tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6705549154171325165.post3880790830380711694..comments2023-04-02T07:31:17.328-07:00Comments on Yeshivas Ye'ush MiDa'as: Pinchas and ExtremismThe Odd Coghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04631555699756710917noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6705549154171325165.post-6325777052032971292008-07-24T11:03:00.000-07:002008-07-24T11:03:00.000-07:00Yigal Amir did NOT:1) Consult with anyone. Even i...Yigal Amir did NOT:<BR/><BR/>1) Consult with anyone. Even if he had asked a shaila and gotten a heter to shoot Rabin--which he didn't--one could not have really said he was working within then system, as Pinchas was when he asked Moshe about kana'in.<BR/><BR/>2) Engage in an elaborate subterfuge, despite the fact that he took advantage of the fact that no one in security had a hava amina that a yarmulke-wearer posed a mortal threat to anyone.The Odd Coghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04631555699756710917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6705549154171325165.post-85144274830707514252008-07-17T22:15:00.000-07:002008-07-17T22:15:00.000-07:00In fact, his action was both religiously and polit...<I> In fact, his action was both religiously and politically calculated, were undertaken only after consultation, and could be successfully executed (literally and figuratively) only through the implementation of an elaborate subterfuge.</I><BR/><BR/>Couldn't this describe the actions of most extremists? For example, wouldn't this describe Yigal Amir?Moshehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11401441454620293229noreply@blogger.com