So, you heard about the tens of thousands of Jews attending a rally last Sunday to look at the “problem” of the Internet? Tens of thousands of Jewish men, I should say.
The organizers had allowed only men to buy tickets, in keeping with ultra-Orthodox tradition of separating the sexes. Viewing parties had been arranged in Orthodox neighborhoods of Brooklyn and New Jersey so that women could watch, too.
via NYTimes.com.
You might think that the Internet is a good thing, and that there’s not really a problem. But then, you probably aren’t trying to sell net filtering software to tens of thousands of Jewish men.
The rally in Citi Field on Sunday was sponsored by a rabbinical group, Ichud Hakehillos Letohar Hamachane, that is linked to a software company that sells Internet filtering software to Orthodox Jews. Those in attendance were handed fliers that advertised services like a “kosher GPS App” for iPhone and Android phones, which helps users locate synagogues and kosher restaurants.
God and Mammon, together again.
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Gregory in Seattle
May 22, 2012 at 12:06 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
“God and Mammon, together again.”
Together again? You make it sound like they’ve been apart.
thztds
May 22, 2012 at 1:02 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
@Gregory in Seattle
Every so often they have an argument and God has to sleep on the couch. But I’m sure the make-up sex is spectacular. . .
busterggi
May 22, 2012 at 1:54 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Mammon is the one true god.
Zinc Avenger
May 22, 2012 at 2:54 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
My money is on the Internet.
jamessweet
May 22, 2012 at 3:17 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
God hates lolcats.
pipenta
May 22, 2012 at 11:16 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Ah the market! Where there is a need, there is a product, or two…
Crudely Wrott
May 23, 2012 at 1:03 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
For another good chuckle, check out this story of a lingerie saleswoman being dismissed for being too sexy: http://lifeinc.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/22/11812107-too-hot-to-work-at-a-lingerie-shop?lite
The owner of the lingerie shop? An Orthodox Jew who disapproved of her attire!
Some things just go off into bizzaro land. Unless you Count de Monay. Then they make even less sense.