decision split hairs between two different words that translate to English as "public". One meaning something like "available to the public" and the other meaning something like "in public sight".
It took, erm, real balls, for a *yeshiva student to stand naked (except for a strategically placed sock) in a grocery store to protest the court decision that said that grocery stores were not selling bread **"in the public view" if you couldn't see it from the street. If this space isn't public, then his standing there naked doesn't break any laws, either.
M said that as soon as he heard of the decision, he was waiting for someone to do just this. Still, I wouldn't have expected a yeshiva student to break one religious rule regarding dress code in order to protest the handling of another religious rule. Then again, that's silly. Some religious folk throw stones at cars on Shabbat. Driving on Shabbat might be against religious law, but stoning people without due process AND throwing stones on Shabbat are also against religious law.
Oh, well. I'm still amused by this one, anyway.
*religious seminary
**The decision split hairs between two different words that translate to English as "public". One meaning something like "available to the public" and the other meaning something like "in public sight".