The Vulgarian vs. the Hooker

Jack Kemp This week in an article entitled "Vulgarians on the Loose!" Ann Coulter stated that: http://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2012/06/20/vulgarians_on_the_loose BEGIN QUOTE A Michigan legislator, Lisa Brown, gave a speech in the statehouse last week... She commented on a pending abortion bill by first announcing that she was Jewish, kept kosher, described her various sets of plates, and then saying that Jewish law makes abortion mandatory to save the life of the mother. END QUOTE I am no expert on Jewish law, but it is plain to see that by giving the most extreme example, Brown is trying to use it to bludgeon us all into looking at every case of pregnancy as if the woman is at extreme risk - perhaps to her ability to party and drink - and so should be considered righteous in her wanting to end a life despite the Old Testament Hebrew exhortation to "pri veh rhabi" - Be Fruitful and Multiply. Quoting Coulter's article further, we see why if Anthony Weiner ever gets divorced, there is a prime candidate for his next wife in Michigan: BEGIN QUOTE Then she said: "I have not asked you to adopt and adhere to my religious beliefs. Why are you asking me to adopt yours?" Her smashing crescendo was: "And finally Mr. Speaker, I'm flattered that you're all so interested in my vagina, but 'no' means 'no'!" (Coulter's comment follows) It's not clear where Rep. Brown got the idea that the Republican caucus was planning on date-raping her, but I think there's been a terrible misunderstanding. The bill under consideration merely ensured the safety of women having abortions -- and, in a small way, the safety of the fetus, whom the U.S. Supreme Court has prohibited legislatures from protecting directly. END OF QUOTE Have you figured out by now that Lisa Brown is a Democrat? Good, you're smart enough to operate a light switch. For making these inappropriate remarks, Brown was also forbidden to speak on the State Legislature floor for one day. As for her claiming to be a spokeswoman for Orthodox Judaism, Lisa Brown falls far short. She is guilty of engaging in "Lashon Ra" - bearing an evil tongue or speaking evil and harmful language - and closely resembling the woman mental inmate who got up on a table and did an imitation of a chicken in the Edgar Allan Poe short story "The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Feather," in which the inmates took over an asylum. I'll go "out on a limb" here and assume that at this year's High Holiday Services, the rabbi's wife will not be rushing to want to sit next to Rep. Brown. I hope I am right in this regard. In my observations of Orthodox Jewish women on the streets and subways of New York, none of them use such language as Lisa Brown used at the Michigan State House. As for the comparison with hookers - prostitutes - in the title here, let me tell you two personal stories. No, they don't involve truly racy details. In 1997, the biggest convention of the year in Las Vegas was Comdex, the annual computer show which has since been discontinued. Conventions draw prostitutes and the biggest one in the country was a prime example of this. Walking into the New York, New York Casino at 2:30 a.m. one night, a woman started to talk to me as if I were her old friend. I ignored her friendly, civil banter and kept walking, as it was plain that she wasn't in town to buy new computer chip designs for her company. As a young man visiting Israel, I found myself in the port city of Haifa one day at an outdoor cafe near the docks looking to do nothing more than buy a hamburger. Taking my wallet out to make sure I had enough cash, I couldn't help but notice a young woman actually leaning over my shoulder to see exactly how much cash was inside. I assume she wasn't a buyer for leather goods manufactures, makers of wallets and purses. We had an awkward moment as I stared her back because my only interest that afternoon was in lunch, not her "professional services." In neither of these two examples, did the hookers speak in anyway near the vulgar tone or act with the in-your-face belligerency that Lisa Brown exhibited on the floor of the Michigan State House. Exactly what level of respect for women - or Jews - did Lisa Brown think she would be creating with this language? Only a leftist believes that their agenda trumps any need for civility whether it be secular civility or the civility required of them by their supposed religious beliefs. In the last analysis, a leftist's religious belief is in leftist power, not showing reverence for God. Brown wanted the rest of the legislature to show pious respect for her religious beliefs at the very moment she was throwing all piety out the window. As writers such as Michael Savage and Dennis Prager have noted, leftist beliefs invariably lead to a pattern of behavior that is hard to distinguish from insanity and toxic egoism. Lisa, you're too crude for the Las Vegas Strip.