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Is Further Intervention a Cure for Prior Intervention?

[On Freedom and Free Enterprise: Essays in Honor of Ludwig von Mises(1956)]

All varieties of (government) interference with the market phenomena not only fail to achieve the ends aimed at by their authors and supporters, but bring about a state of affairs which — from the point of view of the authors’ and advocates’ valuations — is less desirable than the previous state of affairs which they were designed to alter. If one wants to correct their manifest unsuitableness and preposterousness by supplementing the first acts of intervention with more and more of such acts, one must go farther and farther until the market economy has been entirely destroyed and socialism has been substituted for it. (Ludwig von Mises, Human Action, p. 854)

The mass myopia of our age has been a reactionary reverence for government intervention. When anything goes wrong, from a train wreck to a change in stock market prices, the craven crowds always clamor for just one more law. Throughout the world there is a spirit of egalitarianism and trust in government omnipotence that blinds people to the inevitable and undesirable consequences of the very intervention they currently advocate. There can be little question that the great majority of our fellow men believe that governmental action is the best answer to every economic problem of poverty or prosperity.

This general trend toward government intervention has been spurred on by the thought that majorities can continue to take by legal force from the rich and give to the poor to the perpetual benefit of society as a whole. Government intervention is therefore considered a moral and economic weapon to be used for the welfare of all the “have-nots.” The crusade for creature comforts is no longer considered to be a struggle against the niggardliness of nature. Instead, it is dreamily idealized as a campaign for the political allotment of each group’s “fair share” of the wealth produced by others.

The most astonishing phase of this development has been the rapidity with which more and more of the despoiled “haves” are joining the interventionists’ cult, formed for the express purpose of leveling down their supposedly unearned wealth. Every day new groups of “haves” are joining the pressure groups who feel that “there ought to be a law” to end their troubles by protecting them from the operations of a free market. Seldom do they ask for a repeal of the laws which are so often the root of their troubles. In accordance with the religion of the day, they ask for new legal restrictions which they think will protect them from the ills produced by the interventional laws already on the statute books.

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From Mises.org, here.

החרדים אינם אורחים של המדינה אלא בני ערובה

חרדים רוצים אוטונומיה!

א.פלדינגר

 י”ב תשרי ה’תשע”ח 02/10/17

לו היינו נותנים התחושה שאנו לא אורחים אלא בני ערובה, בג”ץ היה חייב לרסן את עצמו יותר בעניינים הפנימיים שלנו, כמו ערייה שלא מצליחה להסיר שלטי צניעות ברחוב חרדי מובהקת, בחירות חוזרות, כלבים מטילי אימה וכו’ וכו’.

בס”ד

בצער רב קראתי שבג”ץ החזיר את האחריות על שלטי הצניעות לעיריית בית שמש.

לאחרונה כתבתי מכתב למערכת בה הסברתי כמה זה מגוחך לקשר את זה לעירייה, כולם החמיאו לי והסכימו. היחידים שלא מבינים את זה הם שופטי בג”ץ. כנראה שהשכל הישר שלהם עבר רפורמה, והעם עדיין בפיגור. חבל שיש בארץ שופטים שלא מתאימים לרמה של העם.

ולענייננו.

כבר זמן רב יש לי חקירה בנושא, איך היו נראים פני הדברים לו היו שמים אתנו מאחורי גדר, ויתנו לנו אוטונומיה, כמו שעשו לערבים בעזה. האם זו תהיה בשורה טובה או רעה?

מבחינת גטו זה לא משנה. אנחנו כבר בגטו. עיין ערך ערד ובית שמש העתיקה.

מבחינת תחבורה, גם אנו יודעים לארגן קווים. שימו לב: לרכב פרטי מוציאים את הנשמה עד שמקבלים רישיון נהיגה, מחירי רכב ודלק בשמים, ביטול קצבאות והנחות לבעלי רכב, בדיקה בשבע עיניים אם אין ילד מעל המותר, ואם העסקנים מצליחים פעם לארגן לנו איזה קו, מלא חיסורים ודילוגים, ללא כל שליטה מהרבנים על המהדרין ועל המסלול ועל הרדיו, באוטובוס מקושט עם סטיקר אזהרה של איומי הטרדה פלילית, שמחים אנו עד לשמים על סעודת העניים, בפרט שחוסכים את המע”מ שגם כן רצו לקחת לנו.

