tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post8831992229588157732..comments2024-03-28T12:17:44.126-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Operating a cell phone with one's teeth is o.k.Minnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-58796121162454011012009-06-28T12:53:45.337-05:002009-06-28T12:53:45.337-05:00Since the purpose is saving life, then they should...Since the purpose is saving life, then they should be allowed to use the phone regardless. And if they're not, then whether using the finger or the teeth shouldn't have any effect. So I asked a co worker, who is an old religious jew, if he has any rationalization for this decision.<br />I wasn't very convinced by it, but it turned out that he did. The permission to use the phone is indeed given due to the life saving need. And yes, they should be able to do that by answering the phone normally. The issue with the teeth is possibly because of an idea that if you do something for special reasons, then you do it in a special/uncommon way just to make it clear to yourself (and, possibly, anyone else looking) that it is indeed under special circumstances. Answering the phone with the teeth, rather than a finger, is not usual, so it makes it very clear that the ability to answer the phone on the Sabbath is also due to special circumstances.Yaronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-41960416753751548972009-06-22T23:16:28.165-05:002009-06-22T23:16:28.165-05:00And then there was the Orthodox Jewish couple who ...And then there was the Orthodox Jewish couple who sued because the automatic light in the hall of their apartment made them "work" on the Sabbath. This is what happens when you try to apply the rules of a desert herding society of 3,000 years ago to the modern age. Fundamentalists of any religion give all religion a bad name.Barbwirenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-42872992267889843642009-06-22T16:04:35.532-05:002009-06-22T16:04:35.532-05:00Turns out, if you read the article, these are EMS ...Turns out, if you read the article, these are EMS workers, so they're giving up their Sabbath--which is very precious to Orthodox Jews--to save lives.<br /><br />What I don't get is that although <i>driving</i> is forbidden on the Sabbath, it may be done to save lives (as these EMS workers do). Why isn't the same exception made for calling dispatch, since knowing where the closest workers to an accident are shortens response time (and may therefore help save lives)?Swift Lorisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-54843283447865721902009-06-22T15:40:24.649-05:002009-06-22T15:40:24.649-05:00No offense intended, but this pretty much proves t...No offense intended, but this pretty much proves the foolishness of religion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com