re: #530 Cato the Elder

Updinged and favorited.

Having been to the Kotel many times, I can exactly picture the scene. Some of those fat wheezer Haredis look at ordinary people there (especially the tourists) as though they were an affront to God.

Of course, some are completely sincere in their devotions and take no notice of others.

The demonstratively pious ones are the people Jesus was talking about when he said to go into a quiet room when you pray. Praying for the benefit of bystanders is like putting a Jesus Fish on your car. You’re not honoring God, but yourself.

That knife cuts both ways, I pointed out to Ludwig that the feminists who parade in talis and tefillin are equally obnoxious in their public display of fake piety.