מבחינת חשמל, גם אנחנו יודעים לבנות גנרטורים, אפילו יותר כשרים ויותר זולים.

חקלאות. לנו מספיק חיטים למצות, פירות ט”ו בשבט וארבעת המינים. יתר מוצרי המזון אנו מסכימים לייבא מחו”ל ברבע מחיר.

מבחינת בריאות: אני נזכר ב: ליצמן, פירר, פישר, לופוליאנסקי, שערי צדק, ביקור חולים, לניאדו, מעייני הישועה, הצלה ישראל, איחוד הצלה, זק”א. לא. זה לא מדאיג אותי. במונרו יש אפילו מכבי אש עם שטריימל.

מבחינת משטרה: שומרים ו”כאפץ-עהם” (תפיסת גנבים ע”י גיוס כל בני השכונה)  עשו עבודה יותר טובה מהמשטרה. ולגבי נוער בסיכון, הרבה פעמים זה דווקא החוק שחוסם את הדרך לטיפול מועיל.

בתי משפט: אין לנו ייצוג, מופלים לרעה, ונזקי שכנים בין כה הולכים לבית דין רבני (ואדרבה, החוק מגביל אותם מלהטיל חרם). חבל שנשלם עליהם מיסים.

מבחינת ביטחון. מה לנו ולצרה הזאת שנקראת סכסוך ישראלי פלסטיני? הגענו לכאן לקיים מצוות יישוב ארץ ישראל, אנחנו מודעים שאנחנו עדיין בגלות, ומי שרוצה ללכת בכוח, לא לפי המלצת חז”ל, שינסה. מה זה קשור אלינו?

בפרט שהרבה פעמים דווקא החוק מגן על המחבלים! “הימין דוחה והשמאל מקרבת”, מה לנו ולצרה הזאת? לא נריב ולא נקרב. נחיה חיי תורה על אדמת הקודש בשקט. (ולמרות האידאולוגיה שלנו, בחורי משי, טהורים שבטהורים, מקבלים צווי גיוס חובה (לצבא מעורב), כאילו היינו מחותנים מאז ומקדם. נס שיש מפלט לבית-מדרש, וגם זה בסכנה).

מבחינת תקציבים, אנו בין כה חיים 90% על תרומות מחו”ל. כל התקציבים מתגמדים מול אבא ל15 ילדים שרוכש חצי דירה עבורם. ואילו המעונות והצהרונים? כן! מריצים אימהות לעבודת פרך, ונותנים להם מעונות וצהרונים בהנחה משמעותית.

כלכלית, אחרי כל הבירוקרטיה והמיסים הגבוהים ויוקר המחיה, הייתי מבקש רק: לא מדובשך ולא מעוקצך. אולי ככה האברכים וסוסי העבודה שלנו יזכו לרמת חיים ברמה של אברך ממוצע בגייטסהד ובלייקווד. בחו”ל בכל קהילה יש כמה מיליונרים שלמדו אך ורק בישיבה!!!! וסתם שאלה: מה אתם אומרים  על הרעיון: בורסה על טהרת הקודש ללא בעיה עם דיחוי וכו’ וכו’. נשמע נחמד? נו נו . רק תעשה שעות לגברים בלבד וכל המדינה על גלגלים!!!!!!!

ייאמר ברורות: מבחינת כלכלה אין כמעט מקום בעולם שציבור החרדים – הן האברכים והן העובדים הקובעים עיתים לתורה — סובלים כל כך הרבה. מתאים לנו שיהיה כאן ליכטנשטיין, עם מיסים נמוכים, וכל החרדים בעולם ישקיעו כאן את כספם, ויבנו לנו כאן בתי חרושת ומשרדים עם מקומות עבודה והיכלי ישיבות שכל בחור מחו”ל מכניס אלפי דולרים בשנה. אנחנו חיים על חשבונם? אנחנו תקועים בחשבונם!!!!

שמירת הסטטוס קוו מתוך אחריות על עמך? על פניו נראה שבג”ץ במוקדם או מאוחר ינטרל לנו כל השפעה, ר”ל.

אז לכאורה לנו היה כדאי לבקש אוטונומיה.

