tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21240636.post2129182465733529731..comments2024-03-21T17:13:34.747-07:00Comments on On the Contrary: Today's Talmud Lesson: Does Zionism violate rabbinic law?Michael Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09485741729327325322noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21240636.post-86056101055137872762009-09-09T09:03:11.986-07:002009-09-09T09:03:11.986-07:00To Anonymous 8:38 a.m.
This is the famous quote t...To Anonymous 8:38 a.m.<br /><br />This is the famous quote that is a pillar of Rastafarian/reggae culture. The problem is Selassie was a tyrannical dictator who Marcus Garvey despised. One cannot be for Garvey and Selassie without being double-minded. Garvey was a decent fellow. Selassie was a despot.Michael Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09485741729327325322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21240636.post-90828640666131765342009-09-09T08:38:11.173-07:002009-09-09T08:38:11.173-07:00“Until the philosophy which holds one race superio...“Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned, everywhere is war and until there are no longer first-class and second-class citizens of any nation, until the color of a man's skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes. And until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race, there is war. And until that day, the dream of lasting peace, world citizenship, rule of international morality, will remain but a fleeting illusion to be pursued, but never attained... now everywhere is war.”<br />- Haile Selassie I of EthiopiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21240636.post-55077674312803994782009-08-24T17:34:56.563-07:002009-08-24T17:34:56.563-07:00This article is even more convoluted than it may a...This article is even more convoluted than it may appear at first, bacause the Kabbalist Ramban(Nachmanides-1194-c. 1270) and Rambam. who was ostensibly primarily a Talmudist (Maimonides- 1135-1204)seem to be conflated here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21240636.post-83915728194319787652009-08-24T04:06:00.077-07:002009-08-24T04:06:00.077-07:00Maimonides "Situational Ethics" is obvio...Maimonides "Situational Ethics" is obviously long hand for "lying". What a silly pipsqueek he must have been. Even sillier those that would drink from his poisoned well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com