http://blog.kamens.us/2010/01/28/what-makes-a-bully/ Musings of an indignant mind Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:57:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.kamens.us/2010/01/28/what-makes-a-bully/comment-page-1/#comment-105346 What makes a bully? Part 2 « Something better to do Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:23:38 +0000 http://blog.kamens.brookline.ma.us/~jik/wordpress/?p=1245#comment-105346 [...] reworked my recent blog entry a bit and submitted it to the Boston Herald for consideration as a letter to the editor and/or [...] [...] reworked my recent blog entry a bit and submitted it to the Boston Herald for consideration as a letter to the editor and/or [...]

]]> http://blog.kamens.us/2010/01/28/what-makes-a-bully/comment-page-1/#comment-105314 Rhu Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:14:04 +0000 http://blog.kamens.brookline.ma.us/~jik/wordpress/?p=1245#comment-105314 Just last night, Alissa brought up the narrative of Avraham bargaining with God about Sdom and Amorrah, and why Avraham was counting on the presence of tzadikim. True tzadikim are rare; why didn't Avraham bargain based on the presence of those who weren't rashaim? The answer, it seemed to us, was that in a place which is dominated by rashaim, it is insufficient to be a not-a-rasha. "Bamakom she-ein ish" and all that. Just last night, Alissa brought up the narrative of Avraham bargaining with God about Sdom and Amorrah, and why Avraham was counting on the presence of tzadikim. True tzadikim are rare; why didn’t Avraham bargain based on the presence of those who weren’t rashaim? The answer, it seemed to us, was that in a place which is dominated by rashaim, it is insufficient to be a not-a-rasha. “Bamakom she-ein ish” and all that.

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