יש כאלו שאומרים: מה קרה לך? מקבלים אוכל. מקבלים חינוך. מקבלים דיור. מקבלים מתקני משחקים.

כנראה שהם גלגול של תוכי. גם התוכי שלי מקבל ממני בחינם דיור, חינוך, אוכל ואפילו מתקני משחקים.

בסדר. הדברים ברורים. (בפרט לחוצניקים שיודעים באיזה טעות הישראלים חיים).

וכעת שאלת השאלות? לו היינו מבקשים אוטונומיה, האם היינו מקבלים?

התשובה היא א פייג (=ממש לא)!!!

אבל? אבל לו היינו נותנים את התחושה שאנו לא אורחים אלא בני ערובה, בג”ץ היה חייב לרסן את עצמו יותר בעניינים הפנימיים שלנו, כמו עירייה שלא מצליחה להסיר שלטי צניעות ברחוב חרדי מובהק, בחירות חוזרות, כלבים מטילי אימה וכו’ וכו’.

א. פלדינגר לב שמחה 12 בית שמש 0527631946

מאתר מהדריניוז, כאן.

Poisonous Political Lies

A Tale of Two Poisonings

Shaping a story to fit the agenda

By 

The Unz Review

July 18, 2018

Poisoning enemies has a long history with Augustus Caesar’s wife Livia allegedly a master of the art, as were the Borgias in Renaissance Italy. Lately there has been a resurgence in allegations regarding the use of poisons of various types by several governments. The claims are particularly damaging both morally and legally as international conventions regard the use of poisonous chemical compounds as particularly heinous, condemning their use because they, when employed in quantity, become “weapons of mass destruction,” killing indiscriminately and horribly, making no distinction between combatants and civilians. Their use is considered to be a “war crime” and the government officials who ordered their deployment are “war criminals,” subject to prosecution by the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

There are two important poisoning stories that have made the news recently. Both are follow-ups to reporting that has appeared in the news over the past few months and both are particularly interesting because they tend to repudiate earlier coverage that had been largely accepted by several governments as well as the media and the chattering class of paid experts that appears on television.

The first story relates to the poisoning of former Russian intelligence agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in March. There was quite a bit that was odd about the Skripal case, which relied from the start “…on circumstantial evidence and secret intelligence.” And there was inevitably a rush to judgment. British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson blamed Russia less than forty-eight hours after the Skripals were found unconscious on a bench in Salisbury England, too soon for any chemical analysis of the alleged poisoning to have taken place.

British Prime Minister Theresa May threw gasoline on the fire when she addressed Parliament shortly thereafter to blame the Kremlin and demand a Russian official response to the event in 36 hours, declaring that the apparent poisoning was “very likely” caused by a made-in-Russia nerve agent referred to by its generic name novichok. The British media was soon on board with a vengeance, spreading the government line that such a highly sensitive operation would require the approval of President Vladimir Putin himself. The expulsion of Russian diplomats soon followed with the United States and other countries following suit.

Repeated requests by Russia to obtain a sample of the alleged nerve agent for testing were rejected by the British government in spite of the fact that a military grade nerve agent would have surely killed both the Skripals as well as anyone else within 100 yards. As the latest British account of the location of the alleged poison places it on the door handle of the Scripals’ residence, the timetable element was also unconvincing. That meant that the two would have spent three hours, including a stop at a pub and lunch, before succumbing on a park bench. Military grade nerve agents kill instantly.

The head of Britain’s own chemical weapons facility Porton Down even contradicted claims made by May, Foreign Minister Boris Johnson, and British Ambassador in Moscow Laurie Bristow. The lab’s Chief Executive Gary Aitkenhead testified that he did not know if the nerve agent was actually produced in Russia, a not surprising observation as the chemical formula was revealed to the public in a scientific paper in 1992 and there are an estimated twenty countries capable of producing it. There are also presumed stocks of novichok remaining in independent countries that once were part of the Soviet Union, to include Russia’s enemy du jourUkraine, while a false flag operation by the British themselves, the CIA or Mossad, is not unthinkable.

