Sunday, July 8, 2012

Insensitivity?

Johnny DOH-gar posted something on his website yesterday that troubles the Warden. He copied and pasted a comment from someone who was all bent out of shape because she had to leave her zumba class early because a group of boys whose religion did not allow them to be in close proximity to women who were not family members was coming in.
The way our zumba group was treated on Tuesday July 3, 2012 was nothing short of hideous. Being hustled and herded like cattle in a big hurry to make sure that a group of boys didn lay eyes on us lest their religion blow up in their faces just violates more boundaries and rights than I know how to articulate.
The Warden can only assume that the boys they are talking about were from a Hasidic Jewish group.

The Warden does not want to accuse anyone of anti-semitism but at the very least Johnny DOH-gar is being highly intolerant and insensitive to exploit the religious rules these boys live under. This is not something a decent person does.

On the other hand, he just may not have been raised to know better:
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/anti-semitism-is-alive-and-kicking-in-romania-1.256447

The Warden does wonder if Johnny DOH-gar lived by rules which kept him away from women he is not related to if he might not be the laughing stock of Kerhonkson for the way he handled things with his wife a few years ago,

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