Reply To: Have some respect, please!

Let us examine that in light of what the Torah says, instead of using our own emotions to determine what is right or wrong.

We are fully aware of the fact that many public figures are thoroughly immoral people.

It is doubtful, however, that any of them are much worse than ????. The ?????? are replete with records of his deplorable depravity. He was also the leader of the nation which is repeatedly referred to in the Torah as the most immoral nation on Earth.

Nevertheless, as a head of state, he was to be addressed with respect. This is not to say that he should be portrayed to our youth as a role model; it simply means that we are not to speak of him in a deprecating manner.

As an aside, you do not do your children a favor when you inculcate them with hatred, racism and bigotry. This is true whether you intend to do so or not. The wanton and unabashed use of words with racial overtones teaches your children to be disrespectful and callous to the sensitivities of other people. Surely, this is not the character which you would like to cultivate in your sons and daughters…?