Nevertheless, the politically weak May government, desperately seeking a formidable foreign enemy to rally around against, insisted that Russia, almost certainly acting under orders from Vladimir Putin himself, carried out the killing of a former British double agent who had been released from a Kremlin prison in a spy swap and who was no longer capable of doing any damage to Russia. Putin apparently did all that in spite of the fact that he had an election coming up and would be the host of the World Cup in the summer, an event that would be an absolute top priority to have go smoothly.

Now there has been an actual death in Amesbury near Salisbury that has been attributed to novichok. On June 30th, Charlie Rowley and Dawn Sturgess were admitted to hospital after being found unconscious. Sturgess died eight days later. The May government has not yet blamed it on Putin or even on a clumsy Russian operative that might have inadvertently left behind a vial of poison or a used syringe, though Home Secretary Sajid Javid came close to that when he suggested that Russia was using Britain as a “dumping ground for poisons.” Police suggestions that the poisoned couple appear to have handled novichok infused material of some kind before succumbing appears to be contradicted by inability to find the actual source of the alleged exposure.

British government dancing around the issue notwithstanding, there have been suggestions that the closest source of more novichok might well be the U.K. government labs at nearby Porton Down, only seven miles from Salisbury and Amesbury, which increases suspicion about the original story promulgated by Downing Street. Would the British government actually poison an expendable ex-Russian spy and his daughter to divert attention from a domestic political problem at home? It’s worth considering as the “blame it all on Putin narrative” becomes even less credible.

The second story comes from Syria, where there is also a Russian hand as Moscow is aiding the government of Bashar al-Assad. The by now notorious April 7, 2018 alleged chemical attack on the rebel-held Syrian city of Douma was widely blamed by Western countries and the mainstream media on Assad’s forces. This resulted in a decision by U.S. President Donald Trump to order massive U.S.-led retaliatory airstrikes against targets reportedly involved in chemical production in and around Damascus.

Trump blamed “animal Assad” for “using nerve agents” and both the media and most European governments followed that line, concluding that Damascus had ordered the chemical attacks a mere moments after videos purporting to show scores of chemical attack victims first surfaced from rebel sources, long before U.S. intelligence could have made its own assessment. A 5-page White House assessment released on April 13th, just days after the alleged attack asserted that sarin was used at Douma, claiming that “A significant body of information points to the regime using chlorine in its bombardment of Duma, while some additional information points to the regime also using the nerve agent sarin.”

Independent sources warned at the time that not a single neutral observer was on the ground to confirm that chemical agents launched by the Syrian government had, in fact, been used, but were ignored. All of the sources reporting the attack were either affiliated with the rebels who occupied the area or were not physically present in Douma.

Now, finally, three months later, there has been a credible independent report on what was determined about the attack through chemical analysis of traces recovered in Douma. A preliminary report published last Friday by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) found no traces of any nerve agent like sarin at the site. The OPCW report states this clearly: “No organophosphorous nerve agents or their degradation products were detected in the environmental samples or in the plasma samples taken from alleged casualties.”

This means that the Trump Administration claimed to have details relating to an event in a foreign country that it did not know and could not actually confirm to be true. And it used that as a justification for ordering an airstrike that killed people and destroyed targets in Syria. Will the White House respond to the OPCW report and apologize, possibly to include reparations for an unjustified attack on another sovereign nation? Don’t hold your breath.

The Salisbury and Douma attacks are illustrative of just what happens when a government is prepared to dissimulate or even lie to go the extra mile to make a case to justify preemptive action that otherwise might be challenged. Theresa May is, unfortunately, still in power and so is Donald Trump. In a better world an outraged public would demand that they be thrown out of office and even possibly subjected to the tender ministrations of the International Criminal Court in The Hague. With power comes accountability, or at least that should be the rule, but it is a dictum that has for some time been ignored. Even given that, one might hope that the blunders will not be repeated, but there is not even any assurance that either May or Trump is much given to “lessons learned” or that a Mike Pence or Boris Johnson would be any better. That is our tragedy.

Reprinted with permission from The Unz Review.

From Lewrockwell.com, here.

Let’s Have Streimel Wearing Firefighters In Israel, Too!

Charedim Demand Autonomy!

א.פלדינגר

 כ”ו תשרי ה’תשע”ח 16/10/17

From an economic standpoint, there is, perhaps, no other place on the planet observant Jews – both Avreichim and working men with set study times – suffer as much. We would be just fine with a Lichtenstein of sorts with low taxation.

