Comments on A Respectful RebukeTypePad2015-10-22T10:13:15ZDavid Bognerhttps://www.treppenwitz.com/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://www.treppenwitz.com/2015/10/a-respectful-rebuke/comments/atom.xml/Mata Hari commented on 'A Respectful Rebuke'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef01bb0888002d970d2015-10-28T15:06:46Z2015-11-11T11:06:59ZMata Harihttp://matahari3.blogspot.comI think I disagree with you<p>I think I disagree with you</p>Rich commented on 'A Respectful Rebuke'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef01bb08870f0e970d2015-10-26T16:59:22Z2015-10-28T07:40:49ZRichI think the scenario he imagines, where a critically wounded terrorist receives care ahead of a critically wounded victim is...<p>I think the scenario he imagines, where a critically wounded terrorist receives care ahead of a critically wounded victim is not what the MDA rep is saying.</p>dmpawley commented on 'A Respectful Rebuke'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef01bb088569d5970d2015-10-22T18:11:54Z2015-10-28T07:40:49Zdmpawley"Please don't misunderstand me. I am not making a case for withholding medical treatment from our enemies. We need to...<p>"Please don't misunderstand me. I am not making a case for withholding medical treatment from our enemies. We need to provide this care not for their sake but for ours – to retain our humanity and to prevent us from sinking to their barbaric level. But surely common sense ought to remind us that medical triage must also include a moral component. As politically incorrect as it seems at first blush, all lives are not equal. Jewish victims take precedence over Arab murderers. Those who come to kill us forfeit claim to comparable care and concern. To overcompensate when we treat terrorists at the expense of our own people in order to prove to the world our ethical superiority is more than sinful – it is suicidal."</p>
<p>"It was King Solomon, the wisest of all men, who summed it up in a pithy saying in the book of Ecclesiastes: “Do not be overly righteous.” "</p>
<p>I think these two statements are the crux of a very frustrated holy man and his main point. I can empathize with him. Jews are going out of their way to be fair and humanely treat those who are trying to obliterate them.</p>
<p>This makes me wonder why you would release anyone, who has committed an act of violence against you, after treating their wounds only to allow them to do it again? Maybe Israel should have a policy of no-returns would at least eventually lower the amount of attacks if only for the reason they are all in your custody.</p>
<p>In any event... I think the op-ed piece is a cry of frustration. A momentary lapse of reason that may have served him to relieve some internal stress, but perhaps best left unsaid. Although, I don't know him and you would be able to gauge that best.</p>Elisson commented on 'A Respectful Rebuke'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef01bb0885451d970d2015-10-22T13:27:47Z2015-10-28T07:40:49ZElissonhttp://cheeseaisle.blogspot.comAnd this... this is why I am proud to be a Jew, and honored to be able to call you...<p>And this... <i>this</i> is why I am proud to be a Jew, and honored to be able to call you a friend.</p>