Sunday, October 21, 2012
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Just an observation
I noticed something interesting about Nachlaot and the accusations.
The neighborhood in Nachlaot where the main accusations took place can be divided into 3 different clusters. In the middle lives the family that is central to the accusations. If you walk about 1 minute to the right, you get to a second courtyard where the other 2 families (who are next door neighbors) that are central to the accusations live(d). If you walk about 2 minutes in the other direction you get to a connected courtyard where the 3 families that are central in the prosecution live. Two are next door neighbors and one family lives a couple doors down. There is a fourth cluster of houses which is maybe a 3 minute walk that was untouched. This is inspite of the fact that several of these families were also told that their children were molested and that one of the women was best friends with one of the families that was central in the accusations. (They are no longer friends as far as I know after the woman checked out the accusations without believing them blindly and found that they were not true).
The one neighborhood outside the "Shtetel" where the accusations spilled over to in a big way live the 2 main instigators on the internet and other forms of media.
Many of the people that have taken on or are actively spreading the paranoid viewpoint over the internet and media that adult males (and females) snatch children on their way home from school and that there is a huge, cruel pedophile ring operating in Nachlaot (without any hard evidence to this existing) are not mainstream ultra orthodox where as the original accusations began in the mainstream ultra orthodox community.
The neighborhood in Nachlaot where the main accusations took place can be divided into 3 different clusters. In the middle lives the family that is central to the accusations. If you walk about 1 minute to the right, you get to a second courtyard where the other 2 families (who are next door neighbors) that are central to the accusations live(d). If you walk about 2 minutes in the other direction you get to a connected courtyard where the 3 families that are central in the prosecution live. Two are next door neighbors and one family lives a couple doors down. There is a fourth cluster of houses which is maybe a 3 minute walk that was untouched. This is inspite of the fact that several of these families were also told that their children were molested and that one of the women was best friends with one of the families that was central in the accusations. (They are no longer friends as far as I know after the woman checked out the accusations without believing them blindly and found that they were not true).
The one neighborhood outside the "Shtetel" where the accusations spilled over to in a big way live the 2 main instigators on the internet and other forms of media.
Many of the people that have taken on or are actively spreading the paranoid viewpoint over the internet and media that adult males (and females) snatch children on their way home from school and that there is a huge, cruel pedophile ring operating in Nachlaot (without any hard evidence to this existing) are not mainstream ultra orthodox where as the original accusations began in the mainstream ultra orthodox community.
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