בס”ד

I unhappily read about the Supreme Court kicking back the accountability for removing the Tznius signs to the Beit Shemesh municipality.

I recently wrote a letter to the editor wherein I explained how laughable it was to pin the responsibility to the municipality. Everyone praised my letter and agreed. The only ones who refuse to acknowledge the point are the Supreme Court justices themselves.

Apparently, their common sense has been “reformed”, and the rest of us still lag behind their exalted intellect. How sad the country’s judges don’t match the nation.

Anyhow…

I have long wondered what things would be like if they put us behind a fence and gave us autonomy, as they did to the Arabs in Gaza. Would this be good news or bad?

As far as being a Ghetto, it’s the same difference. We already are a Ghetto. You only have to observe what is presently going on with Arad and old Beit Shemesh.

As for Transportation, we, too, know how to organize bus routes. Some aspects to note: Getting a license for a private car is a painful bureaucratic process, car and gas prices are sky-high, car owners lose various benefits and discounts, the thorough investigation whether the car seats an extra passenger. When activists manage to obtain us a new bus route, it skips and misses stops and schedules, the rabbis have zero control over separate seating and the radio… All this on a bus covered with a warning sticker threatening us with criminal persecution, as we rejoice over the poor man’s repast, considering the savings on VAT; which they also wished to take from us.

As for Electricity, we, too, know how to build generators, cheaper and more kosher.

Agriculture. We need only wheat for matzos, fruits for Tu Beshvat, and the Arba Minim. All other food products we would happily import from abroad for a quarter of the price.

As far as Medical care, a few people come to mind: Litzman, Firer, Fisher, Lupolianski, Shaarei Tzedek, Ichud Hatzalah, Bikur Cholim, Laniado, Maayanei Hayeshuah, Hatzalah Israel, Zaka. Nope. Not worried about medical care. In Monroe, they have Streimel-wearing firefighters.

Police. Shomrim, and citizen-arrests have been more effective than the police. As for youth-at-risk, the law is often the greatest barrier to effective treatment.

Courts. We aren’t represented anyway, we are discriminated against, and neighborly disputes are anyway handled in Beis Din. By the way, the law prohibits them from mandating excommunication. What a pity to pay taxes for them.

As for Security. What does the intractable Arab-Israeli conflict have to do with us? We came here to perform the Mitzvah of settling the land, aware we are still in Galus. He who wishes to act with force, against Chazal’s recommendation, let him. What does that have to do with us?

Especially seeing as the law frequently protects the terrorists… “The Right pushes away, and the Left draws near”. What do we need this headache for? We won’t push away and we won’t draw near, but live Torah lives in the Holy Land.

(And in spite of our ideology, our gentle youths, pure as can be, receive forcible army conscription notices to a mixed-gender army, as though we owe anything to the seculars, are “Mechutanim” somehow. We are fortunate to have a refuge in the Beis Medrash, and that, too, is in danger.)

As for Government benefits, we anyway subsist about 90% off contributions from abroad. All the government benefits shrink facing a father of 15 buying them half an apartment.

What about Preschool and Daycare? Sure! The women are pressed into working themselves to the bone, upon which they are granted a significant discount for preschool and daycare…

Economically speaking, considering all the bureaucracy, the high taxes, and the raised price of living, I would only request: Don’t do us any favors. Maybe if you stopped helping us, our Avreichim and work-horses would merit the lifestyle of a regular Yeshiva student in Gateshead and Lakewood. Every community in Chutz La’aretz has a few millionaires, who learned solely in Yeshiva!

And by the way, what do think of a Diamond Exchange free of immorality, with no need of getting army exemptions, and so on? Sound good? Nu Nu. Just try to make separate hours strictly for men, and the state will immediately arise on its hindquarters!

Let’s not beat around the bush: From an economic standpoint, there is, perhaps, no other place on the planet observant Jews – both Avreichim and working men with set study times – suffer as much. We would be just fine with a Lichtenstein of sorts with low taxation.

Charedim from all over could invest their money and build us workplaces in factories and offices and Yeshivas, where each Yeshiva Bachur from America would bring in thousands of dollars a year. They claim we live at their expense? Nonsense!

Trying to responsibly maintain the Status Quo, for national cohesion? On the face of things, the Supreme Court will sooner or later destroy any religious influence, Heaven forfend.

