Sorry, hagdirt

[essentialsaltes]

So the whole Cal Godot thing on enigmachat got me all misty-eyed and nostalgic for Adam J. Bernay. Let's play internet stalker.

He's now a rabbi, conducting services for a messianic congregation that meets in his house. (Well, okay, his parents' house.)

And ladies? He's single:

"I am single, 31 years old, and looking for Miss Right. My hobbies include science fiction fandom, karaoke, and spouting opinions.

About my potential match: Ideally, I'm looking for an American Ashkenzic Messianic Jewish woman, 25-35 years old, raven-haired, dark-eyed beauty around 6 feet tall, healthy but not so thin the bones stick out, as seems to be the fashion nowadays."

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[maccabee.livejournal.com]

The concept is called "lashon hara," or "the evil tongue," and there is also slander or "motzi shem ra." Here are some commandments dealing with it that apply to this situation:

"You shall not hate your brother in your heart" (Vayikra 19:12)

"You shall not wrong one another" (Vayikra 25:17)

"Love your neighbor as yourself" (Vayikra 19:18)

[NOTE: "Vayikra" is the Hebrew name for the book commonly known as Leviticus.]

From the teaching on Lashon Hara at the website of the Coalition of Torah Observant Messianic Congregations:

"Here are nine rules to remember:

"1. It is lashon hara to convey a derogatory image of someone even if that image is true and deserved; it is slanderous (motzi shem ra) to do so when the image is false.

"2. It is lashon hara to convey information about people that can cause them physical, psychological or financial harm.

"3. It is lashon hara to embarrass people, even in jest, or to tell embarrassing things about them when they are not present.

"4. Lashon hara is not limited to verbal communication; the written word, body language, innuendo, and the like can also be hurtful.

"5. It is lashon hara to speak against a community, race, ethnic group, gender, or age group as a whole.

"6. Do not relate lashon hara even to your spouse, close friends or relatives.

"7. Do not repeat lashon hara even when it is common knowledge.

"8. Avoid r'chilut (Gossip): Do not relate to people negative things others may say about them, for this may cause needless conflict.

"9. Do not listen to lashon hara or r'chilut. Give everyone the benefit of the doubt."

please

[(Anonymous)]

Mike, can you please delete all comments from this person, starting with these and continuing as long as this blog is up?

I don't like losing my appetite when his picture or words come up.

And no one wants me to start comments like "Ok, now that I have wiped the vomit off the walls..."

(my first comment got worse from there)

Re: please

[essentialsaltes.livejournal.com]

Sorry, Mr. Anonymous. Adam has the right to free speech (though obviously no particular right to be published in my blog), while you have no right not to be offended into vomitaciousness.

Re: please

[(Anonymous)]

Alright....gloves off, then.

Reposted from It's blog:
Adam's Predictions for Election 2006
I've decided to start posting my election predictions on my blog and discusing the reasons behind them.

One reason I believe the GOP will retain the House of Reps is because most predictions do not take into account the fact that these congressional districts are gerrymandered all to heck, and you have to have a HUGE momentum to overcome that, which I don't believe the Dems have, not that huge.

Also, I don't think people really tell the truth to pollsters... whether it's because they knowingly don't tell it or they really don't know what they're going to do until they walk into the booth, I'm not sure. Anyway, onto the predictions:

House:
GOP retains control, by less than five seats, probably 1 or 2 seats.

Senate:
GOP retains control, again by less than five seats, probably 1 or 2 seats.
****

Well, we can see that Fat was wrong. Fatty fat fat wrong. The Dems (of which I guess It doesn't consider itself one?) *DID* have a HUGE momentum to wash out most of the corrupt, greedy, hypocritical, hateful, ignorant, intolerant, malicious Nazi-wannabes, a.k.a the GOP.

Will Mr. Disgustingly Obese admit that he was wrong, or will some kind of convoluted excuse snake out of his ass (like santorum (http://www.spreadingsantorum.com/)) for why things didn't go the way he predicted?

Rather than the results being a 1 or 2 GOP majority in the senate, it's a LOSS OF SIX.

Rather than results being a 1 or 2 seat GOP majority in the House, it's a LOSS OF ALMOST THIRTY!

Oh, and Dems gained ground with SIX additional Governor seats.

Ha ha.
(results (http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006/))

I wonder what else Hirsute Jabba is/was blatantly wrong about?

Please quote some more Bible bullshit; your imaginary god still loves you.

Re: please

[notjenschiz.livejournal.com]

I think the last was out of bounds. Being fat and wrong has nothing to do with being an ass. Adam was certainly wrong, but that's no reason to attack him; he was just posting his best guess on his own journal. There's plenty to attack him on without going after his weight. I never knew the guy personally (though I did go back and read some of his vitriolic posts for humor value), but I think you give yourself the most respectability if you drop the ad hominem.

Re: please

[essentialsaltes.livejournal.com]

Agreed.

Re: please

[maccabee.livejournal.com]

Will Mr. Disgustingly Obese admit that he was wrong, or will some kind of convoluted excuse snake out of his ass (like santorum (http://www.spreadingsantorum.com/)) for why things didn't go the way he predicted?

Ummm... I did admit I was wrong. http://maccabee.livejournal.com/58435.html

Or were you too desparate to show me as being evil to check? Ignoring The Data That Might Show You Wrong equals Intellectual Dishonesty.

Now who's intellectually dishonest?

Re: please

[aaronjv.livejournal.com]

Uhmmm...I could only stand to read one page of your blog because you are so disgusting. I can only hold my breath for so long before your shit tries to wiggle into my eyeballs.

So no, I didn't read the entry where you admit you were wrong. Congratulations on being such a swell guy, you admitted that you were WRONG, VERY, VERY WRONG about the recent election. What do you want, a brownie?

Now that concrete evidence has proven you WRONG, VERY, VERY WRONG, maybe you can admit that there are OTHER THINGS you are WRONG, VERY, VERY WRONG about.

Like that people 'round these parts like you.

And I didn't state that you wouldn't admit that you're wrong, I just asked the question about you. I never answered it (sure, I made it obvious where I placed my bets, but I didn't stick around to find out where the ball landed).

Oh, and can you PLEASE use another userpic? I'm trying to keep a meal down.

I'm sorry about calling you disgustingly obese and fatty fat fat and Hirsute Jabba. That was totally uncalled for and puerile. The dybbuk shoved my mind onto the desk and speared its screaming scalding cock into my ear until I had no choice but to tap lashon hara on the keyboard with my feebled fingers.

But everything else that I said was my fault.