The upshot: Autonomy would, in fact, benefit us.

Some people respond: Are you insane? The state grants us food, housing, playgrounds… Apparently, these souls are reincarnated parrots. My parrot, too, accepts free housing, education, food, and even playground equipment.

Alright. Matters should be clear by now (especially to Olim, who have what to compare to).

And the million-dollar question: If we demanded autonomy, would it be granted? The answer? Forget it!

So why even try? Because if we gave them the feeling we are not guests but hostages, the Supreme Court justices would have to surrender a little when it comes to our internal affairs. Examples: A municipality which is unsuccessful in removing Tznius signs from a clearly Charedi street, repeat elections, wild dogs in Ramah Gimmel, and so on.

This article first appeared in Hebrew.

By A. Feldinger, Lev Simchah St. 12. 052 763 1946

From Mehadrinews, here.

Charedim (Awed), Sure, but Who Is the Subject of that Awe?

Trembling in Fear

Monday, August 15, 2011

During the great Torah-Science controversy of 2004-6, one of the primary factors involved in my decisions regarding my books, and indeed in my consciously deciding to leave the charedi community, was the role of fear in the charedi community.
There is much talk in the charedi community about Yiras Shamayim. That community labels itself charedi, “trembling” at the word of God. And there are indeed many people in that community who excel at this attribute.But the dominant fear in that community, the one that operates at all levels and out of all proportion, is fear that others will criticize you for not being frum enough.

I had wanted to write about this for a while, but I refrained, since I knew that many would just dismiss my words as lacking credibility. However, people with more credibility than myself are now saying the same thing – albeit anonymously. Rabbi Daniel Eidensohn reported a conversation that he had with an establishment charedi Rav, close with the Gedolim, who stated that the Charedi rabbonim’s requirements regarding reporting abuse is contrary to halachah, and explained bluntly that they are “afraid” about “being labeled a shaygetz.” And Jonathan Rosenblum, the Gedolim’s PR man and hagiographer, reports that one of the members of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of the United States told him that “the gedolim cannot even discuss questions surrounding poverty because if they did the ‘street’ would just label them fake gedolim.”

This is exactly what I saw in the controversy over my books, in a variety of ways too numerous to list in their entirety. But here are some examples:

  • One Torah website, which had formerly distributed a number of my essays, frantically sent out a mass e-mail to all their subscribers assuring them that they would never do so again and that all my essays (none of which were remotely controversial) had been deleted from their site. They were clearly driven by fear.
  • Rav Aharon Feldman, while no fan of the rationalist approach, was sickened (literally – and I mean that literally) by the ban. Yet he switched sides after spending time in Israel and being criticized for not being adequately supportive of the Gedolim. (He told me words to this effect personally!) My impression was that he was afraid of being labelled disloyal.
  • One of the younger rabbonim who had guided me in much of my writings sent me a proposed revised version of The Camel, The Hare And The Hyrax. It was edited beyond recognition – and to my mind, the edits were aimed not at making the book better from a Torah-True (TM) perspective, but rather at avoiding criticism from the right.

This last point was most significant to me. I do not believe that one should write everything that one wants to write – one has to consider the greater good of the community. But in the charedi world, such considerations were clearly going to be outweighed by the fear of being criticized for not being frum enough. I could not continue my writing career while operating in fear of attacks from the right. With books such as mine, which deal with important and sensitive subject matter, there are many difficult editorial decisions to be made; I did not want to also have to deal with concerns by me, by those who write approbations, and by my distributor about fears as to what people on the right will say. I had to be able to publish that which needed to be published – and thus to take my publishing out of the charedi world.

Now, for all those who would smugly condemn people who act out of fear – remember Chazal’s dictum that one should not judge a person until you are in their place. People who are embedded in that community really do have good reason to be afraid! Their careers, their social standing, their children’s education and shidduchim, really could be on the line. (However, it should be pointed out that such fear does seem to contradict the notion of bitachon.)

In fact, for me to leave the charedi community and continue to publish my books was not an act of bravery. It was an act of leaving a situation of fear, at a time in my life when it was relatively easy to do so. But it was the right thing to do. It’s very harmful to be in a community in which decisions are based upon of fear of man rather than fear of God.

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